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May 8, 2020 ~ Chamber, Local & Regional Business News

Elite Members Submit a Legislative Issue for Consideration

Newsletter Sponsor St. Charles Community College

Monthly Marketing MeetUp May 2020 Our Monthly Marketing Meetup will discuss: Email Marketing vs. Marketing Automation - What s the big deal, what s the difference and what are the advantages to each? - Learn the differences between email marketing and marketing automation... Read more www.gstccc.com

Live Daily Briefings From Chamber Staff

The Chamber staff have began broadcasting Daily Briefings every weekday at various times - next week the staff will be sharing business and community live at 11:00am next week on both the Chamber's Facebook Page and YouTube Channel . Please join us and interact. Feel free to ask questions or share ideas on what you would like to hear updates on. Sponsorships available, call 636.946.0633

News You May Have Missed

Frenchtown Great Streets Project For the health and safety of the community, the third and final workshop of the Frenchtown Great Streets project will be available here, online, until May 17th. See below to view videos and surveys regarding the Great Streets project. The input... Read more www.stcharlescitymo.gov St. Charles County CAPS We are so fortunate to have such amazing business partners to help make learning authentic for our CAPS associates through client projects, guest speakers, mentors, site visits, and unpaid internships. Without business partners, the CAPS program... Read more www.gstccc.com

Virtual Road Show Due to the novel COVID-19 virus, the Departments of Engineering & Public Works cancelled the City of Saint Charles Road Shows originally scheduled for April 23rd and April 30th and have now implemented a Virtual Road Show! Learn about the... Read more www.stcharlescitymo.gov Community Living has NAP tax credits that help people... Are you a business owner, partner, shareholder or member of an LLC? Do you own rental property, operate a farm, or have royalty income? If so, you are eligible for a tax credit in the amount of 50% of your gift to Community Living! For more... Read more www.gstccc.com

Municipalities cancel, tweak summer events to enforce... EDITOR'S NOTE: This article has been updated with new information pertaining to the 2020 Dardenne Prairie Summer Concert & Food Truck Rally. At the St. Charles County Council meeting held on April 27, County Executive Steve Ehlmann announced that ... Read more midriversnewsmagazine.com Local municipality, state legislator seek passage of use ... In its simplest form, a use tax is sales tax collected by an e-commerce vendor and distributed to the municipality in which the purchased item will be used. Use tax revenue functions exactly the same way sales tax revenue does - it helps... Read more midriversnewsmagazine.com Cybersecurity For Remote Workers: A Business Leader's... Cybersecurity for remote workers is incredibly important given the prevalence of employees working from home. Cyberattacks are a major threat for which employers need to maintain awareness and constantly be on guard. We'll explore why... Read more www.insperity.com With Red Tape Lifted, Dr. Zoom Will See You Now The pandemic pushed Medicare to make telemedicine more financially attractive. Now doctors, patients and regulators will see if they want to stick with it. Read more www.nytimes.com Facebook Provides Tips and a Template for an Effective... Facebook has published a new set of tips on how to create an effective social media content calendar, while it's also provided a basic content calendar template to help you get started on mapping out your strategy. Read more www.socialmediatoday.com Bye-Bye 9-To-5: A Flex Schedule Is The New Norm - Insperity Whether you are looking to bring in the absolute best talent or to find ways to maximize the productivity of employees already in your workforce, the flexible work schedule, or flex schedule, is quickly becoming a cornerstone of many successful... Read more www.insperity.com St Charles County MO on Twitter The #StCharlesCounty Highway Department is hosting an Informational Virtual Open House on the Gutermuth Road Phase III project. Residents may view plans and submit questions and comments online May 15-29, 2020, at https://t.co/9m6c7QiyqU.... Read more twitter.com What If Your Email Metrics Are Off: Who's Really... Email marketing experts will urge you to follow the latest and greatest best-practices: Personalize your content, send to only engaged audiences, segment whenever possible and create accurate personas, clean up your database, avoid adding... Read more www.marketingprofs.com 10 Hard Truths About Management No One Tells You I remember talking with an acquaintance a few years back who had recently graduated from college about how she envisioned her career progressing. Here's how she broke down the steps: Get a job. Master that job. Manage other people doing that job. ... Read more blog.hubspot.com Taking internships virtual during coronavirus Thank you for visiting the Missouri Intern Connect Web site (the "Site"). We are committed to protecting your privacy and we voluntarily provide this privacy statement in support of this commitment. Missouri Intern Connect wants to provide a... Read more www.mointernconnect.com Photos: Many Main Street businesses in St. Charles open, ... Many businesses on historic Main Street in St. Charles opened on Monday, May 4, 2020. Some remained closed and at least one shuttered for good. Read more www.stltoday.com

Missouri bid to bring a hyperloop test track to St.... "We are in possibly some of the deadliest days in Missouri of the pandemic and we are talking about mud flaps and brass knuckles," Rizzo said. "Is this the best way to spend our time?" asked Sen. Lauren Arthur, D-Kansas City. Debate was halted... Read more www.stltoday.com Asian giant hornet, dubbed 'murder hornet' no threat in... Missourians need not worry about insects dubbed "murder hornets" in social media, says University of Missouri Extension entomologist Kevin Rice. He hopes to put a halt to hysteria about the Asian giant hornet. "The name circulating on social... Read more midriversnewsmagazine.com Road projects on tap for St. Peters beginning May 11 The city of St. Peters will conduct two road projects next week that will impact multiple roadways within the city. The street d epartment plans to remove and replace the asphalt surface on Jungermann Road from Bartley Street to Willott Road. The ... Read more midriversnewsmagazine.com Record 20.5 million American jobs lost in April.... With much of the American economy in self-imposed shutdown to prevent the spread of coronavirus, April's colossal surge in unemployment was a historic disaster for workers. Read more www.cnn.com 131st Bomb Wing Missouri Air National Guard Watch the skies over Missouri this , as the 131st Bomb... Wing performs a B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber to honor and thank all of the Missouri healthcare professionals, first responders, military members, essential personnel and volunteers on the... Read more www.facebook.com Boeing says it's about to start building the 737 Max... Boeing seeks to resume production of the 737 Max this month, CEO Dave Calhoun said on Friday. The plane has been grounded worldwide since March 2019, and production has been suspended since January, 2020. Boeing has about 450 completed planes in... Read more www.businessinsider.com Twitter Expands Test of Threaded Tweet Replies to More... Whats a second, isn't this...? Didn't Twitter already announce this? Today, Twitter has announced that some users on iOS and web will now see its new threaded tweet replies layout, which includes a line linking replies to the original tweet. Your ... Read more www.socialmediatoday.com How to Generate Leads in a Competitive Digital Landscape How do you optimize your digital marketing strategy to generate more leads? Frankly, that's a broad question. To find your way through the digital marketing jungle of today, you need to better understand trends in digital marketing today. Read more www.marketingprofs.com How to Prepare for a Virtual Conference as a Speaker... With physical events on hiatus, virtual meet-ups are where it's at, with a range of well-known industry functions and speakers reverting to live-streaming to maintain connection with their audiences, and even expand the reach of their... Read more www.socialmediatoday.com B2B Marketing After COVID-19: What Changes and What Doesn't? Let's take a few moments and look past our current reality-the one where we spend our days wearing athleisure wear, watching Tiger King, and spending eight hours a day on Zoom calls. Read more www.marketingprofs.com Rob Cooke: The cost of work stress -- and how to reduce it By some estimates, work-related stress drains the US economy of nearly 300 billion dollars a year -- and it can hurt your productivity and personal health too, says wellness advocate Rob Cooke. He shares some strategies to help put your mental,... Read more www.ted.com

Thank You Nurses

Virtual Biz Brew Registration Open Now

Virtual Biz Brew May 2020 BIZ BREW - Serving straight up business and spirited conversation. Come and enjoy beverages, snacks and engaging discussions with fellow chamber members and guests.** Always remember to bring lots of your business cards to pass around. Read more www.gstccc.com

Resources

Uniting for Recovery: Lawmakers must shield COVID-19... During the COVID-19 crisis, Missouri health care professionals have dealt with extraordinary challenges and placed themselves in harm's way to serve the sick. In addition, manufacturers across the state rapidly altered their operations to help... Read more mochamber.com Small Business Coronavirus Impact Poll View Press Release As challenges continue, 47% of small businesses say PPP funding is critical As small businesses remain closed due to social distancing requirements, many are finding unique ways to transform their business operations, according ... Read more www.uschamber.com U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform Poll Shows Clear ... WASHINGTON- Americans across the political spectrum believe that employers must have protections from COVID-related lawsuits as they make decisions about how to safely and sustainably reopen their businesses, according to a new national survey... Read more www.instituteforlegalreform... Coronavirus resources for Missouri employers - Missouri... With COVID-19 continuing to spread in the United States, the Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Industry urges the business community to take proactive steps to protect their workplaces and communities from coronavirus. Click the links above for... Read more mochamber.com

Uniting For Recovery: Return To Work - Missouri Chamber... A guide based on best practices to assist businesses in their efforts to create safe workplaces for their employees and customers. Missouri businesses have played a critical role in the effort to stop the spread of COVID-19. As local and... Read more mochamber.com Unemployment and returning to work As businesses begin to reopen after the conclusion of the Stay Home Missouri order on May 4, many employers have questions about calling staff members back to work who have been unemployed and collecting benefits. This scenario has become... Read more mochamber.com State-by-State Business Reopening Guidance Across America, business leaders are restarting our nation's economic engines and employees are returning to work. However, this process is taking place gradually and non-uniformly across the country depending on regional differences in the... Read more www.uschamber.com Free Tools for Small Businesses During Coronavirus Pandemic COVID-19 has thrown lots of business owners into crisis mode as storefronts close and sales nosedive. Fortunately, there are tons of big enterprises offering help to smaller merchants and entrepreneurs by discounting or offering their tools for... Read more www.uschamber.com

US Chamber Video: Path Forward: Lessons we can learn from other countries' responses to COVID-19

Billboard Available

Billboard Space Available Just a FEW Billboards left for 2020! Cycles are 28 days long, $100, If you didn’t secure yours yet, you have a last chance before they’re gone! This is what’s available, if you’re interested for Hwy 364/94, contact Lori by email or by phone at 636-946-0633 x 103. Due to a cancellation by a business who had 10 spots, we have 5 spaces available on Hwy. 364 for the May 25th cycle . May 25 – 5 June 22 – 5 Aug 17 – 1 Nov 9 – 3 Dec 7 – 7 *Availability on a first come, first serve basis & subject to change without notice .

Call Lori Tainter to reserve your space at 636-946-0633 or email her at Lori@GSTCCC.com

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