Permit #3081 Adamas Jewelry This year’s FREE workshops will be held in 5 communities each from 2PM until about 8PM. This year we will have workshops in the following communities: Wasilla – Wednesday, February 9 th in the Best Western Lake Lucille Inn. Talkeetna – Thursday, February 10 th in the Talkeetna Lodge. Petersburg – Tuesday, February 14 th in the Tides Inn. Juneau – Thursday, February 16 th in Southeast Conference Board Room, 612 W. Willoughby Ave. Anchorage – Wednesday, February 23 rd in the BP Energy Center, 900 E. Benson Blvd. Reservations for the FREE workshops may be made by calling 272-5634 or email [email protected]. Workshops are open to the public. 2011 Made In Alaska Workshops JANUARY 2011 The official newsletter of the MADE IN ALASKA program Bear Necessities Following is the workshop agenda: 2PM -- Made In Alaska Overview and Any Guest Speakers This section covers details of the Made In Alaska Program and any changes we have made for the new year. We will also use this time for brief presentations by other business support organizations who wish to speak, i.e. SBDC, Buy Alaska, Chamber, etc. Dana Reese will lead this hour. 2:45PM – Expanding Your Sales Area A survey we conducted about two years ago indicated that the biggest impediment to business growth of our permit holders was opportunities to sell their product. They had saturated their local marketing area and were still in need of expansion. We will discuss several ways to expand your sales area along with the related responsibilities, costs, hazards and opportunities. Bill Webb and Dana Reese will speak and monitor this hour. 3:30PM – Social Media & Internet Update Twitter and Facebook have become everyday language throughout much of the world. The unique feature of using a multi-country media to reach targeted local audiences is amazing and is improving and growing every day. Meanwhile, other services appear that offer promises of even more. Olya Semiryazhko will lead this hour and relate our experiences to you. Bring your curiosity and your questions. A lot of the new social media is FREE…right price, eh? Short meal break 5PM – Town Hall Meeting Because we deal with over 1,000 small Alaska businesses government and private enterprise officials often ask us what is going on in the Alaska small business community and what do our small businesses need to grow and prosper. Also, our experiences with workshops over the last decade have shown that just meeting and talking with each other often brings out problems as well as resolutions. This hour will simply be a discussion about how everyone is doing business wise. What hurts; what helps? Bill Webb will lead the discussing buy the permit holders should dominate the hour…more if needed. The staff will keep notes and pass any recommendations along to the proper people for consideration. 6PM – Digital Photography Each permit holder should bring one or more items to the workshop to be photographed as well as your own digital camera (and operator’s manual) to enable us to get a good photo of your product for our website and your marketing use. Olya Semiryazhko and Dana Reese will conduct this hour starting with a discussion of how to take good photos that is then followed by a hands-on work session when you and our staff take photos of your product. We will take our shots of your product back to Anchorage and “clean them up” in Adobe Photoshop and mail them to your on a CD for your use. We do ask that you limit your products to two or three at the most and they be stickered with the Made In Alaska logo. We have purchased a new camera this year that will allow us to take short videos of moving objects should this fit your needs. Made In Alaska Workshops are open to anyone and are free of charge. We do not photograph any products that are not certified and stickered Made In Alaska or Silver Hand products.
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Permit #3081
Adamas Jewelry
This year’s FREE workshops will be held in 5 communities each from 2PM until about 8PM.
This year we will have workshops in the following communities:
Wasilla – Wednesday, February 9th in the Best Western Lake Lucille Inn.
Talkeetna – Thursday, February 10th in the Talkeetna Lodge.
Petersburg – Tuesday, February 14th in the Tides Inn.
Juneau – Thursday, February 16th in Southeast Conference Board Room, 612 W. Willoughby Ave.
Anchorage – Wednesday, February 23rd in the BP Energy Center, 900 E. Benson Blvd.
Reservations for the FREE workshops may be made by calling 272-5634 or email [email protected].
Workshops are open to the public.
2011 Made In Alaska Workshops
J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 1
The official newsletter of the MADE IN ALASKA program
Bear Necessities
Following is the workshop agenda:
2PM -- Made In Alaska Overview and Any Guest Speakers
This section covers details of the Made In Alaska Program
and any changes we have made for the new year. We will
also use this time for brief presentations by other business
support organizations who wish to speak, i.e. SBDC, Buy
Alaska, Chamber, etc. Dana Reese will lead this hour.
2:45PM – Expanding Your Sales Area
A survey we conducted about two years ago indicated that
the biggest impediment to business growth of our permit
holders was opportunities to sell their product. They had
saturated their local marketing area and were still in need of
expansion. We will discuss several ways to expand your
sales area along with the related responsibilities, costs,
hazards and opportunities. Bill Webb and Dana Reese will
speak and monitor this hour.
3:30PM – Social Media & Internet Update
Twitter and Facebook have become everyday language
throughout much of the world. The unique feature of using
a multi-country media to reach targeted local audiences is
amazing and is improving and growing every day.
Meanwhile, other services appear that offer promises of
even more. Olya Semiryazhko will lead this hour and relate
our experiences to you. Bring your curiosity and your
questions. A lot of the new social media is FREE…right
price, eh?
Short meal break
5PM – Town Hall Meeting
Because we deal with over 1,000 small Alaska businesses
government and private enterprise officials often ask us
what is going on in the Alaska small business community
and what do our small businesses need to grow and
prosper. Also, our experiences with workshops over the
last decade have shown that just meeting and talking
with each other often brings out problems as well as
resolutions. This hour will simply be a discussion about
how everyone is doing business wise. What hurts; what
helps? Bill Webb will lead the discussing buy the permit
holders should dominate the hour…more if needed. The
staff will keep notes and pass any recommendations
along to the proper people for consideration.
6PM – Digital Photography
Each permit holder should bring one or more items to the
workshop to be photographed as well as your own digital
camera (and operator’s manual) to enable us to get a
good photo of your product for our website and your
marketing use. Olya Semiryazhko and Dana Reese will
conduct this hour starting with a discussion of how to
take good photos that is then followed by a hands-on
work session when you and our staff take photos of your
product. We will take our shots of your product back to
Anchorage and “clean them up” in Adobe Photoshop and
mail them to your on a CD for your use. We do ask that
you limit your products to two or three at the most and
they be stickered with the Made In Alaska logo. We have
purchased a new camera this year that will allow us to
take short videos of moving objects should this fit your
needs.
Made In Alaska Workshops are open to anyone and are
free of charge. We do not photograph any products that
are not certified and stickered Made In Alaska or Silver
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Industrial Roll of 500 $85.00
10 Stickers $3.00
Colored Woven Cloth Labels sold 50 per bag 1” x 1” Red $12.50 To order the Colored
Woven Cloth Labels
to the left, please
contact Robin Henke
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Black & White Special Order Woven Cloth Labels Small (1/2”) bag of 50 $7.50
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