Turn Your Lukewarm Audience Into New Clients With Facebook Retargeting by Gary Pickering, ClickMonster When marketing your products or services, having a great website isn't always enough. People visit your site and see what you're offering, but unless they've shown up already intending to buy it's quite likely they'll leave your site without taking the [...]
Washington State Chamber President visits the Bellingham Region Thursday afternoon, we were honored to host Kris Johnson, President/CEO of Association of Washington Business (AWB) for his “The State of Business in Washington State” speaking tour for the exclusive audience consisting of our Chairman’s Club members. AWB is Washington state’s chamber of commerce. As part of [...]
Are you getting the highest return from your Google search? by Gary Pickering, ClickMonster When it comes to successful marketing, nothing gets you immediate and consistent traffic better than PPC (Pay-Per-Click). Having PPC in your marketing strategy lets you quickly cast a wide net to find new prospects, capture potential customers at the right time, [...]
Our story Owning Your Own Business As an entrepreneur at heart, I majored in Business Management, planning to have a business of my own someday. Now, thirty years later, I've had a number of small businesses, experienced both downturns and boom cycles, and have learned a lot about marketing along the way. As to being [...]
Four reasons partnering with an MSP is better for your wallet By Lauren Sires , NW Technology| February 14, 2019 We understand why businesses have a habit of putting up with all the little IT annoyances. With high hourly rate minimums and the frustration of re-explaining your internal processes every time you talk to a new technician, it’s [...]
Office printing security should not be overlooked From Becky Raney at Print & Copy Factory Cyber attacks are dominating the news, and they’re the first thing we think of when HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability ACT) breaches occur. But there’s another area of vulnerability that flies under the radar of many organizations: office printing. [...]
1/30/19 Shänna Tennyson and I had an inspirational afternoon touring member business Seeking Health, a local manufacturer and distributor of high-quality dietary supplements. Karyn Shaffer (of Seeking Health) and the Chamber's Shänna Tennyson pose with Dr. Lynch's book during our tour of Seeking Health. I knew that they make supplements and that their president, [...]
by Guy Occhiogrosso If you’ve lived in Whatcom County, Washington, you know how our economy and businesses can be affected by the Canadian border. That’s the reason the Bellingham Regional Chamber of Commerce has a Cross Border Committee. It’s important for cross border businesses, legislators, educators, and government to communicate and collaborate. The Cross Border [...]
The Bellingham Regional Chamber of Commerce Cross Border Committee met on January 24th. One item of note was that it is increasingly harder to obtain qualified employees through the H1B VISA program. The results show some US companies are moving to Canada or opening offices in Canada to attract a highly qualified, diverse employees. Laurie [...]
By Naomi Richards Natalie Ransom always has a smile on her face and exudes her bubbly personality. Photo by Kelsey Michelle Photography. Flowers communicate love and empathy, friendship and awareness. They are used for celebrations and commemoration and it takes a very special person to create these pieces of artwork for often stressful [...]
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Member Spotlight: Jim Pettinger, UCanTrade By Naomi Gish Jim Pettinger of Ferndale is a businessman who has both changed with the times, and manages to continue running his business with the same values he started with over 30 years ago. Originally from Calgary, Alberta, Jim worked in the computer programming industry for many years. He [...]
What’s New with LinkedIn LinkedIn is the world’s largest professional networking site, with over 530 million members. Dive into some of the biggest tools you may have missed from this platform. Salary Insights on Jobs In 2016, LinkedIn introduced Salary -- a tool that allows users to see a detailed breakdown of salaries by job [...]
Whatcalendar.com is back and better than ever. As many of you know (and probably experienced), this online community event calendar operated by the Bellingham Regional Chamber of Commerce had some technical difficulties during the winter. The dual branded online tool serves our community as the largest online calendar dedicated to promoting both community and tourism-related [...]
Member spotlight…Funcle Steve Moore by Naomi Gish Local realtor Steve Moore started his first business at six years old “renting” horned toads to his neighbors in Tucson Arizona. He would catch the toads and put them in a cage which his father had built. He noted the way they loved to burrow down in the [...]
The Bellingham Regional Chamber of Commerce has partnered with game vendor Late for the Sky Production Company to create BELLINGHAM-OPOLY, a Bellingham-themed monopoly game which features local businesses, events and parks! The game will be available for purchase in August 2018 at Whatcom County Haggen locations, Woods Coffee shops, Village Books, and the Western [...]
Starting on Monday, April 2nd, the Bellingham/Whatcom Chamber of Commerce & Industry will have a new name and a fresh logo! Moving forward, the chamber will be known as the Bellingham Regional Chamber of Commerce. In a year filled with energized ideas, enhanced member benefits, and innovative programming it is the perfect time to also [...]
The Bellingham/Whatcom Chamber of Commerce and Industry announced that they will be changing their name and branding. "We noticed that most people who are not from Whatcom County were not aware of the county name and that they referred to the region itself as Bellingham. When I answer the phone "thank you for calling the [...]
Advocacy over coffee by Guy Occhiogrosso, Bellingham Regional Chamber of Commerce President & CEO As your chamber of commerce, we regularly work for you advocating behind the scenes on community and policy issues. Once every quarter, I sit down with our Mayor of Bellingham. Our conversations are usually robust and lively and I certainly appreciate her [...]
by the Intellitonic staff As a business owner, you’ve likely heard the phrase “SEO” thrown about at networking events and smiled and nodded. You’re busy. You have bigger things to worry about rather than three little letters. Well, it’s finally time to stop procrastinating and join the SEO conversation. Why? Because SEO will help your [...]
