Are you looking for a new way to market your small business?  Not sure exactly what benefits can be gained through the use of social media?  What is E-Marketing?

 Steve Briere, UAH Small Business Development Center, will present a seminar on how to market through E-Marketing at the Chamber Office on November 10^th from 10 AM to Noon.

This informative marketing program is presented by the North Alabama Better Business Bureau and the Fort Payne Chamber of Commerce.

 This joint effort will offer valuable information for businesses in this time of electronic and social media.  Just having a website is not good enough now.  You have to know how to get people to your website quicker.

 Mr. Briere has ten years of entrepreneurial experience as a business counselor.  He has also developed his skills by initiating four new business startups in the Tennessee Valley.  He has served as Marketing Associate in the UAH Office of Technology Commercialization.

You will learn such techniques as how to get your site ranked higher; promoting your company through branding and social media; and developing a clearer message.

 The seminar is free but please pre-register by calling the Chamber at 256-845-2741.

 Many merchants are hosting holiday open house this weekend.  Please shop locally.

 Christmas cards designed by Lydia Randolph are available at the Chamber.  Lydia has also completed a set of Boom Day prints.  The old black and white photos have really come alive with the vibrant strokes of color.

 Forms are available at the Chamber office for the 2010 Christmas Parade which will be held on December 10^th at 6PM.  Cash prizes will be awarded to the winners in the float categories.