...bend at the knees when getting your wallet to pay someone else to do it!

On behalf of the Small Business Committee, I'd like to thank everyone who attended this morning's Business Networking Blast at the Hilton Gardens Inn in Newburgh. We had some veterans and a whole bunch of new faces, as well as some future Olympic skating stars (you had to be there to get that one!).

Thanks as well to our wonderful volunteers, Chamber staff, and our gracious co-sponsors: Hospice of Orange & Sullivan Counties (represented by Janice Valentino), and Goldstein,

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I've discovered that if you upload photos in the order they were taken, they'll show up backwards. SO upload photos in the reverse order (last one first). Eight at one time can be uploaded. After you've uploaded the first 8 photos (before you save them) a discription and tag can be added. DON'T USE THE APPLY TO ALL TAB! If you do it'll make the title (file name) all the same. Use copy & paste if needed. After you've uploaded all the photos creat an album, then drag the photos into the album… Continue

If you are using pretty templates for emailing your prospective customers, and customers alike, you may be hurting yourself.

The problem is that the graphics may be making it almost impossible for cell phone users to view it correctly. Even regular email clients like Outlook and Thunderbird may be blocking your graphics and making your email message look unpleasant.

Whenever emailing prospective customers, or my existing clients, I never use graphics within any of my marketing… Continue

Do you know anyone who wants to start a business, or an existing business owner who is in trouble and needs funding, but a regular lender may not approve them?

If you do, please send them to OrangeNYEAP.com.

NYS has given the Orange County Chamber of Commerce a grant in order to educate and train small business owners.

The training will take place over a period of 10 weeks starting on January 25th, 2010 and is funded by a gran… Continue