Lake Forest Chamber of Commerce Blog

Advertise In Our Newsletter

2010-06-16T16:38:00.001-07:00

For only $15 per newsletter...you can advertise your business to all of Lake Forest!! Go to our website to learn more!

www.lakeforestcachamber.com

Video Testimonials

2010-05-01T07:42:00.001-07:00

Yesterday I had the opportunity to play with a Kodak Zi8 at the Lake Forest Chamber Roundtable Networking Group. It was awesome! So easy to use and fun. In a flash I was able to take pictures then switch to video.

Soooo we've invested in a Kodak Zi8! We are ready to go virual and utilize the benefits of Traffic Geyser and going virual!

Video testimonials coming soon.....

April 30th Networking Roundtable....huge success

2010-05-01T07:40:00.000-07:00

Friday, April 30th the Lake Forest Chamber hosted it's monthly Networking Roundtable at Lucille's in Lake Forest.

We had two featured speakers:

Shirlee Wu with PrePaid Legal and Ilona with Ilona by Hair Dezign Salon. They were both fantastic speakers and excellent additions to the dynamic group.

Shirlee offers legal protection and access to 70 talented lawyers. She strongly believes in making legal help affordable to business owners and sharing knowledge about identity theft. "I am Chinese and have lived in Lake Forest for 20 years. This is my country, it is a country with opportunity and freedom!"

If you'd like to contact Shirley or learn more about her business, please contact her at 949.588.0400, swu168@gmail.com, or at www.prepaidlegal.com/hub/bsw.

Ilona is a very talented entrepreneur, educator and business owner. She owns and runs Ilona by DeZign in Foothill Ranch. She strongly believes that we have the right to look good and feel good. Her salon is a full service beauty salon. Offering cut & color, skin care, permament make up, 24k gold facials, etc! She also offers a unique Dessert Style Bar...for $35 you have have your hair done up for any special occasion! Ilona is offering gift certificates for Mother's Day!

Ilona by DeZign is located at 45 Auto Center Drive, Suite 108, Foothill Ranch. They can be reached at 949.273.8228.

Please join us at our next networking roundtable!

We have over 100 members!

2010-04-19T11:22:00.001-07:00

The Lake Forest Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce we now have 104 members! That is excellent growth...we launched our Chamber in January...watch and join us grow!

www.lakeforestcachamber.com

Lake Forest Chamber of Commerce Roundtable Dinner

2010-04-19T11:21:00.000-07:00

Again another great Networking Event...last Wednesday, April 14th!

Please join us the 1st Wednesday and Last Friday of every month at Lucille's on El Toro for an excellent networking event.

South OC Largest Career Fair May 14th, 2010

2010-04-12T14:25:00.000-07:00

The LARGEST SOUTH ORANGE COUNTY CAREER FAIR is FRIDAY, MAY 14th from 10:00 a.m.-2:00p.m.!

It is Sponsored by Lake Forest Chamber of Commerce and The Orange County Business Service Center

Learn more by visiting www.oclargestcareerfair.com

The event will be located at the Community Resource Center. Located at 10 Goodyear, Irvine CA. On the corner of Bake & Jeronimo.

Hope to see you there!

Lake Forest Chamber of Commerce Roundtable Lunch

2010-03-31T10:04:00.000-07:00

The Lake Forest Chamber of Commerce hosted a successful round table networking lunch last Friday, March 26th at Lucille's Restaurant on El Toro Rd.

The group meets on the 2nd Wednesday evening and 4th Friday lunch every month. Members $20 and nonmembers $30. Visit www.lakeforestcachamber.com to register.

We had several new faces at the event.....

Michael from O.C. Armory, www.ocarmory.com
Scott from NTI, www.NationalTrademarkInvestigations.com
Lorie from Farmers Insurance Group, lhart@farmersagent.com
Karl from Security Mortgage Funding Corp, karl@BNTFS.com
Ron with Camali Corp, ron.serrato@camalicorp
Kevin with Service Master Clean, www.smrespond.com
Ron with Hopkins Advisory Group, ron@hopkinsadvisory.com
Mary with Spectrun Specialties & Awards, www.spectrum-specialities.com
Robert with Comerica Bank, 949.595.0865
Maureen with Comerica Bank, 949.595.0865
Dave with Financial Strategies for a New Age, www.mysmartmoneyplan.com
Jerry with Automated Power Technologies, www.automatedpower.com
Timothy with Santoni Investigations, www.santoni-Investigations.com
Marta with LPL Financial, www.lpl.com
Dawn, Attorney at Law, starklaw@me.com
Jim with ZamZuus, www.sparkslowcosttravel.com
Adam with Oxygen Funding Inc, adam.lomax@oxygenfunding.com
Cheryl with Relay For Life American Cancer Society, chspeak@cox.net
Roger, Colonel, rogerkessler@cox.net
Steve with OneCoach, stevesmith@onecoach.com
Mary Ann with City Keeper Media, www.citykeepermedia.com
Kristen with TH2 Technologies, www.th2tech.com
Jennifer with American Cancer Society, jennifer.patalsky@cancer.org
Tammi with Fruition Branding and Design, tammi@fruitionbranding.com
Danielle with Ilona by DeZign, 949.292.9540

Join us for our next event!

Lake Forest Chamber of Commerce Meeting: Orange County Business Coach Speaks

2010-03-29T14:19:00.000-07:00

The latest Lake Forest Chamber of Commerce meeting was one filled with not only great information and a great speaker but with fantastic food as well. It was definitely one of the more memorable meetings we've ever had.

The round table event held by the Lake Forest Chamber of Commerce was held at Lucille's barbecue restaurant in Lake Forest and featured Steve Smith an Orange County business coach as its speaker. The Orange County business coach had plenty of information to share with everyone in attendance and began by speaking about what business owners need to do in order to market themselves in today's economy. The Orange County business coach emphasized that it's important to make yourself accessible to the public in all avenues of advertising a business. This includes the online world as well where many businesses are either made or broken.

The Orange County business coach then proceeded to talk about how a business owner's mindset and Outlook will actually affect their ability to take action. When it comes to marketing yourself both indecision and a negative outlook will seriously hinder your chances of success and can even put a business under before it gets off the ground or has had a chance to advertise itself. Remaining positive throughout the planning and execution stages of a marketing campaign for any business are huge keys to success and business owners would do well to remember this especially during difficult times such as the current economy.

As an Orange County business coach Steve offers business owners the opportunity to learn what they need to grow their business in today's economy. If you've thought about marketing your business but are unsure or fearful of where to begin don't hesitate to contact Steve for advice and business coaching. Steve is an expert at helping businesses become and stay successful. If your business is stuck in a lull or has plateaued Steve is your man.

Steve Smith of OneCoach

URL: http://www.businesscoachingthatworks.com
Phone: 949-951-9163
Email: stevesmith@onecoach.com

Be sure to check out Steve's "Clear the Clutter Telecast"!