Businesss Briefs for Oct. 30 – Nov. 13

• RBC Wealth Management’s Sturgeon Bay office recently moved to a new location at 756 Jefferson St., Sturgeon Bay. The office is led by branch director David Harris, and includes financial consultants Randall Rubens, CRPC, Steven Abrahamson, Timothy Begun, AWM, and William Resch, as well as Nancy Lake, branch service manager and Dona Dufeck, senior financial associate.

“Moving to this new space allows us to better serve our clients, as we look to expand our footprint in Sturgeon Bay,” said Harris. “This is an important market to our firm, and we are committed strengthening our relationship with our clients and the community.”

The telephone number remains the same at 920.743.7575 or 800.320.2383.

• Baylake Bank and Cellcom have teamed up to give away two grand prize packages that both include a smart phone, plus three months of calling and data service.

“We are thrilled to be able to offer our communities the chance to win these great prizes, and more importantly, that we can now provide them with mobile banking they can access from anywhere internet phone service is available,” said Paula McCarty, Baylake Bank Market Analyst.

Baylake’s new mBanc is a service for web-enabled phones that allows customers to do their banking anytime, anywhere. mBanc offers many of the same features as Baylake’s eBanc PC based online banking service – including secure internet account access that allows customers to check account balances, transfer funds, make loan payments, and more – but with mBanc, it can be done from any hand-held device with internet service.

The phone giveaway contest runs through November 30, 2009. To enter and for contest details, go to http://www.baylake.com.

• Door County Economic Development Corporation, Door County Visitor Bureau and 
Northeast Wisconsin Technical College have teamed up to present a free marketing seminar series for Door County Business Owners.

The first session will be on Tuesday November 17 at the Gibraltar Fire Station, 3496 County Highway F, from 1:30 – 3:30 pm where national speaker Al Lautenslager will share the secrets of Guerrilla Marketing. Co-author of Guerrilla Marketing in 30 Days” Lautenslager promises to show you how to employ revolutionary marketing strategies; advertise on a virtually nonexistent budget; bring in new business; maintain focus and motivation; get massive PR without an agency; implement the most important elements of a marketing plan; and, share ideas that can be used the same day!

The second session will be on December 15 when Craig Smoll, Vice President of Sales & Video Production, Webouts, LLC
, shares how to combine the power of email marketing with highly targeted custom printing to make a direct and lasting impression.

To attend either or both sessions, please RSVP via email to [email protected].

• Community Clinic of Door County Executive Director, Laura Moeller, attended the Fourth Annual Summit hosted by the National Association of Free Clinics, October 22 – 27 held in San Diego, CA. The summit was a three-day event that focused on the clinical, logistical, financial, and ethical aspects of operating a free clinic. This year there were well over 300 attendees from over 28 states.

The keynote session this year focused on “Implications of Health Care Reform” and was presented by Health Care Futurist, Joe Flower. The main thrust of the keynote address was to stimulate new thinking about ways in which free clinics will need to be more efficient and creative in their daily operations to meet the needs of an ever-increasing number of uninsured people seeking medical help from free clinics across the nation.

Flower speculated that “regardless of national health care reform, there will still be people who will slip through the cracks and who for one reason or another, will not be eligible for standardized health care.”

For more information about the Annual Summit put on by the NAFC or information about the Community Clinic of Door County, contact Laura Moeller at [email protected] or 920.746.8989.

• The Jacksonport Craft Cottage, which continues to celebrate their 25th year, will change from seasonal hours to winter hours, now open Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 9 am – 5 pm through April.

Operated by Sue and Joe Jarosh, the Jacksonport Craft Cottage showcases Amish work, as well as many well-known Door County artists. Stop in to view the gallery area, which features the work of Kari Anderson, Audrey Off, Dave Hackett, Bridget Matzke, Gail Ring, Ken and Pat Klitzman, Sandy Pierre, Sandra Peterson and many others.

Stop in today for best selection at the Jacksonport Craft Cottage, 6275 Hwy. 57 in downtown Jacksonport. Visitors may also call ahead (920.823.2288 ) to stop in anytime.

• The Door County Economic Development Corporation (DCEDC) will hold another session of office hours in northern Door County on Tuesday, November 17 from 8 am – noon at the Sister Bay Fire Station, 2258 Mill Road.

DCEDC Economic Development Manager Sam Perlman offers free, one-on-one business counseling sessions, providing advice on business planning, financing, business incentives and other issues. As a member of the Wisconsin Entrepreneurs’ Network, DCEDC also has the ability to tap into the expertise of the statewide support network to help find solutions to business issues and questions.

An appointment is requested and can be made by contacting Perlman at 920.743.3113 x 204 or via email at [email protected]. Walk-ins are also welcome, based on scheduling.