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Getting More from Google My Business

2/24/2021

Jennifer Mulchandani, Founder & CEO, Arlington Strategy

Google My Business is a free digital billboard that allows users to find you via Google search. Google My Business allows people searching for a particular product or service to find you and connect with you. They can learn your location, your business hours, your services, and access your online reviews. GMB also allows you to connect with your customers and learn what they are looking for.

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Think before you ADD TO CART

2/17/2021

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Jess Owens, Founder & CEO, GreenList

How many times a week do you shop online? Do you still go grocery shopping? You can buy groceries, wine, and even sporting goods online. No need to leave the house ever again! These conveniences have been amplified during COVID-19 as people try to minimize their exposure to others. As the vaccine is rolled out, will people keep these habits or go back to shopping in person? When you shop in person, you tend to buy more but you ALSO don’t typically make returns.

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Joining the Chamber Staff

2/3/2021

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Dan Reilly, Events Manager, Arlington Chamber of Commerce

Having lived in Northern Virginia since I was in kindergarten, I knew Arlington was where I wanted to live after college. After graduating high school in Burke, I attended Northern Virginia Community College for a year to save some money before transferring to James Madison University.

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Data Privacy is Good For Business

1/19/2021

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Frances Dattilo, Vice President, Invario Network Engineers

January 28 is Data Privacy Day, a global effort that generates awareness about the importance of data privacy. Data privacy protection can inspire consumer trust, meet legal and compliance requirements, and avoid costly breaches – all of which are good for business.

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Top 10 branding and marketing trends your business should know in 2021

1/6/2021

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Stephanie Reimers, Founder & Owner, Moin Agency

The year 2020 pushed businesses to adapt faster than ever and to hyper focus on the wants and needs of their customers.
Many of the following top ten branding, marketing and design trends for 2021 are a direct result of this extraordinary past year:

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Zoom: Breakout Rooms for Success

12/18/2020

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Olivia McKay, Operations Manager, Arlington Chamber of Commerce

Mastering breakout rooms will give your events a professional feel and allow attendees to focus on their experience. Use this checklist to make sure you are set up for success.

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Password Management

12/3/2020

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Jack Pittas, Co-Founder of PK Cyber Solutions Inc.

Password management tends to be one of those activities that most people choose to be lazier with. Thanks to the way that TV and movies poorly portray how most cyber breaches are conducted, people don’t realize the true importance of password discipline. But the one statistic that tells the whole story, is that a whopping 81% of data breaches are a result of password compromise (according to the Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report).

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Looking for a way to get into the holiday spirit?

11/23/2020

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Sarah White, Chief Operating Officer, Cowboy Cafe, Lost Dog Cafe - South Arlington, McLean, Dunn Loring

Looking for a way to get in the holiday spirit? Most restaurants these days have something set up for you to donate money that they can prepare and deliver to the hospital, fire house, food bank, or any other place you would like. This trend has come about due to Covid 19. Many restaurants have this set up and can even put your money together with others in the community to make these food donations. Many restaurants offer the food at a discount or even do some kind of match with the funds.

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What Small Businesses Need to Know About CMMC

11/18/2020

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Edward Tuorinsky, Managing Principal, DTS

The Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) requirements are part of the Pentagon’s mandate to protect industrial base networks and controlled unclassified information from cyber attacks. Posed to impact every company within the Defense Department’s supply chain—not just the defense industrial base—CMMC could affect as many as 300,000 contractors, including many small businesses in our area.

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How Rosslyn’s outdoor office pop-up safely welcomed professionals back into the community

11/17/2020

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Photo credits to Daniel Swartz

Mary-Claire Burick, President, Rosslyn Business Improvement District

2020 has been a tremendously difficult year for businesses and professionals globally, but it also brought unique opportunities to reimagine the future of the workplace and experiment with new ways of safely bringing teams together for in-person collaboration.

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ChAmber Blog

Getting More from Google My Business

Think before you ADD TO CART

Joining the Chamber Staff

Data Privacy is Good For Business

Top 10 branding and marketing trends your business should know in 2021

Zoom: Breakout Rooms for Success

Password Management

Looking for a way to get into the holiday spirit?

What Small Businesses Need to Know About CMMC

How Rosslyn’s outdoor office pop-up safely welcomed professionals back into the community

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