Welcome to Upper Tampa Bay Manufacturers Association
Your One Source Newsletter For All Things Manufacturing...Current and Future!!!
Ginger Rocky Johnson Part II: Websites and Customer Engagement
Our November meeting provided some very insightful information and a couple great tools (attached) on the role of a great website in customer outreach and your overall social media engagement strategy. The social media side is an active push of information where the website has to be the complementary pull and capture side. Your website should be designed to do three things: reflect your corporate personality, showcase your brand and differentiate you and your products from the competition. Your website is where you walk the walk. Technically there are three main features to focus on: the website name, your host and, of course, your files - the content, gold and glue of your site. Want more? Click here.
December Meetings
We usually take December off but we were fortunate enough to land a national level expert.
Jim Wall, the Executive Director of NIMS will be our speaker Monday December 12 at 8am. Jim will be covering some of the excellent programs and insights offered through NIMS including apprenticeships and train the trainer protocols. The meeting will be held at the Upper Tampa Bay Chamber of Commerce, 101 State Street W, Oldsmar. All are welcome to attend.
Jim will also be speaking at our Apprenticeship Week Luncheon on December 14. Reservations are needed for this one.
Click here for details.
We're Adding Value
Where's Your Pain?
The Upper Tampa Bay Manufacturers Association is joining forces with the Service Corps of Retired Executives (S.C.O.R.E.) to bring you additional business planning, mentoring and educational resources. S.C.O.R.E. has numerous execs with tremendous experience and outstanding track records in diverse business fields. They love to keep involved to help pass down 'tribal knowledge' and will work with us to put on workshops as well as provide individual counseling and mentoring. This will be in addition to our relationships with county SBDC counselors. And, again, it's a free service.
All good right? But we need your help in getting a better feel for where you would like to see this head in terms of topics and priorities. Please assist by taking this brief survey. Thanks!!!!
Inspiration
"Genius is 5% inspiration and 95% perspiration" Thomas Edison
Here are couple videos to get the inspiration part jump started.
Have anything that nags you routinely in your operation but doesn't quite get up the priority scale to make it go away permanently? Stuff that may cross some management lines and isn't quite worth the battle? These are irritants you never get around to. No more excuses, we're here to take them on. Read on...
Things That Make You Go Hmmm????
Lots of stuff on the international scene this month. We could have dedicated an entire section on the speculation of what a Trump presidency holds in terms of trade and fiscal policy but stayed away from that for the most part. Some other good to know articles in business leadership, politics. Poke around and check a title that's worth a peek. Read on...
Time Savers
Here are links to additional information on various important topics
With the help of Becky Burton, BAMA, we're trying to pull together a single calendar of all regional manufacturing events to include BAMA, UTBMA, and professional associations like SME, APICS, NTMA, etc. Access the calendar here. If you you would like to input your organizational calendar contact Becky Burton or Jerry Custin.
One Voice - great national level insights on a variety of hot topics from NTMA and PMA Advocacy Clips...
We appreciate those of you that have joined either the Upper Tampa Bay Chamber of Commerce or the Upper Tampa Bay Manufacturers Association. We request that you consider formal membership at this point. We are attaching a brochure outlining the service activities we provide as well as an application form. We appreciate your consideration and support and look forward to advancing the cause of manufacturing in the Upper Tampa Bay in 2015 and beyond!
Manufacturers Association Resource Guide
At the roundtable we heard many comments along the lines of 'I didn't know that', 'I wish I would have know that' and how do find out about that'. So we have developed a resource guide which will have a permanent spot on this newsletter to try and help out. This is a 'work in progress' so any suggestions on making it more robust and useful are welcome. Access the guide by clicking here.
