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Call Us:
937.548.2102
Email:
info@darkecountyohio.com
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Greetings!
Today is the final day to register for our 60th Annual Golf Outing! Get your team signed up if you haven't done that yet.
There are going to be some awesome raffle items such as a basket of cheer, a Staycation package, a beautiful man's watch from Wieland's and much more! It's not too late to donate a raffle item if you would like to see your business represented, just shoot us an email or give us a call.
If you have something that you would like to add to our golfer's bags (100), we need those at the office by noon on Wednesday!
Peggy
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New Members
We want to welcome the following new member to the Chamber of Commerce:
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Darke County Apparel LLC
634 Wagner Ave
Greenville, Ohio 45331
937-808-4017
https://www.darkecountyapparel.com/
Decorated Apparel for Darke County Varsity Sports and much more!
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New Member Benefit Available
Attract and retain employees with this unique benefit
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ABOUT THE VIRIDI WELLNESS PROGRAM
We all know how detrimental climate change is to the natural world, but did you know it has a huge impact on our mental and physical health? Through the Viridi Wellness Program, members can allocate renewable energy certificates to their employees to help reduce their carbon footprint and offset their electricity use at home.
HELPING EMPLOYEES GO GREEN
Viridi purchases Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) on your behalf and allocates them to your employees so they can "go green". A REC represents energy produced by a renewable resource like wind, solar, or hydro. When 1,000 kWh of power is generated by a renewable resource, 1 REC is created, and that REC represents and tracks the renewable energy once it enters the electricity grid. Coincidentally, the average household in the U.S. uses a little under 1,000 kWh of electricity per month. Therefore...
By purchasing 1 REC per month for each of your employees, you are effectively "greening up" some, if not all, of their home electricity use. We also plant one tree for each REC purchased!
- Enhance your brand
- Create a happier workforce
- Promote health and wellness
- Benefit the environment
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LAST CHANCE TO REGISTER FOR THE GOLF OUTING!
We cannot wait to see everyone for our 60th Annual Golf Outing on August 1, 2022.
The Chamber Golf Outing is the oldest in Darke County and sign up is currently underway for golf teams as well as hole and cart sponsorships.
The team fee this year is $400 and includes a full breakfast, green fees and golf carts, Buy the Pro, Marshmallow Drive, and Mulligans, plus a great dinner. Individual golfers are $125.
Hole and cart sponsorships are available for $100.
The event sponsors are Park National Bank and Wayne HealthCare.
Hole-In-One Sponsors are Dave Knapp Ford Lincoln, Hittle Buick GMC, SVG Motors, and Troutwine Auto Sales.
Click the link below to register your team and/or reserve your sponsorship. (Don't know who will play yet? That's OK! Just enter "Player" in each name slot until you are sure who the team will be!)
Deadline to register is Friday, July 22, 2022.
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Legislative Committee
Due to redistricting in the State of Ohio, a large portion of Darke and Mercer Counties have been redrawn into an open congressional district.
There are currently three candidates in the Republican Primary for this open seat.
- Angela King
- Jacob Larger
- Aimee Morrow
We have invited all three to join our Legislative Committee on Thursday, July 28 to discuss how they might foster small and large business growth in their district and what they see as the future of workforce development.
Please join us for a time to get to know these three candidates better and learn how their policies will impact business in their district.
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Want to join a committee or council to get more involved?
Contact the Chamber to let us know.
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10 Ways to Get More Business Reviews
According to an article on SmallBizTrends.com this week, “Small business owners’ expectations for better business conditions over the next six months fell by seven points to a net negative 61%. So far expectations for better conditions have worsened every month this year.” That’s not great news. With rising costs, many businesses are struggling.
When it comes to dealing with these pressures, you have two options to improve revenue: new growth or new marketing efforts. New growth means pursuing new avenues or audiences and expanding. This can be unnerving. New marketing efforts means simply being more deliberate in who you’re trying to reach and how you’ll get there.
Whether you choose expansion of audience or marketing, you need reviews and you need them everywhere. Here are a few ways you can motivate your audience to help.
Get More Business Reviews with These Ideas
- Put a link on your website and ask for the review.
- Use a QR code in your physical business that leads straight to a review site. You can change the sites out periodically so that you get reviews on Facebook, Google, Yelp, etc.
- Send a thank you email or postcard to people after they buy and add a request for a review.
- When someone pays you a compliment, thank them, and ask them if they could write a review. If they decline, ask if they would mind if you used their words in a testimonial.
- Search on social media. People may be talking about you without you realizing. For instance, there may be a local Facebook group where your business is mentioned often. Finding out what these groups are and then listening to what others are saying can give you a lot of great quotes. But don’t grab them and stick them on your site. Reach out to the writer and ask if you can use them or if they’d be willing to copy and paste what they said on a specific review site.
- Add a star rating to your website that allows visitors to give you a quick rating.
- Post reviews openly on your site with a link for people to add their own. Show extreme appreciation for your reviews. If they’re visible and openly appreciated, it may influence visitors to leave their own.
- Thank people for reviewing you, if possible. Let them know you saw it and you appreciate them.
- Reach out to those who left you negative reviews to see what you can do to turn it around. They cared enough to mention the dissatisfaction so see what can be done to turn their negative into a positive.
- Provide a discount coupon (or special bonus) to anyone who leaves a review. Don’t tell them ahead of time. Make it a nice surprise. This one won’t necessarily lead to more reviews but will likely increase sales.
Finally, when you get these wonderful reviews, don’t forget to use parts of them on your site as testimonials or make quotes out of them and use them in your marketing collateral and ads.
Christina Metcalf is a writer/ghostwriter who believes in the power of story. She works with small businesses, chambers of commerce, and business professionals who want to make an impression and grow a loyal customer/member base. She loves road trips, hates exclamation points, and believes the world would be a better place if we all had our own theme song that played when we entered the room. What would yours be?
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On Senate Floor, Portman Calls for Swift Passage of Bipartisan Competitiveness Legislation
U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), spoke on the Senate floor to discuss the need for the United States to stay competitive in the global economy. Portman highlighted the bipartisan CHIPS Act and the broader United States Innovation and Competition Act of 2021, or USICA, which will shore up semiconductor manufacturing in America. Senator Portman has been an advocate for this legislation since it passed the Senate over a year ago. Since then, Portman has worked across the aisle with Republicans and Democrats alike to get this bill to the president’s desk before the August recess.
Semiconductor chips are essential to everything from automobiles, cell phones, household appliances, and military weaponry. The CHIPS Act will invest $52 billion in this technology and provide thousands of good-paying jobs to communities across the country. In Ohio, this legislation will help Intel increase their $20 billion investment in New Albany to build two semiconductor foundries to potentially $100 billion and eight total foundries. read more...
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NFIB Inflation Survey: Large Majority of Small Business Owners Report Inflation Pressures Worsening
Owners are absorbing inflation costs and raising prices
The NFIB Research Center released a new survey today assessing the impact inflation is having on small businesses. Overall, over half (56%) of small employers reported that inflation is having a substantial impact on their business while about a third (35%) reported a moderate impact. Three quarters (75%) of owners reported that inflation pressure is getting worse, a quarter (25%) reported about the same, and 1% reported it easing up.
“Inflation has set in on Main Street and owners across the country continue to make business decisions in response,” said Holly Wade, Executive Director of NFIB’s Research Center. “As owners manage the highest inflation rate in decades, they are also managing an ongoing worker shortage and supply chain disruptions, which is hurting their businesses and consumers.” Read more...
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Upcoming Chamber Events & Meetings |
July 22 - Coalition for a Healthy Darke County Board Meeting - 8:00 AM
July 28 - Legislative Committee - 8:00 AM - Virtual
August 1 - Chamber Golf Outing - Stillwater Valley Golf Club
August 8 - Executive Committee - 7:30 AM - Virtual
August 11 - Safety Council - 11:30 AM - Birchwood Training Center
August 12 - Elected Officials Ag Tour
August 19 - Fair Ribbon Cutting - 7:30 AM
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We thank the Diamond Circle and Executive Prestige level members
for their ongoing support of the Darke County Chamber of Commerce.
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130 Martz Street, Suite 5
Greenville, Ohio 45331
Phone: 937.548.2102
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