2007 - 2008 in Melbourne-Palm Bay of Brevard County

The Daily Tip -  Your moment for Inspiration

Click here  to go to  a special  Daily Tip for the all members of  the Melbourne-Palm Bay Area Chamber of Commerce.  If you are not a member of the chamber, consider joining today.

The Story behind the story

On Friday, November 9, 2007 the Melbourne-Palm Bay Area Chamber of Commerce recognized these businesses for their leadership and generosity within the community. 

Today, they are the first listing with DMA #19.  That is Nielsen's abbreviation for Designated Market Area. It is made up of the greater Orlando area, the greater Daytona Beach area, and the greater Melbourne area.Though the total listing for this DMA could grow to over 2000 businesses, within just Brevard County,  there may only be 450 businesses listed. The affiliated PBS-member station for Brevard County is WBCC-TV.  Her signal reaches into Daytona and Orlando.

There are extensive resources on this website for each local chamber:

1. A special episode to help recruit new members
2. A special section just for chamber executives
3. An open letter to our chambers
4. Perhaps four global tours per year for your Chamber

Episodes involving local chambers

Just a few of the business owners who are all very active with their local chambers of commerce:

1.  Albert Black, On Target Supplies, Dallas, Texas.  When we first met Albert, he was the head of their small business task force.  He became the volunteer president, then the Chairman of the Board for many years.

2.  Cindy McEntee, Mo's Chowder, Newport, Oregon.  Cindy has bee the volunteer president and has served on virtually every committee! 

3.  The Chambers of Commerce of Silver City and Las Cruces, New Mexico.  In this episode you meet many different members, all very active within their local chamber.

4.  The Chambers of Commerce of Midcoast, Maine

5.  Ahmad Chebbani, Omnex Tax Service & Accounting, Dearborn, Michigan.  Ahmad was the founder of the American-Arab Chamber of Commerce.

6.  Frank Jao, Bridgecreek Development, Huntington Beach, California.  Frank has been active and on the board of the US Pan Asian American Chamber of Commerce.

Listings of Small Business Resources

The first website for the television series was launched in December 1994.  For every episode there was an overview, transcript and study guide.  There were also listings of resources for small businesses that were national (US Chamber of Commerce, SBA-SBD, Better Business Bureau, etc.,  and then there were listings by state. 

All these resources are constantly being updated, yet change is fast.  So in the near future, control over these pages will be given to the owners of the information by state and then by Designated Market Area (DMA). Examples of state listings follow (opening in a new browser):  Arizona,   California,  District of Columbia, Illinois, Indiana , Maryland , New Jersey, New England (Connecticut, Maine,  and Vermont ), New Mexico,  New York,  Pennsylvania, Texas   and   Virginia.

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