Darien Resident Community Update Newsletter
July 19th, 2010
When is the SideWalk Sale, what hours is the Farmer’s Market open, when are there free movies/concerts in town? These and more questions are answered with the Chamber’s colorful “Darien Resident Community Update Newsletter” which is emailed monthly to interested recipients. A quote a recipient sent us last week “Thank you so much for adding my name to this great news letter!!”
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After Hours Networking~BBQ
June 22nd, 2010
The Chambers of Commerce of Norwalk, Stamford, Westport, Darien, and Wilton…
Proudly present
2010 Summer Social
Thursday, July 22, 2010
4:00 – 7:00 p.m.
$45 (includes one drink)
Paid Reservations required in Advance by July 21st.
No Sign Ups At the Door
Sponsored and Hosted by
Dolce Norwalk
32 Weed Avenue, Norwalk (directions at www.dolce.com)
This very special Business After Hours brings together numerous Chambers for an exclusive picnic social event within the 66-acre pastoral grounds of Dolce Norwalk, complete with barbecue food off the grill, satisfying salads and cold, refreshing beverages from the bar.
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Don’t miss this occasion to network with Chamber members across the area!
Come make new contacts and celebrate summer!!
JOB Openings
June 21st, 2010
Job Overview
Westfair Business Publications (publishes Fairfield Count Business Journal) has an opening for a sales person. (914) 694-3600 or bhanlon@westfairinc.com
The Moore Center also has two job openings. For information go to: http://www.moorept.com/Careers.html
SideWalk Sales & Family Fun Days
June 15th, 2010
July 15,16,& 17 (yes 3 days this year). Sidewalk Sales Advertising Supplement is distributed to 35,000 homes and businesses in Local ads in eight local newspapers. ALL participating businesses are listed on the FRONT COVER.
-Advertising will appear in the Darien Times, Stamford Advocate, New Canaan Advertiser, Norwalk Citizen News, Stamford Times, Ridgefield Press, Wilton Bulletin and Greenwich Times.
-These advertisements reach over 100,000 readers and offer an excellent opportunity for your business to reach out to new prospects. It also gives us a chance to promote Darien as a great place to shop. The planning and effort you put into this event will lead to profits and new customers for you.
Press releases sent to magazines, newspapers, radio stations and Cablevision News 12
• Prominently displayed local signage
• All permits for tents and signage in police enforcement
• Children’s entertainment in one location on Fri. & four locations around town Saturday.
PLAN NOW TO PARTICIPATE IN THE SALES
CHAMBER’S ROLE:
The Chamber obtains town permits, ensuring that parking regulations, zoning restrictions, and restrictions against obstructing the sidewalk are not enforced during the sidewalk sales. AS ONLY REGISTERED PARTICIPANTS ARE COVERED BY THESE PERMITS, THE TOWN WILL NOT ALLOW OUTSIDE SALES BY STORES WHO DECIDE TO TAKE PART WITHOUT GOING THROUGH THE REGISTRATION PROCESS. The Chamber insures the event, and our liability insurance only covers pre-registered participants.
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Constant Contact Tip Sheet
June 9th, 2010
Tip Sheet Created for attendees of the Constant Contact 101 Workshop presented on 6/9/10 by the Darien Chamber of Commerce and led by Nicole Lyons of AllAboutDarien.com.
Reminder: DCC Members receive a 20-25% discount on Constant Contact! If you haven’t opened an account yet, you can start with a 60-day free trial. To begin your trial click here. If you already have a Constant Contact account and would like your discount, please send an email to chamber@constantcontact.com with your user name telling them you are a member of the Darien Chamber of Commerce.
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EMAIL MARKETING: OVERVIEW
–> What it is: relationship-building; an opportunity to create engagement with customers and prospects that will build trust, increase sales, loyalty and referrals, and provide value beyond their initial interaction with your brand or business. A great example: local grocery case study.
–> Other local business Success Stories: Yoga Studio, Restaurant, Wine & Spirits
–> What it is NOT: a tool for prospecting (i.e. emailing people who have not ‘opted-in’ to receive emails from your business), or inundating subscribers with information that it not relevant either to their interests or your business.
–> Permission-Based/ List-Building Best Practices
–> IMAGES: The “Right-Click” Trick — to insert an image that is already online somewhere else into your email, locate the image; move mouse pointer over the image, and “right-click;” select “Copy Image Location.” You can then paste this URL into the Image location, edit its size, give it a caption, assign it a click-through URL, etc.
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CONSTANT CONTACT/ EMAIL TUTORIALS
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What is Nutshell Mail?
Well, in a nutshell, it creates an email digest of all of your social media touchpoints, delivered to you once daily. It combines all updates/comments/posts from your Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and MySpace accounts into a SINGLE email, allowing you to save time and monitor, at-a-glance, all of your social media activity, follow-ups required, etc.