Save this Date:
Annual Policy Summit
Tuesday, December 13 from 6 to 8 p.m.
Keynote speaker: South Carolina State Treasurer Curtis Loftis
Heavy hors d’oeuvres, beer and wine
Free (2 complimentary tickets) for members at the Friend ($50), Supporter ($100), Sponsor ($250) and Grand Sponsor ($500) annual membership levels
Tickets are $20 per person for basic, non-dues paying members
Where: South Carolina Press Association at 106 Outlet Point Boulevard (off Bush River Road)
RSVP to mailto:sheila@scsbc.org?subject=RSVP%20-%20Annual%20Policy%20Summit
If you are interested in sponsoring this event by providing resources for food and beverages, please contact Sheila at mailto:sheila@scsbc.org?subject=Sponsor%20-%20Annual%20Policy%20Summit
BUYSC Advisory Committee
The SC Small Business Chamber of Commerce has formed an advisory committee for our BUYSC program, a growing FREE online directory of locally-owned small businesses (http://cts.vresp.com/c/?TheSCSmallBusinessCh/b5881c8155/TEST/64b1a01499). Thanks to George Scott of Seeds of Wealth for his service as Chairman of the BUYSC Advisory Committee. We are still looking for a few more members. Our first meeting was on October 17, and our next meeting is scheduled for November 15 at 9:30 a.m. If you are interested in becoming an active advisory committee member, please email sheila@scsbc.org.
Help us “spread the word” about buying locally where your dollar has three times the economic impact than at a big box store. Listing your business on our BUYSC.org directory and encouraging others to use it will strengthen our local economies. We have BUYSC decals that you can display and we encourage you to use BUYSC.org in your promotional and advertising materials.
Also, display our BUYSC logo on your website. You may download the code at http://cts.vresp.com/c/?TheSCSmallBusinessCh/b5881c8155/TEST/0c29f623e4. Scroll toward to the bottom of the page, and copy and paste the code to your Website, Facebook Page, etc.
Membership Benefits
Payroll Service: Members can now save on average 20% for professional payroll services with no set-up fee ($100 value) from American Automated Payroll. You’ll receive full payroll processing with over 150 standard reports, direct deposit and ACH reporting, tax payments sent on your behalf with full liability for tax services, quarterly reports, W2’s and end of year reporting as well as many additional benefits. To take advantage of this service and savings, you must be supporter member or above.
To learn more, contact sbchamber@scsbc.org or call 803-252-5733.
Small Business Health Plan: On October 1, 2011, the Small Business Chamber rolled out its new group health insurance plan for members. The interest has been dramatic.
Reggie Bell, Colonial Commercial in Greer, told the Greenville News that this Small Business Health Plan “provides us with a cost-effective way to improve our employee benefit package and continue to compete for talent across the region.”
The plan, through Carolina Care Plan, has seven tiers of benefits, deductibles and co-pays to meet every need. These plans were specifically designed for the Small Business Chamber and are not available on the open market. Gibson & Associates is the independent insurance agency representing the Chamber and members are averaging up to 10% savings over competing plans.
For more information, visit our website at http://cts.vresp.com/c/?TheSCSmallBusinessCh/b5881c8155/TEST/2470a2228b. Click the link on the top banner and complete the form for more information. Or call Lee Long at 800-733-3391 ext. 211. Quotes are free to members and nonmembers, but you must be a supporter member or above to participate in the plan.
Follow the Small Business Chamber & President
Blog and Press: Small Business Chamber exec. Frank Knapp blogs 3 to 4 times a week at http://cts.vresp.com/c/?TheSCSmallBusinessCh/b5881c8155/TEST/46e0a04e65. You can sign up to receive the blog automatically. You can also read news stories that include the Small Business Chamber on our home page (http://cts.vresp.com/c/?TheSCSmallBusinessCh/b5881c8155/TEST/3e66a23779) under “press”.
Facebook & Twitter: If you have not liked our Facebook pages, please do it today!
http://cts.vresp.com/c/?TheSCSmallBusinessCh/b5881c8155/TEST/f9dced32d3
http://cts.vresp.com/c/?TheSCSmallBusinessCh/b5881c8155/TEST/07409b6076
If you are a BUYSC member, please be sure to comment and also post any specials or events to our wall to keep other members informed. This is an interactive page, so please participate!
You may have noticed that each week, 5 members sponsor our page. Each sponsor’s logo is posted on our Facebook page for a week. An announcement post of sponsors of the week goes out on Monday and throughout the week, we highlight each sponsor. To find out how you can sponsor our page, contact Sheila at (803) 252-5733 or sheila@scsbc.org.
And, please follow us on Twitter at:
http://cts.vresp.com/c/?TheSCSmallBusinessCh/b5881c8155/TEST/4ad522f330
http://cts.vresp.com/c/?TheSCSmallBusinessCh/b5881c8155/TEST/a110055f4b
Sponsors are also “tweeted” throughout the week.
Upgrade Your Membership
To find out all the benefits of upgrading your membership in the Small Business Chamber, contact Sheila at Sheila@scsbc.org or 803-252-5733. You can get enhanced listings on the BUYSC online directory, sponsorships on our social media networks and even free radio ads.
Recent Advocacy
October was a busy month. As Vice Chair of the American Sustainable Business Council, Frank Knapp attended that organization’s annual meeting in Washington. While there he met with members of the Administration’s economic team and had numerous meetings with members of Congress (including SC Rep. Tim Scott) and staff advocating for small business.
Frank also spoke in Seattle at the Northwest Regional Primary Care Association along with Lathran Woodard, Executive Director of the SC Primary Health Care Association. They talked about South Carolina’s experience in matching small businesses needing affordable health care for employees with community health centers. To find out more about this program, send an email to sbchamber@scsbc.org.
The Small Business Chamber had a Board of Directors meeting and an evening BUYSC microconference for members to learn and network.
Upcoming Events
November 26 is Small Business Saturday
FedEx and American Express are giving consumers $25 to use to shop on Small Business Saturday. Small businesses can get $100 worth of free Facebook advertising and a range of free tools to use to market their companies.
Read more http://cts.vresp.com/c/?TheSCSmallBusinessCh/b5881c8155/TEST/f7f11007e2
USC Hosts Small and Minority Business Forum
The University of South Carolina will hold a Small and Minority Business Forum from 9 a.m. to noon Wednesday, Nov. 9, in the Koger Center for the Arts, 1051 Greene St.
The forum is part of President Harris Pastides’ community outreach initiative to increase the number of small and minority businesses that participate in the university’s purchasing system’s bidding process.
Concurrent sessions will take place in the donor room and the atrium on the second floor of the Koger Center. One session will focus on how vendors can do business with USC and the state of South Carolina, and the other will provide information on construction project opportunities. The sessions will be led by officials from the procurement services division of the Budget and Control Board, the USC purchasing department and USC facilities construction and planning.
Businesses can register for the session(s) they want to attend by visiting the purchasing web site: purchasing.sc.edu and then selecting Nov 9th, 2011 Small and Minority Business Forum under news and announcements.
Free parking will be available in the Discovery garage at the Park Street entrance.
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