Hi All,

You may notice on the right side bar we now have an Elevator Speech grouping.  It is our goal to provide YOU, the local Portland Business Owner / Operator, a valuable resource you can use to:

1. Reach more customers
2. Build more search engine visibility
3. Develop new relationships
4. Improve your business

This site is FREE for you to use and now you can add you Elevator speech for ALL to read.  At this point we will show the last ten elevator speeches in the site bar.  Clicking on “Archive for Elevator Speech” will take you to a list of all elevator speeches.  Soon we will add a “Most Popular Elevator Speech”.  These presentations can be of a more direct selling presentation, since they will only appear in the blog space “if” a visitor clicks on the title.

To add your elevator speech, first you must register an account on this site.  Complete your user profile with a real name and working eMail address.  Once your account is approved, then you simply create a “New Post” and select the “Elevator Speech” category for your article.

Any Elevator Speech published in a category OTHER than “Elevator Speech” will be unpublished.

If you need help learning how to use WordPress, please call Ed Bejarana at (503) 709-1454.

Bear and I are developing a WordPress / Business networking meeting.  Look for more information to be forthcoming in July.

Thank you for your participation.  With your help, this site has reached the 70,000+ hits mark.  We now have over 450 unique visitors per week, clicking on almost 5 pages per visit.  Please continue to support our sponsors, for it is their modest $25 per month ad that pays for the operation of this site.  If you are interested in purchasing an ad space on this site, please contact Ed Bejarana at (503) 709-1454.

Ed Bejarana
BusinessBlogging.net
a division of Zenith Exhibits, Inc.

Keep ‘Em Coming Back

Some while back, I discovered this little note and thought the idea was worth considering.  It seems that The Arlington, VA Chamber of Commerce keeps their members coming back for more with a unique door prize. The Chamber contributes $100 to an initial door prize drawing. At every monthly Business-After-Business networking function, a member’s name is drawn…and you must be present to win! If the member isn’t there at the time his/her name is drawn, the Chamber contributes another $100 to the prize. The current door prize is now worth $1600!! As the prize gets bigger, the more members make it a point to show up!

I wonder if this would work here.

Coach

http://cli.gs/ueyNNE

Portland Business Community is committed to helping local business grow and thrive in these tough economic times. To that end, we are announcing plans to host a FREE training seminar and business networking event.

The training will be a hour and a half long session on how to create effective business blog articles to:

1. Gain better search engine visibility
2. More web traffic
3. Strong ties to your industry

The event will also include time before and after the seminar for face-to-face business networking. No membership fees, no seminar fees; just valuable information you can use to grow your business.

Why are Bear and I doing this?

Because we know the secret to succeeding in business is helping others come together to network and learn. Through stronger bonds with our community everyone in the network will benefit from increased commerce and cooperation.

More information will be forth coming as we secure meeting space and finalize the details.

Ed Bejarana
BusinessBlogging.net
a division of Zenith Exhibits, Inc.