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CLEANGIE Enhances Service Offerings with Professional Decluttering, Tidying, and Organizing
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CLEANGIE Enhances Service Offerings with Professional Decluttering, Tidying, and Organizing Spring Branch, March 24, 2024 - CLEANGIE, a prominent name in the cleaning industry, is proud to announce the expansion of its service portfolio to include Professional Decluttering, Tidying, and Organizing. Spearheaded by Angela Moreno, a certified KonMari Consultant, this new addition aims to provide clients with comprehensive solutions for maintaining orderly and harmonious living and
Are You Forgetting The Most Important Part of Hiring?
Hiring is one of the costliest things you do as a business as it can leave you exposed and vulnerable. While a good hire can be a turning point in your business, a bad hire can leave you (and your employees) reeling. That’s why the interview and selection process are important. However, it’s what you do after that that will shape the employee and your team the most. No matter the size of your business, if you are bringing someone new on, you must consider the onboarding process. What Is Onboarding and
Comal County Friends of the Night Sky
Comal County Friends of the Night Sky (C.C.F. N.S.) was formed in March, 2020 by a group of concerned residents who first met using Zoom. The purpose of C.C.F.N.S. is to promote and encourage the protection and preservation of the night sky (as defined by the New Oxford American Dictionary as a place where the darkness of the night sky is relatively free of interference from artificial light) in Comal County. C.C.F.N.S. promotes and encourages municipalities (including extraterritorial jurisdictions),
Aligning Your Teeth - More than Cosmetic
Aligning Your Teeth - More Than Cosmeticby Darling Dentistry Have you noticed your teeth shifting? Sometimes this happens if you do not wear retainers after orthodontic treatment, and sometimes it just happens as we age. If you have concerns with teeth position, these should ideally be evaluated in children by age seven since certain issues are much easier to correct before bones have fully developed. But as an adult, you are never “too old” for orthodontic treatment.Direct to Consumer (DTC)
Transform Your Workspace for Productivity and Success
If you’re like me, creating the right office space is something you embark on every time you’re procrastinating. It can be a time suck or a filler. But investing time in establishing the right work space can improve your productivity, creativity, organization, as well as make you more successful. Whether you believe in Feng Shui or not, you can transform your workspace into a harmonious and productive haven that will help you achieve more in the time it takes to watch your favorite TV show. What Is
News Release: 1/20/2024
Baking Experience for Meant to Soar Kids!
Meant to Soar Foundation is dedicated to creating healing experiences for children impacted by parental drug addiction or trafficking personalized for their own unique gifting and passions. Utilizing counseling, arts, and personalized physical activities, we help these children to realize their tremendous value, gain confidence in their uniqueness, and receive healing through developing a deep relationship with their divine creator! For Christmas, we offered an interactive baking experience where all
Let Hope Hospice Help You Understand Palliative Care
Hospice and palliative care programs are often misunderstood, seen as “giving up,” or even feared by many. However, hospice and palliative care is intended to provide pain management, symptom control, psychosocial support, and spiritual care to patients and their families when a cure is not possible or practical. In hospice, nurses, social workers, chaplains, physicians, and certified nursing assistants aim to meet people where they are in the end-of-life, with a focus on living to the fullest despite a
Customer Loyalty: The One Thing Every Business Owner Wants This Year
If every small business owner had the opportunity to write a letter to Santa (or whoever grants Christmas wishes to business owners), they would likely all ask for the same thing—more loyal customers. Sure, the ask may sound different in each form of correspondence. It may be a request for more customers, higher revenue, more reviews, and the like. But all those things boil down to loyalty. Loyal customers spend more, tell others about their experience, refer people to your business, post to social media
9 Success Strategies for Young Businesses
Launching a business is a thrilling journey filled with possibilities and challenges. While no year is without challenges, the first few are particularly so for most businesses. Many naive owners think that if they can make it through the first year, their success is guaranteed. However, that isn’t the case. The first year actually has the lowest failure rate. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, approximately 20% of small businesses fail within their first year. The failure rate increases to 30%
COMMUNITY HEALTH CLUB RE-OPENING
SPRING BRANCH, TX, November 30 — Cibolo Creek Physical Therapy (21200 HWY 46 W) is opening its doors to the public as a fitness center. Formerly owned by Bulverde Physical Therapy, our 6,000 square foot building is newly renovated and features an indoor exercise pool. Why wait till the new year to start your gym goals? Sign up now for your Health Club membership and lock in your current monthly membership rate for 12, 24, or 36 months! Join Cibolo Creek Physical Therapy where our patients are people, not
“To Freeze or Not to Freeze” Tips for Weather Guarding your Plumbing System This Winter
Patrick A. and Laura Feely, Owners, Shamrock Plumbing As we approach the instability of the Texas winter months, Shamrock Plumbing Company and its staff get asked the age-old question, “What can I do to keep my pipes from freezing?” Unfortunately, in some cases, nothing. The age, type of pipes, exposure, and a wide range of building standards all have varying effects on how sustained sub-freezing temperatures impact plumbing systems. Simply letting your faucets drip may not necessarily be the answer,
Improve Your Business Content with this Smart Content Marketing Tip
Content marketing has been around for a while now. It began when search engines like Google started ranking sites by—among other things—the quality of the content as perceived by the audience. This caused many marketers to increase the quality of their content. But if you’re still wondering if you have the right kind of content for your business, you should check out this idea from Mark Schaefer. It’s one of the easiest ways to decide if you have a strong mix that will help drive sales. The Content
10 Steps to Perfecting Your Business Offer
Ever notice how some offers are irresistible? You didn’t even know you needed the product or service. Then you saw the offer, and BANG!, you’re whipping out your credit card. This isn’t by accident. Someone down the line carefully created the offer that caused you to act with wild abandon. And you can do it too for your business. It just takes a little forethought. Steps to Perfecting Your Offer Go through the steps of the following list to help you perfect your business offer. Get to know your
Water Resources at Risk: Preserving Open Space in Comal County
The Texas Hill Country has long been revered for its scenic landscapes, pristine water resources, and the allure of a peaceful retreat. In fact, a survey conducted in the 1990s revealed that a staggering 80% of Texans expressed a desire to retire in this picturesque region. However, with the increasing population and development pressures, the protection of water resources in the Hill Country has become a paramount concern. Recently, I had the privilege of attending a thought-provoking presentation by
GBRA Peak Performance Awards
We are proud to share that not just one, but 13 of GBRA's facilities have been honored with prestigious Platinum, Gold, and Silver awards by the National Association of Clean Water Agencies ! This remarkable achievement highlights their unwavering commitment to environmental excellence and sustainability leadership.
Does Your Bulverde/Spring Branch Business Have a Fourth Quarter Plan?
As the year comes to a close, it's time to start thinking about wrapping up the fourth quarter. For small businesses, this means evaluating your goals for the year, outlining new year goals, planning holiday marketing, updating your website and social media profiles, assessing your inventory and supply chain, reviewing your accounting practices, preparing for tax season, and reevaluating your business structure. Use these tips from the Bulverde Spring Branch Area Chamber of Commerce to ensure that your
Kiwanis Diaper Drive Delivery for St Jude's Children's Ranch
2019 totals this year for Kiwanis Diaper Drive for St Jude’s Children’s Ranch exceeded the drive last year thanks to the generous people of our communities with the donations of 11,976 Diapers and 16,474 wipes!This year we had two schools engaged in collection of diapers and wipes. Canyon Lake High School Student Council advisor Tina Platt contacted us after they read the article in the New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung to be included in the drive. They collected 739 diapers and 536 wipes. Bracken Christen