| Have you or your business caught on to the social networking craze? If you haven't you may want to reconsider and give it a try. "The era of social commerce is on its way in the next two years and social networks are likely to become more powerful than corporate Web sites and and customers relationship management software," according to a Forrester report. The report, penned by Forrester analyst Jeremiah Owyang, examines five eras of the social Web. On Facebook you can become a fan of the Tuscarawas County Chamber of Commerce, United Way of Tuscarawas County, T-County Pride, Tuscarawas Valley Family Farm Market, Dandelion May Fest, the Polar Express. When you become a fan it notifies everyone in your contact list and more people become aware of your business, event, program, organization, or what ever it is you are trying to promote. The Tuscarawas County Chamber of Commerce is having an event on May 15 that will teach you how to market your business on Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter. We are partnering with the Tuscarawas County Convention and Visitors Bureau to bring you Brad Kleinman of Worksmart Emarketing. Click here to register for this event. I invite you to follow the Tuscarawas County Chamber of Commerce on Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter. I enjoy promoting you, the members of the Tuscarawas County Chamber of Commerce, and spreading the word about your businesses and the wonderful reasons why Tuscarawas County is the best place to live, work and play. ------- I would like to say THANK YOU to everyone who attended our open house on the 16th of April. We had so many of you stop by and wish us well on our 50th Anniversary and also to take a look at our newly remodeled office. I would like to say an extra thank you to Fred and Kathy of McDonald Marlite Conference Center for donating the vegetable tray and desserts, to Kris, Amber and Sally at the Hampton Inn for the cookies, to Nancy and Chad Schindler of Broad Run Cheesehouse for the donation of 2 bottles of wine and the Sangria recipe. Also Thank you to Baker Florist, The Budget and Cleaning Extraordinaire for sending the lovely flower arrangements. We had a packed house the entire time. Thank you again. Jill R. McCartney, IOM President/CEO |
