Chamber Facilitates Two Workshops Thursday
CHAMBER News:
The Los Alamos Chamber of Commerce is facilitating two workshops Thursday, Nov. 7 at UNM-Los Alamos in the Lecture Hall in the Student Center, Bldg. 2.
From 8-9:30 a.m., there will be a presentation about the Affordable Care Act and its options and requirements for employers, Health Insurance Exchange and the SHOP program for employers. The presenter is Steve Morgan, who has extensive experience in the insurance industry.
This is a Business Breakfast, and is open to all employers, whether they are Chamber members or not, free of charge. The event is sponsored by the Association Read More
Location Change for Information Day for Discovery Day 2014
Pajarito Brewpub Celebrates First Anniversary
Pajarito Brewpub owners, from left, Patrick Mockler-Wood, Catherine Mockler and Dorota and Pawel Listwan celebrated the first anniversary of the Brewpub Saturday night. Photo by Katie Stavert of Los Alamos Business Assistance ServicesQNM Offers ‘Preparing for Stategic Planning’ Workshop
QNM News:
ALBUQUERQUE—Quality New Mexico will conduct a workshop “Preparing for Strategic Planning – Your Approach to the Future” 8:30 a.m. to noon, Nov. 13 at CNM Workforce Training Center, 5600 Eagle Rock Ave NE, Albuquerque.
Registration is available at www.qualitynewmexico.org. The workshop fee is $150 for non-members and special discounts apply for Quality NM Members. You’ll use the Baldrige Criteria for Performance Excellence to guide your planning for the future.
Who should attend? This workshop is designed for owners, leaders, managers, supervisors and team leaders. Read More
Holiday Success Tips and Tricks: Part 3
Holiday Success Tips and Tricks: Part 3Advertising
Marketing during the holiday rush is a must to really attract customers and boost business. Let’s talk about a few great ideas and best practices when advertising during the holidays.
Paid Advertising
There are time-tested ways to get the word out about your business. Radio is still a powerful medium and can get you into the ears of a highly targeted market. Search engine ads are more and more useful especially as online shopping becomes even more popular. Facebook ads are also highly Read More
Local Computer Business Helps Solve Technical Dilemmas
ECS, LLC owners Heather and Brady Burke with their daughter Kaity. Courtesy photo
Business News:
Did you get a piece of technology recently, a phone, tablet, DVD player or computer that has you baffled? The folks at Enterprise Computing Systems (ECS) might be the ones to help. The employees of ECS are members of four local families.
“We can set up your phone (iphone or android) to send and receive email, your DVD player to stream Netflix, cajole your computers into sharing folders and printers, clean your computer of malware, and more,” ECS Office Manager Carrie DeBurgomaster said. Read More
Holiday Success Tips and Tricks: Part 2
Holiday Success Tips and Tricks: Part 2Getting Customers!
As we continue our Holiday Success series, we want to start where it counts: CUSTOMERS. Your holiday success plan must start with customers. No matter what type of business or organization you operate, without them your business just doesn’t work. Businesses must attract new customers and keep current customers to thrive in this economy.
During the holiday season, the best place to get customers is to reach out to your existing customers. There are a number of ways to reinforce Read More
Yang: Some Sobering Points Regarding ‘Wildly Successful People’
Some Sobering Points Regarding “Wildly Successful People”I often get impatient with my own social scientist’s penchant for “it all depends…” But seriously, how do you define “success” in your profession? And is that definition truly applicable to you yourself? Does this definition change with times?
One of the articles on “LinkedIn,” yet another social network, titled “The 5 Traits of Wildly Successful People” (link below) caught my attention. The author starts with the premise that hard work alone is insufficient to lead to success. From his research on some “wildly successful Read More
Quality New Mexico Targets Performance Excellence
QNM Chair Bill Wadt of Los Alamos. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.comBill Wadt of Los Alamos is chairman of the Board of Quality New Mexico (QNM.) He stopped by the Los Alamos Daily Post’s downtown headquarters recently to talk how about the non-profit organization helps businesses achieve performance excellence.
“QNM is 20 years old and has always had strong bipartisan support,” Wadt said. “Through Executive Order, Gov. Susana Martinez made QNM the official administrator of the New Mexico Read More
Holiday Success Tips and Tricks: Part 1
Holiday Success Tips and Tricks: Part 1The holidays are approaching fast and Los Alamos Business Assistance Services is here with some great Holiday Success Tips and Tricks for your business.
Did you know that 39 percent of consumers start shopping before Halloween? Don’t fear if you haven’t started planning for the holiday season yet because 40 percent of consumers shop in November and 21 percent in December. There is still plenty of time to create a holiday planning guide for your business.
The holidays are the busiest time of the year, Read More
