Blog Archive
Business Tip of the Week: How to Grow Your Business Through Social Media
Provided by socialmediatoday.com - April 30, 2013Is your business active on Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and the other numerous social media sites? If so, then you are on the right track. Learn how to effectively utilize these free and useful tools to expand the outreach of your business.
Categories: Chamber Blog
Chamber Economic Outlook Breakfast Tuesday 4/16
Mary McLaughlin - April 11, 2013Featuring keynote speaker NY Federal Reserve President Bill Dudley
Categories: Advocacy Page
Meet the Council: Regina Boukhvalova from Northfield Bank
Provided by the YPG - April 3, 2013Regina Boukhvalova joined Northfield Bank in 2011 as Vice President and a Business Development Officer. With over 12 years of financial experience, Ms. Boukhvalova is responsible for developing new commercial and consumer relationships in the Staten Island market.
Categories: Chamber Blog
Business Spotlight: Maaco
Provided by the YPG - April 3, 2013¨ How did you start in this business? Why did you choose this field? Is this what you always wanted to be when you “grew up”?
After completing graduate school, I landed a job in “Corporate America.” I worked in the financial market for a few years only to realize it was not for me. I had a desire to be my own boss. My grand parents were small business owners, my uncles are small business owners and my parents were small business owners. I guess you could say that owning a business was in my blood. My parents established Maaco Collision Repair and Auto Painting in 1983. They have since retired and I now run the company. I chose this field because it has a great demand. Everyone drives an automobile and everyone will need a repair at some point. Owning a business is something that I have always wanted to do. It is a great feeling to know that everything you do will directly affect your future. You have the ability to take your company as far as you are willing to. The more work that you put into it, the greater the payoff.
Categories: Chamber Blog
Business Tip of the Week: Crisis Communication
Ryan Gleason - March 27, 2013Every business – large or small – should have a crisis communications plan
Once upon a time when we started in the field of public relations, things were simpler. It would have
been enough to write a press release, massage the story idea, and even embargo a story idea and
wait for it to hit the media outlets. You had print media and broadcast news…simple enough.
Now news is literally reported as it happens and many times not by a reporter or media outlet.
Smartphones and social media have made it possible for everyone to create a story and a buzz
without an editor. Often we are responding to the “news”. Even real reporters tweet and post.
Categories: Chamber Blog
City Releases Disaster Recovery Plan
Mary McLaughlin - March 27, 2013NYC has released the Community Development Block Grant- Disaster Recovery Action Plan A.
Categories: Advocacy Page
Business Tip of the Week: How to Survive the Work Week
Cosmopolitan - March 11, 2013Do you dread Monday mornings? Are you constantly counting the minutes until the start of the weekend? Is your morning coffee not enough to keep you alert and focused? Before you succumb to the work-week blues, find out how to make those five days before Saturday and Sunday more meaningful.
Categories: Chamber Blog
Chamber Goes to Albany!
Mary McLaughlin - March 5, 2013In the wake of toll hikes recently implemented by the MTA, members of the Staten Island Chamber of Commerce will travel to Albany to take the issue to N.Y. lawmakers.
Categories: Advocacy Page
FEMA & SBA Deadline Extended!
Mary McLaughlin - February 28, 2013FEMA and the SBA have extended deadlines for Sandy victims to apply for aid to March 29, 2013.
Categories: Advocacy Page
Meet the YPG Council: Amy Lavelle from New York Center for Interpersonal Development
Staten Island YPG - February 27, 2013Amy is currently the Business Liaison for New York Center for Interpersonal Development (NYCID)’s Achievement in Career & Education (ACE) Program. In this role, she works collaboratively with local businesses, organizations and government offices to secure internships and job placement referrals for young adults enrolled in the program. She has worked at NYCID for the past three years, and previously served as their Development Associate, helping to coordinate all fundraising, communication and community outreach efforts for the organization.
