OCCMG takes networking to the next level

Monthly a small group of chamber members, OCCMG, discuss how to make the chamber a better investment for its members. Their mission is to create and implement a marketing plan to increase Chamber visibility in the marketplace and to attract new and retain existing members. Since networking is the number one reason why businesses join [...]

Chamber Member Spotlight: Joe and Mary Mottino Family YMCA

Generous friends of the YMCA have made it possible for your YMCA to expand our values-based programs serving your community. We provide programs that emphasize the qualities of caring, honesty, respect and responsibility. These values are role-modeled by our staff, expected of our members, and integrated into all our programs. Our Mission “The YMCA is [...]

OCCMG meets again

OCCMG, that stands for Marketing Our normally scheduled meeting was pushed back a week due to scheduling conflicts, but that didn’t put off the group’s enthusiasm for continuing the job of updating the Chamber’s marketing efforts. The first discussion point was the Chamber’s tagline. The fact that we don’t have one is the issue. After [...]

Allocating Self-Employment Taxes Between Business Owner and Spouse

Last week I was visited by a 60 year old woman whose husband had died last year. For 30 years he had a successful, profitable business run as a Sole Proprietorship. And every year he dutifully paid his Self-Employment taxes, putting money into his social security account – HIS social security account. Now his widow [...]

OCCMG meets again and the results are in…

OCCMG met again early November. One of the goals of the group was to get a survey out to the membership to help with their mission to create and implement a marketing plan for 2012. The survey did go out and the results are in!  A big thank you to all those members who participated. [...]

Why I LOVE Google… and you should too!

By Lisa Frost of Amazeinc Internet Solutions. Recently I had the privilege of attending an exclusive event hosted by Google. The Engage Agency program was designed to help marketing agencies like us deliver better results for small businesses. Spending the entire day reviewing the veritable plethora of FREE tools and resources offered by Google, reminded [...]

OCCMG meets and the survey says…

The first Thursday of the month zoomed around again and those happy marketing people at the chamber got down to business. Their mission is to create and implement a marketing plan to increase Chamber visibility in the marketplace and to attract new and retain existing members. First up: the survey. Recent blogs mentioned “the survey” [...]

Member Spotlight: Seagate Corporate Center

Seagate Corporate Center (A Rockefeller Group Development) combines location, modern architectural design and flexibility to meet the growing needs of today’s business. Seagate Corporate Center represents a unique opportunity to lease or purchase property in North San Diego County. Strategically located in the heart of Oceanside, Seagate Corporate Center offers a variety of options within [...]

Countdown to College- Sylvan Learning Center of Oceanside

Countdown to College By: Mario F. Aguirre Sylvan Learning of Oceanside The pressure is on. To compete in today’s global economy, teenagers must obtain collegiate degrees now more than ever. Our growing global economy has made it necessary for more students to attend college in order to obtain good paying jobs. New tools, such as [...]

WordPress – Choosing the Right Theme

WordPress.org maintains an official directory for themes. As of this writing they have over 1,200 themes with thousands more to be found outside of their system. Each theme in the WordPress directory has been checked and inspected for basic functionality. This is a good start and generally the safest place to get a theme if [...]

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