TD Bank in Portsmouth hires new
SBA commercial loan officer

If you’re a Seacoast NH based small business interested in a SBA backed commercial loan…

You’ll need to know our Commercial Loan Officer, Jonathan Smith, has joined TD Bank in Portsmouth.

As of February 25th, Jonathan’s new contact information is:

Commercial – Small Business Lending
TD Bank – SBA Division
Jonathan Smith
333 State Street
Portsmouth, NH 03801
Phone: 603-430-3807
Cell: 603-812-1911
Email: jonathan.smith@tdbanknorth.com

Stratham marketing copywriter donates to
Portsmouth breast cancer support group

From now until March 31st, Merrill Clark, owner of Crestview Marketing Services will donate $5 from the sale of each copy of his new book titled “How Your Small Local Business Can Get More Customers on the Internet” to Portsmouth  based My Breast Cancer Support.

My Breast Cancer Support is a wonderful and inspiring non-profit organization that was started and is headed up by Wendy McCoole, a cancer survivor herself.

Their mission is dedicated to supporting breast cancer patients, and helping them overcome many of the challenges and issues they face.

Show your support My Breast Cancer Support and get some valuable online marketing advice for your business, too…

And click here for more information about Wendy and My Breast Cancer Support.

Oh… if you know someone else who could benefit from Wendy’s group or my book,  Please forward this to them!

Free Teleseminar: Introduction to Self Hypnosis – A Simple 3 Step Method

Join Carol Bostic as she shares her secrets to Accelerating the achievement of your
Positive Change goals through using Self Hypnosis

Many people would like to shorten the time it takes and make permanent the positive results they desire. We also realize that we simply cannot wish our way to accomplishing our specific desire for change.  It is known that our MIND is made up of 10% the conscious mind and 90% the subconscious mind.  Knowing this, it makes sense that we MUST become the MASTER of our own Subconscious mind.

She’ll show you how a Simple 3 Step and duplicable Method can help you begin to become the Master of your Subconsious mind.

In this free teleclass, you will learn:

•    A 3 Step process to use for accelerating your own goal achievement.

1.                     A Pre-Sleep Technique

2.                     Induction

3.                     Programmed Suggestion

This is the foundation of beginning to positively program our most powerful goal seeking mechanism, the subconscious mind.  It is simply the best solution for accelerating our progress, making our positive change permanent while moving in the right direction.

Class will be recorded, so if you can’t attend live, no worries! You’ll be able to download the recording and listen to it at your leisure.

January 24, 2011
7:00 PM eastern

To register for this free teleseminar:

http://www.advantagehealthcoaching.com/freetele-seminar.html/

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Set your MIND to it,
Carol

Carol Hatch Bostic, CH
Positive Change without Permanent Struggle Expert
Advantage Health Coaching & Hypnosis
“Empowering The Goal Seeker to Succeed”
http://www.advantagehealthcoaching.com
http://www.03801.theheartlinknetwork.com

Marketing studies prove over and over again just how important it is for a small business owner or sales professional to regularly communicate with prospects and customers.

There are tons of ways to manage this communication, but one marketing technique in particular is so effective, it stands head and shoulders above the rest.

Not to mention it’s fast, easy and inexpensive to get started.

I’m talking about Send Out Cards.

And on Tuesday, October 12th, Janet Carroll will show members and guests of Tradeport Connections, a Portsmouth, NH  based business networking group, exactly how she does it for her own business, and how you can too.

If you’d like to visit and find out how Send Out Cards can work for you…

Or if you want to see if  Tradeport Connections might be a good business networking tool for you…

Feel free to join us from 11:30-1:00PM.

Click here for directions to our business referral group meeting.

Last week, several local New Hampshire Business professionals joined Tradeport Connections, a business networking and referral group in Portsmouth, N.H.

You can get more information about each one of them, plus details about the rest of our business members here.

Today, we welcome to our group:

Kathy Foster of Seacoast Accountability, a bookkeeping, tax, and accounting company located in Dover, NH.

Raina Roy, an Eldercare Advisor for www.aplaceformom.com

Rich Hillow, Financial Advisor for Edward Jones in Rochester

Dr. Danette Cole, a Chiropractor with Duke Chiropractic in Greenland, and

Cindy Lovett, performing picture-perfect wedding ceremonies by Simply Special Weddings

We look forward to referring qualified business referrals to all of you as we get to know more about you and your businesses.

**NOTE** If you are interested in getting more qualified referrals for your business, and we have an opening for your profession, contact me right away to be invited as a guest to one of our meetings.

Thanks…

Jeremy Lovett, President

Pamela Ferguson, General Manager at The Victoria Inn in Hampton, NH, is graciously hosting our next meeting to be held on June 22nd.

She will be our Featured Speaker, and show everyone firsthand what makes them a better choice than other local locations for lodging and catering services.

The Victoria Inn is a local Bed & Breakfast, only half a mile from the beach, offers beautiful lodging and can cater weddings, parties, and other special events up to 150 people.

For more information, contact Pamela at 603-929-1437, or email her at info@thevictoriainn.com

As of March 24th, Tradeport Connections business referral group can claim they have published author as one if it’s current members.

And to anyone considering joining, it also shows that we do, in fact, have some real expertise in our midst.

Merrill Clark of Crestview Marketing Services in Stratham, N.H. recently published his new book titled How Your Small Local Business Can Get More Customers On The Internet.

It targets small New Hampshire businesses and organizations and reveals the truth about promoting to, and reaching new local area prospects who are looking for their products and services, but can’t find them or their websites.

His book covers the often underused aspects of online marketing to local customers such as lead-generating websites, email marketing, automatic follow-up using autoresponders, and much more.

You can contact Tradeport Connections here, or you can get more information or order Merrill’s new book here.

You’re probably aware of all the usual ways to promote your business:

Newspaper ads, yellow Pages ads, postcards, sales letters, websites, and on and on.

But have you tried networking groups where you have the opportunity to give and receive qualified referrals on a more consistent basis?

There a many local referral groups around, even here in Portsmouth.

Tradeport connections is a local organization that caters to seacoast NH business and sales professional.

They meet weekly and are structured in a way that’s been proven to be effective at maximizing the member’s time and number of referrals given.

The investment is minimal, and in order to make the most of it, you have to make a time commitment to be at each meeting and to meet and learn about the other members.

Tradeport Connections networking group is built on relationships, trust, giving, and your level of competence in your field.

Basically – the more you give – the more you get.

So if you’re looking for a way to network that seems to be head and shoulders above any local Chamber of Commerce meetings, consider visiting a Tradeport Connections meeting. Learn more at  www.tradeportconnections.com.

Let me know your comments!