Check out our 25th installment of The Dialogue at the bottom of this email where we visit with Ray Clowers, Physical Therapist and Clinic Director for Alcoa Location at Champion Physical Therapy, which provides physical therapy services to residents and workers in Blount County.

Be sure to mark your calendar for Friday, June 3 at 8 a.m. at the Blount Partnership for a local legislative briefing with representatives from Townsend, Louisville, Friendsville and Rockford. Our guests include, City of Louisville Mayor Tom Bickers, City of Friendsville Mayor Andy Lawhorn, City of Townsend Mayor Michael Talley and the City of Rockford Mayor Carl Koella. 

 

GET YOUR PROMOTION IN FOR MEMBER-TO-MEMBER PROMOTIONAL PROGRAM

This is the final call to get your June promotion in to the Blount County Chamber of Commerce as part of its Member-to-Member Promotional Program which offers you and your company the opportunity to market your products and services to the membership.

 

Here's how it works:
1. Submit a PDF of a service, product or discount you'd like to offer to the Chamber membership to [email protected]. Be sure to include an expiration date.
2. An email with all the promotions will be sent out on the final Monday of every month to our member database.
3. All promotions will be posted on www.BlountChamber.com

 

BUILD YOUR MARKETING TOOLKIT SEMINAR OFFERED

Be sure you join us next Wednesday, June 1 from 9-11 a.m. for the free Build Your Marketing Toolkit: Simple Marketing Strategies for Small Business or nonprofts seminar at the Blount Partnership, 201 S. Washington St., Maryville. Mike Coleman of Constant Contact will be presenting. Register Now.

 

Many small businesses and organizations find themselves seeking the right strategies to make their marketing efforts as effective as possible. But with so many different marketing activities that they could focus on, they often miss some of the more important marketing concepts. This seminar will help you understand why marketing is the most important function of your business. It is designed to give you tips and strategies you can start using today to build and grow your business or nonprofit.
Attendees of this presentation will learn:

• What marketing really is (and isn't);
• How marketing has changed in ways that benefit small businesses or nonprofit;
• The importance of engagement and nurturing relationships;
• Marketing best practices and strategies;
• The importance of setting goals and objectives for their marketing efforts;
• The right campaigns - email, social media, mobile, direct mail - to grow your business;
• How to start branding your business or nonprofit;
• 3 simple steps to get started
• How to make better decisions concerning your marketing;
• The 4 Pillars or Marketing Success - how different marketing activities all fit together;

Join us and start to build a foundation of marketing knowledge, from which you can build more and more effective campaigns to help your business or nonprofit grow. You will leave this event with more confidence in your ability to market your small business or nonprofit.

 

GET YOUR TICKETS FOR HOPS IN THE HILLS

Craft beer lovers, renowned breweries and local bands will unite for the second annual Hops in the Hills festival June 24 and 25 in downtown Maryville, Tennessee. This year's festival includes a who's-who list of local and regional brewing icons, charming music from local groups and a brew crawl for craft beer enthusiasts.