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201 S. Washington St.Maryville, TN 37804865.983.2241855.257.3964 BlountPartnership.cominfodesk@BlountPartnership.com

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Event Calendar

February 2014

Limted Tickets Remain for the 94th Annual Meeting

Experience the best atmosphere to network and meet the business professionals of Blount County at the 94th Annual Meeting sponsored by Asbury Place on Friday, Feb. 28 at 6:30 p.m. at the Airport Hilton.

This huge networking party features a live band playing the best dance music of all time! GLOW, a performance, dance and show band from Atlanta will have the Hilton’s ballroom dance floor hopping until the wee hours of the morning.

Tickets for the premier networking event are $100 and can be pur-chased by calling the Chamber at 865.983.2241

Tables of 10 are availableHeavy hors d’oeuvres and cash barDress in your finest cocktail outfitEmcee is radio personality Frank Murphy from WNOX and Star 102.1

Glenn Shepard SeminarGlenn Shepard’s Seminar

“Hire With Confidence, Fire Without Fear, Tame Toxic Employees and Put Your Team on the Fast Track to Record-Shattering Success,” is coming to the Chamber March 5 from 8 a.m.-noon.

If you’ve been a manager for more than five minutes you know that people problems are the biggest problems, but now you can.

Hire With Confidence, Fire Without Fear, Tame Toxic Employ-ees and Put Your Team on the Fast Track to Record-Shattering Success.

If you’re trying to manage people without the skills I’ll give you in this seminar, you’re risking your career, your health and your sanity.

Fees: $129 Chamber Members; $149 Non Chamber MembersRegister at http://bit.ly/glenshepard

Learn How to be More Successful in

Email MarketingLearn some simple strategies to boost your email marketing with this

two hour seminar, March 12 from 1-3 p.m. at the Chamber.

Register for this FREE seminar here: http://bit.ly/mktingemail

Email is the most cost-effective, targeted, trackable, and efficient way to build and maintain relationships in all types of business and organiza-tions. This session will teach you how to master email marketing com-munications with a comprehensive look at best practices and winning strategies that lead to increased profits, revenue and engagement.

Topics in this session will include:• Email is marketing...and what marketing really is• Beyond the message (and your list) – email is more than just email• What to write about• Getting readers to take action• How communicating with customers regularly can help a small

business stay connected, and generate increased referrals, repeat sales, and unwavering customer loyalty

• How to start and build a strong permission-based customer list• How to get their audience to open, read and act on their email• And MORE ...This information-packed seminar will demonstrate how email mar-

keting – the hands-on, low-cost marketing tool – can really help drive business success..

Networking TrainingThe Chamber is offering a FREE network training class with Raeus Jae

Cannon, Feb. 26 from 3-4:30 p.m. RSVP to Amy at 865.273.1206. Cannon is a collaborative networking and relationship authority who

is highly energetic can show you how to easily never make a cold call again, yet build stronger relationships that drive higher profitability.

Enroll for BTAP ClassThe Blount Tourism Ambassador Program is a multi-faceted program

that serves to increase tourism by inspiring front-line employees and volunteers to turn every visitor encounter into a positive experience.

This program is FREE and requires only one class to become a Certified Tourism Ambassador™!

March 26 | 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. | Chamber Office Learn more and register online at www.CTANetwork.com

The event calendar on www.BlountChamber.com allows Blount Coun-tians to post their events directly to gain added exposure. These are

great opportunities to connect and network with potential customers. Visit our website to receive notices of events and meetings you would like to attend – www.BlountChamber.com, click on Events Calendar. February26 Networking Training Class With Raeus Jae Cannon27 Coffee Club at Kingdom Design Ministries28 94th Chamber Annual MeetingMarch1-31 Blount County Great American CleanUp1-30 Foothills Quilt Guild Quilt Show4 Quick-Pickin’ Mandolin for the Adult Beginner 5 Glenn Shepard Seminar “Hire With Confidence”7-8 Kaufmann’s Inter./Advanced Flatpicking Workshop8 Second Chance Ministries-Free Prom Dress Selection8 Guitar Virtuoso Beppe Gambetta at Palace Theater8 Clayton Center for the Arts- Hal Holbrook in Mark Twain9 Clayton Center for the Arts- Bela Fleck & Abigail Wasburn11- 13 Free Varicose and Spider Vein Screening12 Email Marketing: Simple Strategies For Success14-15 Peter Pan-Appalachian Ballet22 Mt. Dulcimer Champ & Folk Musician Sarah Morgan22 Clayton Center for the Arts- Ailey ll27 Coffee Club at Tennessee Vein Center

We’d like to welcome new members to the Blount County Chamber of Commerce who joined since last month. If

you are interested in joining or finding out more information, please call 865.983.2241 or log on to www.BlountChamber.com

MK Russell & Abbott Heating and Air — www.cleanaircomfort.com

First Choice Medical — 865.983.4999

The Emert Group — 865.250.5105

Are you looking to start a small buis-ness or need help in your current one? Then check out the Tennessee Small Buis-ness Development Center that visits the Blount County Chamber every Thursday.

To schedule a free small business counseling session or to make an ap-pointment with a representative from the

Tennessee SBDC call Claire at 983-2241.

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