Business Services |
 Having problems with your building? Click on the Whose Job Is It? link and find out who to contact for help.
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Grants |
El Cajon CDC offers grants for business relocation and recruiting expenses, exterior facade improvements and security enhancements. Grant applications are available on our website www.downtownelcajon.com, under Business Support, Business Success Grants. |
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Loans |
El Cajon CDC and San Diego Bankers Small Business CDC have partnered to assist Downtown El Cajon businesses utilizing the “Business Success” grants administered by El Cajon CDC. For those businesses that receive grant funds for business relocation, expansion or façade improvements, and need additional capital to complete their project, San Diego Bankers Small Business CDC will provide special rate financing |
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Promotion |
El Cajon CDC organizes over 60% of the special events in the City of El Cajon including a summer concert series, the largest weekly car show in Southern California and an outdoor film series. The CDC also offers opportunities to participate in a public relations and advertising program. Your business will automatically be listed on our website, www.downtownelcajon.com, which receives more than 2.5 million hits per year. |
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Experience |
El Cajon CDC offers experience through professional staff and consultants. |
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Education |
El Cajon CDC organizes Good Morning Meetings, which are educational workshops and networking opportunities for Downtown business owners. |
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Image |
El Cajon CDC maintains a clean, safe and inviting Downtown environment with standards for building and signage projects. |
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Ambassadors |
El Cajon CDC Downtown Ambassadors are the eyes and ears on the street for the business community and the El Cajon Police Department. Ambassadors are committed to providing service, guidance and an overall friendly atmosphere to increase safety and pride in Downtown El Cajon. Ambassadors are assisted by maintenance and litter abatement crews who work to keep the sidewalks and public space clean and safe. |
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Community |
El Cajon CDC creates a balanced community through affordable housing. |
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Participation |
El Cajon CDC invites business owners to participate in committees and voice their needs. |
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Business Tips
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Business Tip: Keeping Your Customers for Life
By Frank Boss Jr.
Every great book on business has given us tips or suggestions on how to keep our customers. We are bound to every word and keep buying every other best seller on business management or self-motivation paperback. So what makes a great customer? Or better yet, what inspires your customers to come back time after time?
It's my belief and personal experience throughout the years as a business owner and manager that our customers have to be treated with the utmost respect and understanding. We have to respect their individual needs and their efforts for choosing us as a business. We also need to understand what motivates them and how we can satisfy their particular requests.
So here are a few tips that are proven to work and will help you help your customer to buy from you and keep coming back:
- Determine what kind of experience you want your customers to have
- Listen to what your customers want
- Implement a good customer service vision and follow it
- Help your customers make a buying decision (suggest alternatives)
- Be a customer maniac; inspire them and get them to drive the business
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Go Green and Save Green with Energy-Saving Programs and Services from SDG&E
"Going Green" - it's more than a catch-phrase. Green is becoming a way of life. And businesses that are able to increase the energy efficiency of their operations are in a unique position to improve their bottom line while helping our communities, the region and the environment. And because there are many ways to save energy, SDG&E® offers a number of tools and resources to help your business save energy, along with several demand-response programs to help reduce the region's demand for electricity during critical times. Here are just a few examples of the many energy-saving opportunities available:
- Start with Energy Challenger and Energy Waves, SDG&E's online survey and energy monitoring tool designed to show you where you're using energy and suggest ways you can save.
- Request a free, on-site technical assessment to identify demand-response opportunities at your facility. Available technology incentives may offset up to 100% of the costs of qualifying equipment or upgrades.
- Gain energy savings, financial incentives and public recognition for helping the community by participating in SDG&E demand-response programs. Choose from a number of demand-response programs with a variety of load reduction options and incentives available to meet your needs.
- Attend a free SDG&E workshop on a variety of topics, including energy-efficiency management and technologies.
To learn more about energy-saving opportunities for your business, call SDG&E at 1-800-644-6133 or visit www.sdge.com/esc.
These programs are funded by California utility customers and administered by SDG&E under the auspices of the California Public Utilities Commission. |
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