Friday January 8, 2021 BABA Virtual ZOOM
Meeting Kickoff: Debby
Minutes of last month’s meeting: minutes for last month’s meeting were posted but a Website conflict has disrupted the site and information still needs to be recovered
Treasurer’s Report – Total Bank Balance for December is $13,751.34
Membership – Early Bird Drawing:
Absolute Web Marketing – Casey’s
Kinnett Consulting Group – Logan’s SuperMart
At the Barn Winery – Stout’s Brickhouse Bar-B-Que
Bright Veterinary Clinic – At the Barn Winery
18 Confirmed paid members to date not including honorary members
Golf Outing:
May 17th is the date
Jim and Lonny will meet to get things kicked off
Jim is meeting with major sponsors
Next month’s Guest Speaker:
Feb – St Elizabeth/Highpoint Health
Mar – ?
Apr – ?
May – ?
June – Randy Lyness?
Introductions:
Nick Bader – First Financial Bank – the next wave of PPP is coming
Jim Kinnett – Kinnett Consulting – business is slow and businesses are still holding back on new projects
Lonny Barnett – Edward Jones Investments
Mark Munchel – Optimum Chiropractic – new staff online
Rick Hughes – Millennium Business Solutions – physical document conversion to digital is a focus this year
Doris Gibbons – Gibbons Insurance Agency – Small Business Focus – Nail Salons, Hair Salons, Bars and restaurants
Bebe Kinnett – Absolute Web Design – Cyclical Business but the new year is starting to get busy
Tamara Taylor – The Beacon – readership is growing and there is new content from the State House
Lisa Cox – JDC Construction – Full-service remodeling and custom home service provider, lumber prices are continuing to rise, building permit requests are up
Jill Ruther – United Way of Greater Cincinnati – Looking for volunteers (makeworkpay.com)
Terry Hahn – Friendship Insurance – Small Business focus this year
Nicole Wuestefeld – Andres-Wuestefeld – transitioning the business after the passing of her Father
Joni Helton – Mary Kay Cosmetics – virtual consultations, in-person if needed, virtual communications have increased the global cosmetic businesses
Debby Stutz – winery is closed now, looking for fun ways to keep people interested in wine, working on their music lineup currently
Guest Speaker: Bebe Kinnett – Absolute Web Marketing
2021 Online Technology
Trends – eCommerce has skyrocketed during the pandemic – Amazon
“support local businesses” search in Google increased by 20,000%
Google supports small business
People are shopping differently
62% of shoppers started shopping earlier due to concerns of items being out of stock
89% of shoppers searched online before making a purchase
“Cheapest” has been replaced by “Best Affordable”
Everyone needs a Google My Business page
Free LinkedIn training available next week (www.darlingpartners.com/events)
Announcements:
We need to work on our 990F filing to maintain our 501c classification
We need to work on updating our W9 as well
Next month’s meeting: Friday February 12, 2021 will be Virtual as well
Thank You,
Lonny D. Barnett