South Dakota Small Business Workshop

The South Dakota Department of Revenue is presenting a Small Business Workshop on April 21st in Watertown on the Lake Area Technical Institute Campus. 

Individuals who are self-employed, business owners, office managers/bookkeepers or those handling business transactions should attend this all-day informative workshop. Starting at 8 a.m. the SD Department of Labor and Regulations, Small Business Development Center and Small Business Administration will present an Overview of Business Services. Then from 9 to 11 a.m. the SD Department of Labor and Regulation will present information about the SD Unemployment Insurance System and from 11 a.m.-12 p.m. a presentation on the SD Labor and Employment Law and SD Workers’ Compensation System. After a break for lunch the presentations resume again starting at 1:15 with a presentation on SD Sales and Use Tax from the SD Department of Revenue. After a quick break, the SD Department of Revenue will present again on SD Contractors’ Excise Tax.

Staff from the Department of Labor and Regulation, which offers information on local offices of the Unemployment Insurance and the Labor and Management Divisions, along with the Department of Revenue, which offers information on sales and use tax and contractors’ tax, will be able to answer questions like:                                    

• What taxes am I responsible for and when are they do?     
• What forms do I need and how do I fill them out?
• When do I withhold taxes from employees’ wages?
• Is my record keeping system okay for the necessary tax information?
• What professional services are available to me at no cost?

All workshop presentations are presented at no charge, so please register today!

Country Dance!

Nothing to do on Friday, March 11th…check out a country dance at the Legion Hall in Gary, SD.

It starts at 8 pm and runs until midnight!

Also coming up in Gary, SD….

Saturday, March 19th: Fireman’s Dance from 9 p.m.-1 a.m

 

 

Getting Down to Business with Social Media

Deuel Area Development hosted “Getting Down to Business With Social Media” a workshop for new and existing businesses on Friday, February 25^th. The workshop helped participants learn how integrate social media into their business marketing strategy.

Lindsey Karlson with the Rural Learning Center of Howard, South Dakota, provided an overview of the principles of social media, and outlined a straight-to-the-point process of how to develop a strategy in order participants to effectively market their businesses using social media. Participants then worked in small groups to begin to develop their social media strategies.

To learn how your business can utilize social media marketing, review the presentation below and strategy handout guide. Click on the Higher Grounds Social Media Strategy (Higher Grounds Social Media Strategy (for G&G)[2]) to see how this coffee shop (in Howard, SD) put together a successful social media strategy. You can view their Facebook page at:http://www.facebook.com/pages/Higher-Grounds-Coffee-Co/336168652022

Power point: 

Social Media Marketing In Your Business

We hear that social media is the way of the future….but how can my business utilize and benefil from social media? Deuel Area Development, Inc. (DADi) is bringing you a Getting Down to Business with Social Media Marketing lunch & learn workshop. You’ll learn how to develop a strategy to incorporate social media marketing into your business and also look at how to effectively use social media to connect to your customers and build relationships that can impact your bottom line.

 

 

• When: Friday February 25th
• From: 12:00-1:30 PM
• At: Clear Lake City Building

 

Please RSVP to 874-8038 or dadi@itctel.com to register. We are hoping to see you there!

 

 

*This project is made possible by Deuel Area Development, Inc. and a grant from USDA Rural Development. Deuel Area Development, Inc. is an organization that works to promote community and economic development in Deuel County.

Ag Marketing #3: Technical Analysis

Deuel Area Development, Inc (DADi) is bringing the community a 4-part lunch&learn workshop series on Ag Marketing, and it’s almost time for our third workshop on Technical Analysis. We had great turnout for our first two workshops. We’ll bring you great content again with this workshop, instructed by Kelly McDaniel with LATI.

Lunch is provided compliments of AgriPartners, Inc.

• DATE: Friday, February 18th
• TIME: 12:00 – 2:00 PM
• LOCATION:  AgriPartners, Inc. (HWY 22, West of Clear Lake)

The final session of the series will be March 18th, Ag Marketing Plans.

*This project is made possible by Deuel Area Development, Inc. and a grant from USDA Rural Development. Deuel Area Development, Inc. is an organization that works to promote community and economic development in Deuel County.

Disc Golf???

Deuel Area Development, Inc. (DADi) and a team of students from Deuel School are considering development of a disc golf course in Clear Lake.  The team’s first step is to determine the community’s interest in a disc golf course, and needs your input. Click here to respond to a short survey regarding your interest in disc golf in Clear Lake.

Disc golf is a lot like traditional golf, except players use plastic flying discs or Frisbees instead of balls and clubs, and throw them at an above-ground target instead of a hole in the ground. There are different types of discs used for different purposes, much like golfers use different clubs. The object is to throw a golf disc into the target in the fewest number of throws. The player begins by ‘driving’ from a designated tee area and continues toward the target, throwing each consecutive shot from the spot where the previous throw has landed. Finally, a successful ‘putt’ sends the disc into the target. The most satisfying sound a disc golfer can hear is the ‘ching!’ of a disc crashing the chains before dropping into the basket

Would you like to see a disc golf course developed in Clear Lake? With the your input through the online survey, the team will know if the project is something the community would like to see pursued.

Projects such as this potential disc golf course are part of DADi’s goal to provide recreation and community life activities in Deuel County. Contact Briana with with any questions or comments at dadi@itctel.com, 874-8038, or ‘Deuel Area Development’ on Facebook.

Photo Credit: Flikr – Atxryan

DADi’s Create Your New Website Workshop

This past Friday, Deuel Area Development, Inc (DADi) hosted the “Create Your New Website” lunch and learn workshop at the Clear Lake City Building. Workshop instruction was provided by Michael Hope with Hope Studios and 11 participants were in attendance.

At the workshop, participants created websites for their business and personal use. Hope used the Webs.com site builder to guide participants in creating, editing, and adding pictures and content to their new website. All participants walked out of the session with a website that with a click of a button could be live on the world wide web.

Webs.com is a popular, easy, and affordable website creation solution. If you’d like help in developing a website for your business, contact DADi for free and confidential assistance.

Michael Hope is the owner of Hope Studios, a marketing and multi-media company, with offices out of Buffalo Ridge Resort. He also does marketing for Buffalo Ridge Resort. Hope generously donated his time instruct the workshop.

Photo Credit: Elois Shackelford. Karri Kreger, Judy Oleson, and Mary Matthies were 3 of the 11 attendees who participated in the workshop.

 

Gary to host legislative coffee

Area residents are invited to Gary on Saturday, Feb. 5 at 10 a.m. at the Gary Fire Hall for an opportunity to visit with state legislators and hear updates on bills and the state budget.

Sen. Tim Begalka from Clear Lake, Rep. Steve Street from Revillo, and Speaker of the House Val Rausch have all indicated that they plan to be in Gary that morning to meet with residents and report on legislative happenings.

The Gate City Development Association will sponsor the event and provide free coffee and cookies.

Rick’s Snowmobile Poker Run – SAT, Jan 29th

Are you and your snowmobile ready for some fun? Then Rick’s Bar is your place this Saturday! Rick’s Bar in Toronto is hosting Rick’s Snowmobile Poker Run. Starts at 12pm from any location, must be back to Rick’s by 5pm. $5 per hand, must have 7 stops.

Stops include: Brandt: Brandt Cafe & Lounge, Clear Lake: Paul’s Place, Melvee’s, Gary: Gary Liquor Store (Muni) & Rock Room Bar & Grill at Buffalo Ridge, White: Lefty’s, Toronto: Rick’s, Doc’s Quick Stop, Toronto Cafe & Lounge Lake Cochrane: Stateline Bar & Grill

Have fun and drive safe!

Website Workshop #2: CREATE YOUR NEW WEBSITE!

Need a new website for your business and don’t have time to mess around?? Then this is the workshop for you! You’ll walk into this workshop without a website, and walk out with a new, usable, live website… WE PROMISE! So come prepared with your laptop, a debit or credit card, and a can-do spirit, and together, we’ll help you get ‘er done!

This workshop will be instructed by Michael Hope of Hope Studios, a marketing and multimedia firm out of Gary, SD.

Please RSVP to 874-8038 or dadi@itctel.com to register. We look forward to seeing you there!

*This project is made possible by Deuel Area Development, Inc. and a grant from USDA Rural Development. Deuel Area Development, Inc. is an organization that works to promote community and economic development in Deuel County.