Welcome to the November 2007 issue of the
Lake Sunapee Region Chamber of Commerce
Newsletter.

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 Did You Know?
Sunapee Community CoffeeHouse
Started in July '04, the Sunapee Community Coffeehouse's mission is to encourage & foster professional and amateurs musicians alike in a family style listening room enviroment where new and seasoned performers can offer up their songs and stories to an attentive audience. Original songs encouraged but not required.

 
October 2007 Business After Hours

Thank you to the New London Inn for hosting the last Business Before Hours held on October 23, Terry Kneeland from the Friend's program made a presentation about Child Mentoring.http://www.friendsprogram.org/

Photos courtesy of Debbie Campbell, Beyond Design

 Next Business After Hours

Information coming coming soon for the next BAH


 Business Joke of the Month

"I went to a bookstore and asked the saleswoman,
'Where's the self-help section?
She said if she told me it would defeat the purpose."
Top Photos courtesy of H.K. Turner
The Fells Sculpture Exhibit

 Executive Director's Update

Did you know…

the annual membership and business meeting of the Lake Sunapee Region Chamber of Commerce is Tuesday, November 13 at The Tavern at Mountain Edge Resort, Route 103 in Newbury.

A great evening of networking and fun is planned. Come enjoy scrumptious hors d'ouevres and drink and meeting new people, $12 per person, cash bar.

Get in on the raffle, which includes everything from ski passes to gift certificates for golfing, an oil change or for dining and lodging or other donations by area businesses.

Lake Sunapee Region Chamber of Commerce
Annual General Membership and Business Meeting
6 - 8 pm, Tuesday Nov. 13
The Tavern at Mountain Edge Resort
1380 Route 103 Road, Newbury, NH
RSVP 526-6575 by 3pm November, 10th
$12 members / $15 non-members

If you're not yet a member, take this opportunity to find out more about us, or call 526-6575 today for information on how you can promote your business through the Lake Sunapee Region Chamber of Commerce.


New Hampshire Division of Travel and Tourism (DTTD) would like to gather your winter packages to promote on www.visitnh.gov. The following categories have recently been added: Ski & Stay; Stay, Sleigh & Snow Play; and The Holidays. To post your vacation packages, go to www.visitnh.gov, click industry members, and then login. Please call 603-271-2665 if you need assistance.


 Member Focus

MOUNT KEARSARGE INDIAN MUSEUM
Like many grand endeavors, it all started with a dream. The dreamer? Charles "Bud" Thompson, whose life was forever changed on the day that Grand Chief Sachem Silverstar walked into his second grade classroom in 1929.  Silverstar's philosophy emphasized individual uniqueness as well as their interconnectedness to all other life. He told the children that they each had a special power, a talent, that could make the world a better place.
Many years later, Bud and his wife Nancy created this "Museum with a Voice," whose mission is to connect people of today with 20,000 years of "ongoing Native American cultural expression." Their website states that it "embraces cultural diversity, encourages responsible environmental action based on respect for nature...and seeks to challenge and inspire {visitors} to improve the quality of our lives and our world." And if the numbers of visitors are any indication-250,000 visitors from the US and 34 foreign countries and educational group tours offered to over 85,000 children since the museum's founding 17 years ago, there are many people interested in hearing what this museum has to "say."
The mueum is open to the public seven days a week ALMOST the whole year through, only closing from December 16 through April 14. The last big event of 2007 will take place on November 24 and 25 with the annual "Winter Celebration," where visitors can enjoy museum tours, ongoing demonstrations, storytelling and music. Warm yourself in the museums gift shops and you may find yourself coming away with some holiday gifts as you peruse the many unique items made by Native Americans from throughout the country.  The museum's galleries, Medicine Woods Nature Trail, grounds and galleries are all designed as teaching tools in addition to being "tranquility zones" offering visitors an opportunity to "find respite from the hectic place of modern life."
If you would like to learn more about the Mount Kearsarge Indian Museum, or need directions, you can find all the information you need at the Mt. Kearsarge Indian Museum website, a wonderfully designed site that is a joy to visit and from which all of the information for this article was obtained. The Museum's address is Kearsarge Mountain Road, Warner NH 03278, and their phone number is 456-3244.
So, as the museum says, "Come meet the original locals!"  You'll be glad you did.




 Other Chamber News

 Workshops and other Business Events

It’s that time of year again -- SBA is seeking nominations for our 2008 Small Business and Champion awards.
If you’d like to nominate an individual or a business, please complete the attached form and return it to me along with a nomination letter outlining why the nominee should be considered.  If you’d like additional award guidelines to assist with completing the letter, please let me know.
Once I receive the completed form and the letter, I will then contact the nominee to collect any remaining documents that SBA needs to complete the package.
Please share this information and feel free to contact me at amy.bassett@sba.gov   (603) 225-1606 or via fax (603) 225-1409 or via email.
Amy Bassett
NH District Office, U.S. Small Business Administration

Business NH Magazine is seeking to recognize the best businesses in NH! Business NH Magazine and the Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives are accepting applications for the annual Businesses and
Business Leader of the Year awards. We will name a Business of the Year in eight industry categories as
well as one Business Leader of the Year.

The industry categories are:
Manufacturing/Technology
Real Estate/Construction/Engineering
Tourism/Hospitality
Health Care
Retail/Wholesale
Financial Services/Insurance
Business Services
Education/Nonprofit

If your company is a leader in its industry as well as in the
community, we want to hear from you! The application for the Business of  the Year and the Business Leader
of the Year awards is below Applications are due Jan. 14, 2008. Don't miss your chance for statewide recognition as one of the top companies in NH. Winners will be featured in the May issue of Business NH Magazine and recognized at the Business of the Year Awards Ceremony,
one of the most well attended business events in NH.

Cordially,
Matt Mowry, Editor, Business NH Magazine
603-626-6354 ext. 214


 Chamber Board Meeting Schedule

The next chamber board meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, December 4, 2007 at 8:00 am at Sunapee Cove in Georges Mills. Chamber members are encouraged and invited to attend.


 Don't Forget!
The Chamber provides Information Booth Coordination
between Newbury, Sunapee & New London
The seasonally-manned booths provide a FREE venue
for members to leave brochures and business cards
for public acquisition. The New London Information Booth will be hosted at a local business for the winter. Please stay tuned for updated information!


 Newsletter Deadlines

Deadline for submitting things for the chamber newsletter is the 22nd of every month. If you are a chamber member and you have news for the newsletter or you would to write an article or submit a photo, please EMAIL US!
 Marketing Tips

* Never forget AIDA:
-Attention
-Interest
-Decision
-Action
* Especially pay attention to the final “A”—Action. Otherwise your message will lay there like a bump on a log.


 Internet Business Marketing Tips

Google Adwords Top Tips - Part 1

Welcome to part 1 of this 5 part series on Google Adwords.Google AdWords is one of the best advertising tools on the Internet, but only if you know how to implement Adwords properly to achieve maximum potential. So what exactly should you be doing to ensure that you get the best possible results from Adwords?

We have put together the following tips to help you get those all important click throughs and conversion rates. Read the rest of the article at:


 Internet Business Scams and Warnings

Don’t Open Bogus Email that Claims to Come From the FTC
Email That States It’s From the FTC’s “Fraud Department” Has Virus Attached

A bogus email is circulating that says it is from the Federal Trade Commission, referencing a “complaint” filed with the FTC against the email’s recipient. The email includes links and an attachment that download a virus. As with any suspicious email, the FTC warns recipients not to click on links within the email and not to open any attachments.


The BBB name is being used in a "phishing" scam in which recipients receive a message from various addresses @complaint.bbb.org and idtheft@bbb.org (which is not a real address). The message, with some variations, begins:

This is an automated email that confirms the registration of your complaint case number : [CASE NUMBER] filed by your company on September 17/2007 concerning Online Identity Theft. While The Better Business Bureau Online does not resolve individual consumer problems, your complaint helps us investigate fraud, and can lead to law enforcement action.

 Motivational Quote(s) of the Month

Statistics suggest that when customers complain, business owners and managers ought to get excited about it. The complaining customer represents a huge opportunity for more business.
-Zig Ziglar


 Ad Rates

Chamber members may advertise in the
chamber newsletter.

Business Card ad (31/2" w X 2" h) $35.00
Quarter Page ad (31/2" w X 41/4" h) $60.00

Online ads can link to the person's website if they have one, Please provide your website address.
Advertising ads run for a month in the main
monthly newsletter then run online in the
newsletter archives.
Ads will have underneath (this is a paid ad).
Ads need to be print and digital ready and submitted by Email or on Disk in JPEG format
in at least 300 DPI.
Deadline for submitting ads for the chamber newsletter is the 22nd of every month.

EMAIL US! or please bring your ad on CD to the Chamber Booth and give to Executive Director Rob Bryant

Please make checks out to
Lake Sunapee Region Chamber of Commerce


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Newsletter articles contributed by Bernie Wesoja (Huberts), Ingrid Braulini (ISee Consulting)
and Heather Turner (Forfeng Designs)


Lake Sunapee Region Chamber of Commerce
PO Box 532, New London, NH 03257
 877-526-6575 • 603-526-6575


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