Chamber Blog

Welcome to the Barton County Chamber of Commerce Blog. You'll find information about our area, articles about our members, news and information about business that you can use every day in your own business endeavors. If you have a suggestion for the Chamber Blog, or would like to submit something to us to share, contact us at info@bartoncounty.com
Friday, August 19, 2016
How Inspiration Can Improve Your Business Marketing

Content creators will tell you the key to great content is to create content that is educational, entertaining, or inspiring. Educational content is extremely needed even with the plethora of content on the Internet. A good meaty piece will keep people from having to do additional research. Often it will get shared and bookmarked.

Christina R. Green

Thursday, August 18, 2016
WHAT DOES EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE HAVE TO DO WITH BUSINESS? Post

There are trends in business that seem like they are dreamed up by coaches selling services. The difficulty today is in identifying which ones are necessary to your business and which ones you can sit on the sidelines watching for a while. Some will turn out to be fads, and you needn’t bother. Others will become important parts of doing business.

Christina R. Green

Thursday, August 18, 2016
PCreate Killer Subject Lines for More Opened Emails

If you’ve turned to email marketing and list building for your business, you might dread seeing the open rates. While it’s hard to understand why every customer doesn’t immediately open the email from you – especially when it contains such beneficial information – sometimes it’s not you, it’s them.

Christina R. Green

Thursday, August 18, 2016
Courting the Millennial Customer

If you are in a traditionally “cool” business, like a coffee shop, indy bookstore, or juice bar, it’s likely you have scads of skinny jean-wearing hipsters hanging around your store. But if you’re reading this article, most likely you don’t but you know you need them. ​ There are roughly 75.3 million Millennials in the United States. This number outranks the 74.9 million Baby Boomers. For a successful future, your business needs the younger generation. Here’s how you can get their attention and keep it.

Christina R. Green

Thursday, August 18, 2016
Considering Total Cloud for Your Business? 5 Questions to Ask First.

By now most of us have part of our lives in the cloud. Family photos, videos, home entertainment, sure. But there are some business owners who are still hesitant in giving everything over to an “entity” they can’t see, touch, or visit. If you’re considering cloud services and placing all of your business’ data assets in the cloud, read on.

Christina R. Green