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Housekeeper: Part-time

Part-time housekeeper needed at the Mark V Motel. Hours and days vary depending on business. Must be honest, dependable and trustworthy and have a good work ethic. This would be a great part time job for someone with school age children. Housekeepers start at 9:30 am on Mon-Fri and at 10 am on Saturday and Sunday. Finish time depends on number of rooms, but usually around noon or 1pm.

Apply in person:
Mark V Motel
320 W State St
Phillipsburg, KS 67661

Facebook Engagement

Tips for Facebook pages and websites from: Beyond the Facebook Business Page – How to Generate Traffic and Leads with Facebook by Andrea Vahl publication of HubSpot

http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/

Tips for Facebook & Website:

-Engage your Audience on Facebook

  • Provide Tips
  • Useful Information
  • Incentives
  • Contests (through an application-3rd party)
    • Photo or video contest
  • Ask Questions

-Add your website address in the About section (first thing) on the Left Sidebar

  • Website address will be seen more
  • Have good content on your website that will make visitors want to come back
    • Blog: Helpful Information – Answer questions, Give tips
    • Post your blog link on your Facebook page each time you blog

- Give Resources – Helpful information

  • Frequently asked questions
  • Special Articles
  • Examples of your work
  • Testimonials
  • Free services
  • Webinars

- Advertise on Facebook: Can reach target markets based on key words (age, gender, location, etc)

-Measure your traffic on your website: Analyze the data to see what works

  • Google Analytics

- Create a Landing Page on your Facebook page through a Facebook Application – will help capture leads

  • Landing Page: First page non-subscribers will see
    • Facebook Application Example: Lujure
    • Try to get email addresses
      • Provide an incentive to giving their email: Freebies, Rewards

-Establish a deeper relationship with your fans through email

  • Have fans subscribe to your newsletter: provide incentive
  • Announce your product, service, expertise
  • Give useful information (not just a sale)

Maintenance Mechanic: Full-Time

Phillips County Hospital is looking for a full time Maintenance Mechanic. The work hours are from 8:30-5:00 Monday thru Friday and every 3rd weekend, with on-call rotation. Remodeling and construction experience is a must including: woodworking, plumbing, and electrical knowledge.

Please pick up an application at:
Phillips County Hospital
1150 State Street
Phillipsburg, KS 67661
Or apply from the website at www.phillipshospital.org. EOE

Big Rural Brainstorm – If you want to help sustain rural communities, be there!

Big Rural Brainstorm – If you want to help sustain rural communities, be there!

Why: To bring a couple of hundred passionate rural Kansans together to create energy to brainstorm solutions to rural problems.

When: Feb 3rd 11am – 9pm & Feb 4th 8:30 – 11:30am

Where: Meridian Center, Newton, KS. Located at I-135 & Broadway

Registration: $40 Registration amount pays for meals. REGISTER ONLINE

Event Flyer
Event Website

Maintenance Person: Part-Time

Cottonwood Inn in Phillipsburg, KS is looking for a Maintenance Person. The position would work approximately 20 hours per week Monday through Friday and occasional weekends. Must have a general knowledge and skills required to maintain a 40 unit motel. Please apply in person.

Cottonwood Inn
E Hwy 36 & 183
Phillipsburg, KS 67661
785.543.2125

Cook: Part-Time

Phillips County Retirement Center has a position open for a part-time evening cook. For more information call 785.543.2131 or stop by 1300 State Street to pick up an application.

Phillips County Retirement Center
1300 State St
Phillipsburg, KS 67661
785.543.2131

Nurse: Part-Time

Phillips County Retirement Center has an opening for a part-time nurse. The position is a shift position with excellent wages & working conditions. Contact Dee Engling, D.O.N for more information at 785.543.2131

Phillips County RetirementC enter
1300 State St
Phillipsburg, KS 67661
785.543.2131

Certified Dietary Manager: Full-Time

Phillips County Retirement Center is currently seeking to hire a full-time Certified Dietary Manager. Must have taken the Dietary Manager’s course or be willing to take classes to become certified. Contact Kris Kuck at 785.543.2131 for more information.

Phillips County Retirement Center
1300 State St
Phillipsburg, KS 67661

FREE WEBINARS

Inspiration & Innovation Classes for Entrepreneurs

FREE WEBINARS for Phillips County business owners and managers! Phillips County Economic Development will be showing FREE webinars in the E-Center located at the Fischer Building in Phillipsburg. PCED has become a member in the Partner Program through Jon Schallert’s Destination University and one of the benefits is to show webinars from experts and authors. One webinar will be shown each month on the 2nd Wednesday as a brown bag lunch from 12:00-1:00pm. Bring your lunch and learn about different business ideas which can improve your business! Below is the schedule of the webinars.

         Date Topic Time
1/11/2012 Applying the New Rules of Marketing to Your Small Business – David Meerman Scott   12:00-1:00pm
2/8/2012 The Foundation of a Destination Business: Your Unique Positioning – Jon Schallert
Using Humor in the Workplace: Create a Stronger Business and a Better Team – Michael Kerr
  12:00-1:00pm
3/14/2012 Public Relations: Get More Customers at Lower Costs: Andrea Schafer
Capturing Customers in 7-Seconds When They Walk in Your Door – Jon Schallert
  12:00-1:00pm
4/11/2012 How Small Talk Can Lead to Big Results in Your Business – Debra Fine
Making a Case for Store Front Improvement – Seanette Corkil
  12:00-1:00pm
5/9/2012 Financial Straight Talk: How to Keep More of What You Make – Richard Schultheis
Branding Your Business – Jon Schallert
  12:00-1:00pm
6/13/2012 Introduction to Effective Email Marketing: Jon Schallert   12:00-1:00pm

 

Please RSVP with Andrea Lowry – PCED Office Manager at 785-543-5809 or pced2@ruraltel.net. MARK YOUR CALENDARS! You will want to take advantage of this great opportunity!

Printable version of the schedule

Phillips County Economic Development Planning to send another Community Reinvestment Program Team in 2012 to Schallert Bootcamp at Longmont, Colorado!

It was another successful year for six businesses attending the Schallert Bootcamp in 2011.  After completing six months of follow-up business review, conference calls, and homework; the 2011 graduates of the Bootcamp have coupled their teamwork and ideas with the 2010 graduates from the area to work together in order to grow their community AND their businesses to become a DESTINATION Community.  With multiple entrepreneurial programs (tools) from the economic development group and the Discover Phillipsburg Main Street organization working on development projects — Phillips County is becoming a “Destination for Opportunity”

If you have an interest as a Phillips County business owner to improve you business, make it more marketable to becoming a destination for more clients/business… you need to attend the 2012 Schallert Bootcamp!

If you are interested in going to the 2012 Schallert Bootcamp in Longmont, Colorado on Feb. 28 – March 1 with all your registration fees of paid ($1295), please fill out the form, and return to the PCED immediately.  Those chosen will be on a first-come — first qualified basis.  Those attending will be part of a Phillips County – Community Revitalization Program — team of 7 people (6 business reps + 1 community coordinator).

Please visit the Schallert Bootcamp website to learn more about the Community Revitalization Program that you will be participating in if you choose to attend.  It is not just a conference, it is a commitment to growing your business AND your community!

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