Many businesses and organizations host Christmas parties, have gift exchanges and give back to the community during the holiday season. We’re no different here at Greater Spokane Incorporated. How does you company celebrate the holiday season? Any crazy gift exchange stories? Fights over how many times a gift was “stolen” during a White Elephant exchange […]
Greater Spokane Incorporated is a membership organization. Think about what organizations you belong to. YMCA? Alumni Association? GSI is membership-driven as well. We offer all sorts of benefits for different membership levels. From paid advertising opportunities to access to seminars, workshops and other events – the opportunities reach far and wide. Which is a business
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Taxes are a hot topic lately. Much of the conversation surrounds personal income taxes and unemployment benefits. But what about your business? Will it be paying more or less in taxes in 2011? The answer is most likely yes. Paul Trause, Employment Security Commissioner, wrote this following article for the Employment Security Department’s newsletter. It
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Member Since: 2009 Address: 914 W. Carlisle Phone: (509) 325-0393 Online: www.christclinic.org Four physicians saw a mission field in their backyard 20 years ago as people fell through the health care system cracks due to a lack of insurance. These four decided to do something about it, to be the hands and feet of Jesus
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When we talk about “creating jobs,” it’s important to remember where most of those jobs are generated – small businesses. Let’s take a look:
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Black Friday and Small Business Saturday have passed. Yesterday was Cyber Monday. From here on out, let’s have everyday be Buy Local Day. Sound good? By now, you may have heard our message: Buying locally keeps our economy moving. Money spent locally circulates through our community, helping our economy. It’s simple. So let’s see how
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There are soft leads, hard leads, promising leads, two-goal leads, halftime leads and newspaper ledes. Businesses have leads, but you want customers, right? How do you take those leads and turn them into loyal, loving customers? That’s where 2011 GSI B2B East Committee Chairman and BIZStreet Advisor Greg Anderson of ActionCOACH comes in. “We’re all
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Every company wants to get as many tax breaks as it can, right? There are well-known tax breaks, and then there are the not-so-well-known tax breaks. Brushing up on available tax breaks before visiting your CPA is important for your small business. So let us help. Well, let us and Career Path Services help. First
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In our ultra-digital world of webinars, conference calls and Skype, the face-to-face meeting seems fall down the list of options. Meeting in person, shaking hands and actually talking to a human you can see is still authentic and favored, one would guess. Our BIZStreet Small Business Program gives GSI members the opportunity to meet face-to-face
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It’s been quite a busy time here at GSI. With two major events – our B2B Trade Show and the Washington Chamber of Commerce Executives (WCCE) Conference – we definitely put in our hours last week. First was our B2B Trade Show at Northern Quest Resort & Casino. 75 exhibitors showed off their latest products
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