photocreidt: depositphotos.com BY: RACHEL SMITH The 2nd annual vacant building tour, entitled “Clear Lake Open for Business” is being held from August 13th through August 24th. Unlike last year, this year’s “tour” will be virtual. Interested entrepreneurs are able to view the properties online, all listed in one...
Business Tips
A Goal Without a Plan is just a Wish
BY: RACHEL SMITH Have you ever thought of an amazing idea for a new business in town? Or ever looked around our community and longed for a certain type of business? Ideas are a dime a dozen, really. Concepts floating through our subconscious as the ‘what if’ or ‘wishes’ that seem so far out of reach. It is the...
7 Ways to Use LinkedIn to Grow Your Small Business
Grow your small business with LinkedIn by using these seven proven tactics. Content was provided by LinkedIn Search Marketing Specialist Amber Bockman. There are nearly 30 million small businesses in the United States, but only half of them will make it past five years. To ensure your small business is in the successful...
Tools for Being a Better Listener When Your Customers Aren’t in the Room
Most of the time being a better listener means closing your mouth and not thinking about what you will say next. But the real listening help most small business owners need in today’s business climate is digital. Why Being a Good Listener is Important In addition to people feeling more valued when they believe you’re...
Five Questions for: Mark Hewitt, President & CEO, Clear Lake Bank & Trust Company
As a prelude to our Chamber’s 75th anniversary in 2018, wewill highlight the original charter members who have been chamber members since 1943. Click here for the full Charter Member Revisited article. Five Questions for….Mark Hewitt Mark is the President and CEO for Clear Lake Bank & Trust. Both he and his...
Chamber Coffee – Something New!
The Chamber Quarterly Coffee is a new networking program that will bring the Chamber members and the community together for updates on all major happenings in Clear Lake, to include the following: business & city updates; new employees/advancement & promotions; honors, awards & grants by companies &...
Chamber Business Expo 2016
The Clear Lake Chamber of Commerce presents its Business Expo on Thursday, May 19, 2016. You are invited to attend and meet the business people who have products and services that are right in your backyard. Admission is free when you present your business card. This year’s Business Expo, the only business show of...