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READINGTON, NJ – Hunterdon, asthe rest of the nation, is undergoing“long-term structural changes anddisruptions” that, working in tandem,may result in Hunterdon being home tothe “not yet wed, and the nearly dead.”

That’s what James Hughes told agroup of business and elected leadersyesterday at a conference sponsoredby Hunterdon’s Chamber ofCommerce.

Hughes, an East Amwell resident, isthe dean of the Edward J. BlousteinSchool of Planning and Public Policy atRutgers. An author of more than 30books, he’s widely recognized as anexpert on demographics, housing, andregional economics.

The changes are the result oftechnology and the cyclical nature ofeconomics, Hughes said.

“We’ve been on a wild ride on theeconomic roller coaster for the past 17years,” he told the group which met atthe Stanton Ridge clubhouse inReadington.

“America entered the 21st century atthe tail-end of what we now call thegreat trans-millennial economicexpansion,” Hughes said. What beganin March 1991 ended in March 2001,he said, making it “the longestexpansion in the nation’s history – a full10 years.”

The period was “an extended periodof robust economic growth, a decadeof prosperity for New Jersey andHunterdon.”

The bad news is that the second halfof the expansion was actually “fueledby a high technology dot-com bubblethat ultimately caused its demise ... butyou never know you’re in a bubbleeconomy until it bursts.” In theaftermath, the stock market “lost $5trillion down the drain.”

The eight-month recession thatfollowed was cut short by“extraordinary actions taken by theFederal Reserve,” Hughes said, andthat helped create what he called an“unprecedented housing bubble.”

America’s homeownership rate had

soared from its historic 64 percent rateto 69 percent. Then, the “great housingbubble burst .. as the Great Recessionunfolded.” The home ownership rate is63 percent now, the lowest it’s been in51 years.

“Housing reality in New Jersey hasbeen permanently transformed,”Hughes said, but there’s more to it thanjust those numbers.

The 18-month downturn was theworst downturn since the GreatDepression. When it ended in 2009,8.7 million private sector jobs hadevaporated.

Now, “I think more New Jerseyansbelieve in flying saucers than believeexpansion is deep into its eighth year,”Hughes said. The current cycle is“quite mature and perhaps living onborrowed time,” although Hughesbelieves “the current nationalexpansion will soon be the third-longestin history.” He said this year will be oneof “substantial economic traction (that)could surprise us on the upside.

While bucking-bronco growth is not

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in the cards ... we’re not about to beeconomic roadkill anytime soon.”

Economic bubbles can have “long-term ramifications and disruptions,”Hughes explained, and the “lingeringeffect of the housing bust and creditcrisis is the greatest home-ownershipcorrection in the nation’s history.”

That bust has hit many millennials,who Hughes said face “significantdifficulties in the housing market.”

Statistics show a record number ofadult millennial children – who arebetween 18-and 34 years old – arenow living with their parents, with 34percent nationally still at home,Hughes said.

In New Jersey, those numbers areeven higher, with 47 percent ofmillennials living with their parents –the highest in the country. And in theGarden State, Hunterdon leads theway: 61 percent of millennials areliving with a parent, Hughes said.

Yet, “Millennials now rule,” Hughessaid, because of “the greatest agestructure age transformation inhistory.” Those born between 1980and 2000 have already supplantedbaby boomers as largest sector ofAmerica’s workforce, and they are an

“urban-centric generation.”

“While their parents couldn’t wait toget out of industrial Jersey City andmove to Hunterdon County,” Hughesobserved, “millennials can’t wait to getback to post-industrial Jersey City.” Hecalled the pattern “sprawl-withdrawal,”as millennials shift from places likeHunterdon County to those such asHudson County and New York City.

Will Hunterdon be attractive tomillennials in the future? As millennialshave changed job patterns andpopulation patterns, Hughes asked,“Will their preferences change? That’sa key question that remains to beanswered.

“My forecast? Yes, that’s going tohappen,” Hughes said. “We don’tknow the magnitude of it.”

But if they do come to Hunterdon,they will want the “experientialenvironments,” that they favor, not thestandard suburb. That, Hughes said,will create “ a new opportunity forHunterdon.”

Huighes said that what the futureholds can’t be foreseen because it willlikely be driven, at least in part, bytechnology that is only just nowdeveloping, or that may not yet havebeen invented.

For example, things such asartificial intelligence and autonomousvehicles could influence the future.Perhaps, Hughes muses, millennialswill commute from Hunterdon toJersey City in their self-driving cars.

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JOHN E. LANZAHunterdon County

FreeholderJohn E. Lanza has been a practicing

attorney since 2001 and has worked with his

family’s Flemington-based law firm, Lanza &

Lanza LLP, since its founding in 2005. He is a

lifetime resident of Hunterdon County and currently lives with his wife, Kyra,

and son, Mark, in the City of Lambertville.

Mr. Lanza earned a political science degree from Boston College in 1998

and graduated cum laude from Seton Hall University School of Law in 2001.

He is admitted to practice in New Jersey (2001) and the District of Columbia

(2012). Mr. Lanza specializes in estate matters, including planning,

administration and litigation. In addition to his private practice, Mr. Lanza

serves as an alternate municipal prosecutor for the Borough of South

Plainfield, Township of Piscataway and City of South Amboy.

Mr. Lanza was first elected to the Board of Chosen Freeholders in 2013 in

his first bid for public office.

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Association. Our guest speaker is going to be HunterdonCounty Freeholder Director John Lanza

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Pictured left to right: PollyAnderson of Choices forSeniors, Pat Smits of LawOffices of Patricia Garity Smits,and Robert Czaskos of WeichertRealtors.

The Leadership Class of 2017 immersed themselves into hearing the challenges and successes ofbeing a part of the backbone of our local economy. A BIG Thank you to Wright & Ford Family FuneralHome and Cremation Services, Chick-fil-A Flemington, Skunktown Distillery and MSI Plumbing andRemodeling for sharing their entrepreneurial stories.

We are now accepting applications for our 2018 Leadership Hunterdon Program

For more details, please call: 908-782-7115

The vision of Leadership Hunterdon is to transform people to become trustees of our communities, to become leadership resources and work for the betterment of Hunterdon County.

Would you like to develop your leadership skills?

Would you like to meet key business, education & non-profit leadership?

The Next Information Sessions will take place on April 4th & 27th from 8:30-9:30a.m.


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Hunterdon County EconomicDevelopment, Hunterdon CountyChamber of Commerce, andFlemington Community Partnershipare partnering to host HunterdonCounty’s first ever hackathon,HackHunterdon. The 24-hourmarathon tech product creationcompetition will take place on April 28-29 at the Feed Mill Station inFlemington, NJ.

“HackHunterdon’s hackathon is aprimary piece of a collaborative, long-term effort to encourage small businessand innovation growth in HunterdonCounty,” said Hunterdon CountyChamber of Commerce President ChrisPhelan.

The list of HackHunterdon sponsors isgrowing, including Flemingtoncompanies Bond Andiola & Company,ArtCraft Health, Hunterdon technologycompany Integrated Clinical Systems,Shoprite, and New Jersey Tech

Council. “Momentum is building inHunterdon County to spur growth in thetechnology sector, and it starts righthere in Flemington,” said JudyGoodwin, Executive Director ofFlemington Community Partnership. The HackHunterdon meetup is held onthe last Thursday of every month atLone Eagle Brewing in Flemington at7pm.

“HackHunterdon will serve as anopportunity for our local tech talent tocollaborate on new business ideas and

potentially tackle interesting problemsin a unique way,” said Phelan.

The event will host 50 - 100technologists overnight at the Feed MillStation with free food, swag,workshops, games, and prizes.HackHunterdon invites you to build acool, new project, connect with fellowhackers, learn, experiment, and beinspired.

Applications to participate haverecently been posted onHackHunterdon’s website,hackhunterdon.com. Organizersencourage Hunterdon County’ssoftware developers, UI/UX designers,and product types to apply.Professionals and computer sciencestudents (college or graduate) in andaround the county are welcome.

More information can be found atHackHunterdon.com, or by [email protected].

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Date: Wednesday, April 19th

Time: 7:45 a.m.registration8:00 -9:00 a.m. program

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Develop the business relationships that can improve your bottom line. Network,exchange business cards and present your business to other Chamber members.

Admission is included in your Chamber membership.

The Hunterdon CountyChamber of Commerce issponsoring its 8th annualWomen’s Business Summit tobe held on Tuesday, April 25th from8:00am to 2:00pm at Hawk Pointe GolfClub.

This year’s theme is “Moving WomenForward in Business”. Our afternoonkeynote speaker will be Ms. KathleenMc Quiggan, a Senior Consultant to thePax World Global Women’s EqualityFund. Ms. McQuiggan is responsible forthe gender initiatives at Pax World,including managing the firm’s efforts ongender equality as an investmentconcept and for leading the sales andmarketing efforts of the GlobalWomen’s Equality Fund. Kathleen is along-time activist for women’s issues inbusiness.

Our Women’s Business Forumcommittee is presently planning some

highly informative breakout sessions forthis year’s Summit that will cover topicslike professional development,community leadership roles, plus muchmore.

We thank our Presenting Sponsor,Patton, Heide & Associates for thecontinued support of the Women’sBusiness Summit; our SupportingSponsors, Hunterdon RadiologicalAssociates and College, Career & Life,LLC; Event Branding Sponsor, DigitalArts; Contributing Sponsor, RaritanValley Community College; and ourScholarship Sponsor, MSI Plumbing.

Through our Scholarship Sponsor,MSI Plumbing, we are able to offer upto 10 scholarships to individualsinterested in attending the summit. If

you would like criteria to qualify toapply for a scholarship, pleasecontact the chamber office.For more information or to

register, visit www.hunterdon-chamber.org. The fee for the Summit is$80 for Chamber Members and $95 fornon-members. Breakfast and lunch willbe provided.

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The Hunterdon County Chamberof Commerce is proud to hold its 4thAnnual Hunterdon CountyCommunity Day on Saturday, June3rd from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. atthe South County Park-HunterdonCounty Fairgrounds, located onRoute 173 in Ringoes. Admission isfree to attend and it will take placerain or shine.

From local businesses to non-profit organizations to our 26municipalities, we are ready tocelebrate everything Hunterdon onJune 4th. Back by popular demand,Michael Shwedick’s Reptile Worldwill be holding three live reptile

shows throughout the afternoon. This festive event will also include apetting zoo, pony rides, children'sgames, demonstrations from localbusinesses and organizations,tethered rides on the Unity BankBalloon, food, music and much more.

Businesses and organizations areencouraged to be a part of thisexciting event, which provides aperfect platform for them to introducetheir products/services to localconsumers.Spots for businesses andfood vendors are available for $200and non-profit vendors for $100.

Also, be sure to inquire aboutour sponsorship opportunities for thisfestive event that attracts over 3,000attendees. For more information,please call the Chamber at 908-782-7115.

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NAMI Hunterdon is theHunterdon County affiliate of theNational Alliance on Mental Illness.NAMI is the largest grass-roots,vounteer-based organization offamilies dedicated to improving thelives all those affected by mentalillness.

In 2011, NAMI lauched "MentalHealth Matters,” an Internet basedradio show with host LarryCartwright, on Hunterdon ChamberRadio. In 2014, this weeklybroadcast recevied anAmbassador Award from the NJGovernor's Council on MentalHealth Stigma for bringingawareness to mental healthissues. Larry is dedicated toeducating listeners on a variety ofmental health topics. You can tunein to “Mental HealthMatters” everyMonday at 2p.m. on HunterdonChamber Radio.

Lauren Feliciano host of “La SaludMental Importa” with Larry Cartwright,host of “Mental Health Matters”. Both

NAMI sponsored radio shows onHunterdon Chamber Radio.

This past February, NAMIlaunched “La Salud MentalImporta”with Lauren Feliciano.During this program, which takesplace every Tuesday at noon,Lauren discusses the latest newsand topics on mental health topicsthat impact Latino community.

According to NAMI’s website, as acommunity, Latinos are less likelyto seek mental health treatment. A2001 Surgeon General’s reportfound that only 20% of Latinos withsymptoms of a psychologicaldisorder talk to a doctor about theirconcerns. Only 10% contact amental health specialist. Yet,without treatment, certain mentalhealth conditions can worsen andbecome disabling.

If you are interested in being aguest on either radio show, pleasecontact NAMI at 908-782-0500.

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Hunterdon Chamber Radio’s First Spanish-Speaking Show

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The Business Hall of Fame has been established by the Foundationto honor past and present business leaders and companies

who have made important contributions to Hunterdon County.

Fall 2017 Ryland Inn

Presenting Sponsor: $5,000(1 available) 10 tickets for the event ($2000 value)

Company logo prominently placed on materials, advertising, website and at venue

Company logo on e-blast(s) to Chamber members regarding the event (2,500 circ.)

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Secondary Presenting Sponsor: $2,500(1 available) 5 tickets for the event ($1000 value)

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Community Partnership Members; $20 for General Admission.

HATS OFF

For the second year in a row, Unity Bankwas presented with the Bronze Awardduring the recent Small BusinessAdministration (SBA) New Jersey DistrictOffice awards reception.

In her fourth year at Polytech, graphicdesign instructor Mrs. Cindy Dailey hasbeen named teacher of the year for the2016-17 school year. Mrs. Dailey hasalways been committed to the growth anddevelopment of her students, and herbody of work is certainly deserving of thisrecognition.

Hance Construction Inc. was awardedHigh Performance Builder for 2016 by

Butler Builders. Arthur Hance, owner ofHCI, was presented with the award atButler’s 2017 Sales Meeting in Atlanta,Georgia.

The Woolverton Inn in Stockton, NJ wasnamed one of the “Top 10 Bed &Breakfasts in the United States” byBedandBreakfast.com.

Students in Polytech's Constructionprogram have been hard at work, teamingup with Hunterdon Centrals High Schooland the Hunterdon County Chambers ofCommerce to complete projects designedto benefit the community while introducingthe students to new concepts and ideas.

Home Instead Senior Care is proud toannounce Certified Home Health Aide,Kimberly Tweed CAREGiver of the Year2016. Kimberly joined our “HISC family”over a year ago. She has a full time job,but she enjoys seniors and was seekingsome part time work. Kim has sharednumerous hours of her evenings andweekends with her Home Instead SeniorCare clients and makes a difference ineach of her client's lives.Joining an elite class of New Jerseycompanies, First Bank has been named

one of NJBIZ’s Fast 50 for its businessgrowth in the past three years.

Timothy M. Hyland, CFP®, CPA andPresident of Stone Hill Financial LLC,was featured as a 2017 Five Star WealthManager℠ in New Jersey Monthlymagazine for the 6th consecutive year –2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016. He is oneof only three 2017 Five Star WealthManagers℠ in Hunterdon County profiledin the prestigious magazine’s Januaryissue.

The Hunterdon County SafeCommunities Coalition received theCoalition of the Year Award from CADCA(Community Anti-Drug Coalitions ofAmerica), the nation’s leading substanceuse prevention organization. The Coalitionof the Year award is part of CADCA’sGOT OUTCOMES! award program,which gives national recognition toexemplary coalitions that have clearlydocumented their impact onpopulation-level substance useoutcomes.


fyiRobert P. Wise was re-elected as theChair of the RVCC Board of Trusteesduring the Board's recentreorganization meeting. Gary Hazardwas chosen to continue serving as theVice Chair from Hunterdon County.

Do you have an opening within yourcompany? Join the over 6,200 areaemployers who have posted positionswith RVCC Career Services. TheCollege's free "Lion Job Board"enables employers to post and editjobs and internships and to viewstudent and alumni resumes. Whetheryou are seeking full-time, part-time,salaried or hourly employees orinterns/co-ops, RVCC Career Servicescan help.

Homework Helper is for kids in grades1 through 7 who need someassistance getting their homeworkdone! The program is led by theFamily Success Center’s highschool teen helpers and is held from3:30 to 4:45 pm every Tuesday,

Wednesday and Thursday at the FSC,located at 87 Park Avenue,Flemington.

Hunterdon County VocationalSchool District's Adult & ContinuingEducation is happy to announce thatSalon 31 and Skin Deep Spa will soonbe opening their appointment booksand providing their beauty services ataffordable prices. The school wouldalso like to announce the return of the

popular Tuesday Night Dinner series,run by the adult culinary students.

The professionals of Warner &Company CPA's joined the team atBedard, Kurowicki & Co., CPA's, PC(BKC, CPAs, PC) this past January.The merged firm will be known asBKC, CPAs, PC with offices inFlemington and now also inWoodstown, NJ.

All financial institutions andindividuals that receive over $600of mortgage interest in a calendaryear must issue a Form 1098 tothe mortgage payer. In the past,the only information that wasrequired on Form 1098 was thenames and tax ID numbers of thepayer and recipient and theamount of interest received.However, starting with the 2016Form 1098, there will be threenew informational items that arerequired on Form 1098. Thesenew items are the outstandingmortgage principal balance as ofthe beginning of the tax year, themortgage origination date, andthe address of the property that issecuring the mortgage.

Since 1987, there has been alimitation on the amount of homemortgage interest you arepermitted to deduct. You are onlyallowed to deduct the interest on$1 million of “home acquisitionindebtedness (money borrowedto either buy the residence or tofinance substantial improvementsto the residence) for your primaryresidence, plus one other

secondary residenceon your Schedule A,as an itemizeddeduction (this ruledoes not apply torental properties). Inaddition, you canonly deduct intereston $100,000 of“home equityindebtedness”. IRS defineshome equity indebtedness asmonies borrowed beyond theamount of home acquisitionindebtedness. For example, ifyou refinance your homeacquisition debt to get a lowerinterest rate, but you don’t borrowany more monies, this debt is stillhome acquisition debt, eventhough the financial institution willprobably call the debt homeequity debt. However, if youincreased the size of the originalloan, that excess is home equitydebt for IRS purposes. With thenew Form 1098 disclosures, theIRS can determine if a taxpayer iscorrectly computing theirallowable home mortgage interestdeduction.

Please note that ifyou have either excesshome acquisition debtor home equity debt,and you use that debtto invest in securities orin a business, you willbe able to deduct thatinterest on Schedule Aas investment interest,

subject to net investment incomerestrictions.

Our firm is well positioned tohelp you maximize your itemizeddeductions, in the event of largeamounts of mortgage debt. If youhave any questions, pleasecontact Andrew Ross, CPA ofBKC, CPAs (Bedard, Kurowicki &Co., CPA’s) at [email protected] 908-782-7900, x113, or visit usat www.bkc-cpa.com.


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The Bridgewater-based law firm ofNorris McLaughlin & Marcus, P.A.is pleased to welcome Eric Loi to theFirm. He joins the ExecutiveCompensation and EmployeeBenefits Group as an Associate.

The Bridgewater-based law firm NorrisMcLaughlin & Marcus, P.A., is pleasedto welcome new Counsel John P.Maloney to its Business Law and Mergersand Acquisitions Groups.

As the 100th anniversary of theUnited States’ entry into World War Iapproaches, the Red Mill MuseumVillage will examine ways in whichthe war affected the lives of those athome in New Jersey. A specialexhibit will open to the public thisspring, and the Museum needs yourhelp in gathering artifacts.

Does your nonprofit organizationserve individuals age 65 or better?Would you like to grow your socialmedia audiences? Would you like toincrease awareness for yourmission? I you answered YES to allof these questions then the Home

Instead Senior Care Foundationinvites your nonprofit to participate ina 65-hour, crowd-fundraising eventJuly 11-13, 2017. For moreinformation go to GIVE65.org

Registered Dietitians from the Centerfor Nutrition & Diabetes at HunterdonMedical Center are offering a program topromote weight loss and improve healthwhile limiting carbohydrates. For moredetails, please call Beverley Manganelli,R.D., CDE at 908-237-6920 x7307.

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Thank You for your Reinvestment with the Chamber

Mc Donald’s Restaurants

McPherson & Newland Insurance

NORWESCAP

The Office Concepts Group

Patton, Heide & Associates

Provident Bank

Randazzo Line Striping

Rolling Hills Care Center

RTE Enterprises

Shanahan & Voigt, LLC

Somerset Savings Bank

Stanton Ridge Golf & Country Club

Suburban Morris Water Conditioning

TapSnap

The Work-Family Connection

Tirpok Cleaners

Tranquilli Financial Advisor

Unionville Vineyards

United Way of Hunterdon County

Unity Bank

Viking Termite & Pest Control

Wal-Mart Clinton

Wells Fargo Insurance Services

Wiss & Company, LLP

BenefitMall

Fulton Bank of NJ

Gardner Family Chiropractic

Jersey Central Power & Light

Medea Landscape Studio

Merck & Co., Inc.

Stothoff, Samuel Co., Inc.


Most people come up with anidea, or they have a passion, andthey decide to turn it into abusiness. The savvy among themcreate a business plan around theiridea or passion. Many get so excitedabout their venture that they createthe product or service first and thentry and find the market. Thisapproach is like swimmingupstream. It can be done but it’s alot harder. They easier way is tolocate a group of people with aproblem and solve for it.

Often finding your target audiencefirst produces a greater return oninvestment. But if you already havea business, what can you do? Youcan reinvent it. The process is notas hard as it sounds, but you haveto let go and leave your comfortzone to provide a more tailoredexperience to your customers.

If you have enough profits andenough work, stop reading now.Otherwise, here are a few ways youcan recreate your existing businessfor greater revenue.

Target Your Ideal Customer andMarket to Them

This is the hardest jump to make,identifying a target market andforsaking all others. The idea thatcustomization, and drilling down toone or two types of customers, willyield you more customers and notless is a bit unnerving at first. Thesecret to this work is to ensure thatyour ideal audience needs you andknows it. If you have to spend a lotof time convincing them of the need,you not only have a marketingcampaign on your hands but aneducational one as well.

Find a segment that has aproblem you can help with. Thenmarket to them by showing how yourservice or product solves theirproblem. Don’t worry that you’re notsolving everyone else’s problem. Ifyou clearly and adequately solvesomeone’s problem, they’ll be back,and they’ll bring their friends.

Transform Your Social MediaNow that you have a target

market, find out where they are on

social and show up. Don’t worryabout other platforms. If they’re notthere, no reason for you to be either.This also means posting the kinds ofposts they are interested in, aboutsubjects that appeal to them. Don’tbe vanilla. Adopt a tone that appealsto your ideal demographic as well. Ifyou don’t know how to do that, thinkabout hiring your ideal customer(from a demographic perspective) todo it for you.

Create Content that AnswersTheir Questions

You know their pain point. Talk toit. Write about it directly, then tacklerelated issues as well. MarcusSheridan was the co-owner of RiverPools, which installed fiberglasspools. He recognized that mostpeople don’t wake up one morning,call a pool company, and ask themto start digging in the afternoon.There’s a lot of research someone isgoing to conduct before they handover $30,000. Because of this hebegan compiling all the questions hereceived from potential customersand created content out of them. Hebuilt a resource library. Not only wasit loved by his customers, butGoogle took a fancy to it too. Soonhe was ranking above all of hiscompetition. All because he listenedto potential customers and gavethem what they needed to make aninformed decision.

Stand OutMaybe you’re thinking that your

customers don’t need any

educating. Maybe you run aboutique. I’d argue there’s stillcontent that could be effective foryou like explaining the differencebetween a “wild” pearl and one thatwas cultivated, but there are otherways to stand out. Gift wrap yourproducts, include a “thank you”message, or place an extra goodieor sample in the bag. These smallgifts are a wonderful way to remainfresh in your customer’s mind.

Give Them What They WantThis is perhaps one of the boldest

things you can do once you decideon a target market. Now, think aboutgiving your audience what theywant, even if it changes yourbusiness model. It doesn’t have tobe painful for you and may actuallyintroduce new economies of scale.For instance, there’s a pizza placein Berkeley called the CheeseboardPizza Collective. They make 1 typeof pizza every day, and no, that’snot a typo. One. As in singular, for$20. People line up around the blockto await a slice of the Co-op’sspecialty pizza and because theplace is small, they take their sliceoutside and consume it to the tunesof one of the local bands playingthat evening. These “picnickers” area silent, but powerful, testimonial forthe co-op. The co-op realized theirvegetarian clientele didn’t wantvariety as much as they cravedfarm-fresh gourmet. It’s difficult toprovide farm-fresh in a variety ofoptions, so the restaurant looks atthe freshest ingredients available atthat time and creates a pizza basedon that. Doing so, has made themthe talk of the town.

Who is your ideal customer andwhat are you doing for him or hertoday?

Christina R. Green teaches small

businesses, chambers and associations

how to connect through content. Her

articles have appeared in the Midwest

Society of Association Executives’

Magazine, NTEN.org, AssociationTech,

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