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Member Spotlight: DOmedia

DOmedia is the out-of-home (OOH) media industry's most comprehensive database and tool-set of alternative, traditional and digital OOH media.  DOmedia simplifies the process of buying and selling out-of-home media by connecting agencies, advertisers and media providers through our directory and online tools.
Consumers are spending more time away from their homes and have increasing control of what and how they view advertising media.  DOmedia helps agencies and advertisers discover what the ever-expanding out-of-home media industry has to offer in new and effective advertising strategies.
Born and raised in Columbus, DOmedia is a entrepreneurial, technology company funded by NCT Ventures.

Why We’re Chamber Members:
The Chamber offers a young company like DOmedia the services and connections it needs to grow successfully with access to important resources and contacts in the business community.

Fun Facts about DOmedia:
The company counts the OSU Center for Entrepreneurship and Business Builders Club as partners and sources for talented entrepreneurs in our company!

Featured Products/Services:
DOfind is DOmedia's lastest product - a subscription service that offers unparalleled search capabilities and information access to our database.  Enhanced capabilities include full geographic (region, state, market as well as proximity) as well as demographic search functionality to help agencies and advertisers find media solutions to specific advertising objectives.
Subscribers also have access to media planning information including specific locations, rate card, audience & creative specifications to help them quickly find and build "pitches" as well as sources to execute award winning campaigns.

For more information: www.domedia.com

The Columbus Chamber member spotlights put the focus on our member organizations. To submit your member organization for a spotlight contact Michelle Bretscher.

Member Spotlight: BearCom, Inc.

BearCom , Inc.  provides a broad line of high-performance wireless communications products, services and complete mobility solutions. Some of our partners include major manufacturers and industry innovators such as:

• Motorola
• Icom
• Sprint Nextel
• Sony
• Firetide
• Avaya
• Telex
• Positron
• Raytheon JPS
• Honeywell
• OTTO
• Zetron
• and more

BearCom sells, rents and services two-way radios, cellular phones, smart phones, mobile broadband cards, radio dispatch systems, radio interoperability systems, IP media servers and gateways, IP video surveillance cameras, mesh broadband networks, point-to-point bridges, remote call boxes and emergency communications solutions.

Thousands of customers around the world depend on BearCom to keep them connected... everywhere, all the time.

Why We’re Chamber Members:
We chose to join the Columbus Chamber to reach out to as many businesses in our geographical area as possible, in addition to offering them the latest and greatest wireless communications products on the market today!

Fun Facts about BearCom:
BearCom was founded in 1981, is headquartered in Dallas and employs over 400 people across the USA. BearCom is the largest independent dealer in the country for both Motorola and Icom America, Inc., two-way radio companies.  BearCom has 28 offices across the country, with our location in Westerville, OH being our local office in Central Ohio.

Featured Product/Service:
BearCom's "bread and butter" is the design, sale and implementation of wireless, two-way radio systems. We service: hotels/motels, schools, manufacturing and logistical companies, construction, property management, etc. The list includes most anyone that needs to communicate either within their own facility or across the world!

For more information: www.bearcom.com/ 

The Columbus Chamber member spotlights put the focus on our member organizations. To submit your member organization for a spotlight contact Michelle Bretscher.
 

Member Spotlight: Weltman, Weinberg & Reis Co., LPA (WWR)

Weltman, Weinberg & Reis Co., LPA (WWR), celebrating 80 years of experience, provides comprehensive bankruptcy, collection, litigation and real estate default services to creditors throughout the nation including major banks & financial institutions, mortgage lenders & servicers, commercial creditors, government entities, insurance companies, credit unions, service organizations, medical and utility companies.

Recognized as the largest creditors’ rights law firm in the nation, as ranked by Collections & Credit Risk magazine, WWR’s practice areas include bankruptcy, collection services, corporate & financial services, legal action recovery, litigation & defense, probate, real estate default (foreclosure, eviction, title & REO) and subrogation.

The firm has offices in Brooklyn Heights (OH), Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Detroit, Grove City (OH), Philadelphia and Pittsburgh.

Why We’re Chamber Members:
We feel it is important to support and be a part of the communities for which we are located and in which we serve. For local business with account receivables, WWR can help.

Fun Facts About WWR:

• WWR was founded in 1930.
• WWR is celebrating its 80th anniversary.
• WWR is a full-service creditor rights practice.
• WWR has over 100 attorneys and more than 1000 legal assistants, collectors, support personnel and administrative staff.
• The WWR Columbus office opened in 1981 and the Grove City office opened in 2002 by Managing Partner, Allen J. Reis.
• WWR Columbus and Grove City offices include 14 attorneys and over 200 personnel.
• Partner Terry Heffernan Retires; Doug Dahmer Is Promoted.
• WWR employees and clients team up to provide meals to families at the YWCA Family Center bi-monthly.
• WWR employees and clients work together at the MidOhio Foodbank monthly.

Featured Product/Service:
The WWR Mission Statement is to “Deliver superior results to our clients, drawing upon our expertise in creditors’ rights.” We promise to always pursue our mission in a professional manner, with the utmost integrity and respect for our clients, our employees and for the communities in which we serve.

For more information: www.weltman.com
WWR Real Estate Default Group website: www.realestatedefaultgroup.com
Bankruptcy Blog: wwrbankruptcy.com
Subrogation Blog: wwrsubrogation.com
Replevins (Collateral Recovery) Blog: wwrreplevins.com
Credit Union Blog: thatcreditunionblog.com

The Columbus Chamber member spotlights put the focus on our member organizations. To submit your member organization for a spotlight contact Michelle Bretscher.

Member Spotlight: ARC Industries

ARC Industries is a contract fulfillment company providing a valuable labor resource pool to other public and private sector businesses. Our employees, adults with developmental disabilities, specialize in hands-on work for products and services.

Why We’re Chamber Members:
We could not promote our services and the talents of our employees without organizations such as Columbus Chamber providing a platform and venue. Over the years, we have met countless businesspersons who have become customers, vendors or advocate ambassadors through our association.

Fun Facts About ARC Industries:
Adults who have developmental disabilities and find employment through ARC Industries pour over a quarter million dollars back in local, state and federal taxes annually. We are the 57th largest employer in central Ohio. ARC’s 1,300+ employees perform contract work for more than 85 local and national customers.

Featured Product/Service:
Whether it be labeling, ticketing, scanning, collating or assembling, ARC employees are best noted for their quality attention to each good that requires their skills to complete – machines cannot answer all the production needs of the business community.

For more information: www.arcind.com

The Columbus Chamber member spotlights put the focus on our member organizations. To submit your member organization for a spotlight contact Michelle Bretscher.

Member Spotlight: Capital Club

For more than 20 years, Capital Club has offered professionals the opportunity to rub elbows not only with their peers, but also with prominent members of the Columbus community. The Capital Club was created to provide a fresh business approach to private, city club membership, convenient to downtown businesses and the Statehouse.

Capital Club's charter members envisioned an upscale, service-oriented atmosphere, where anyone who shared their vision would be welcomed to socialize and do business.  Founded at a time in history when not everyone was accepted for membership at area clubs, Capital Club was a pioneer, establishing a policy of inclusion and celebrating diversity since the Club's inception.

Why We're a Chamber Member:
The Chamber has such wonderful resources and tools for companies of all sizes in the greater Columbus area. The Capital Club is proud to be a Columbus Chamber member.

Fun Facts about Capital Club:

• Did you know…the Capital Club currently has the highest outdoor dining terrace in downtown Columbus? Whether networking, entertaining, celebrating, meeting, greeting, eating or retreating, you can do it all at the Capital Club.
• The Capital Club has both women and men as part of its founding members, which was rare in the timeframe of the Club opening. Plus, any member can enjoy exceptional, personalized service and a comfortable, relaxing atmosphere among friends, family, colleagues and like-minded professionals.
• Capital Club has premier, fully-equipped athletic facilities, impressive people, food, amenities, customer service and tremendous opportunities for business and leisure.
• Capital Club is centrally and conveniently located in downtown Columbus across from the Statehouse.

Featured Product/Service
Capital Club is now offering a special membership promotion for Chamber Members. 
Call today and receive 10 percent off any new individual membership for being part of the Columbus Chamber.  Go to http://www.capitalcolumbus.com/membership/classifications for rates.

Capital Club has so much to offer. We're first and foremost a business club and that's exactly what happens — over breakfast, lunch or even on the court. Here, members and their families can dine, celebrate, network and play.

As a ClubCorp® Affiliate Club, we are pleased to offer our members reciprocal benefits at any of ClubCorp's clubs and resorts worldwide. So, your benefits — and the attentive service you receive here — travel with you nearly anywhere life may take you.

Interested in corporate memberships?  Capital Club is now offering tiered Corporate Membership Packages to ensure you have the right fit for your company and employees.  Rates start as low as $60 a person.  Contact Kate Green at kgreen@capitalcolumbus.com or 614-228-0225 to learn more.

For more information: www.capitalcolumbus.com.

The Columbus Chamber member spotlights put the focus on our member organizations. To submit your member organization for a spotlight contact Michelle Bretscher.

Member Spotlight: Zipline Logistics

Zipline Logistics is a North American Third Party Logistics company providing truckload, less than truckload (LTL) and intermodal (IMDL) transportation, based in downtown Columbus.

Why Zipline is a Member of the Columbus Region Logistics Council (an initiative of the Columbus Chamber)
Active membership within the CRLC allows us to participate in ongoing discussions about the local business environment, specifically within the logistics world. Our fellow members initiate an "ear-to-the-ground" round table of what is going on, how it impacts our businesses and how we can benefit from the overall Columbus region. Not all members of the CRLC are actual logistics companies, as the membership is a make-up of manufacturers, accounting firms, law firms etc. That makes the meetings very informative from a plethora of backgrounds vs. just hearing from all one industry.

Interesting Facts about Zipline
The principals of Zipline all attended Miami University. Although we did not all know one another in school, we met while living and working in Chicago. In fact, we came up with the idea to form Zipline on a napkin after a Chicago Cubs game. One more interesting point is that the absolute last thing we came up with was our name. We were due to open in weeks, and still struggled for a name that we all loved. One of our partners had vacationed in Costa Rica one year earlier, had done the Zipline Tours through the rain forest, and once the name was suggested, we never looked back.

Featured Product or Service
As truck capacity is shrinking in the overall marketplace, Zipline helps customers find the capacity that they need! Zipline ensures on time and on budget delivery for our customers through dedicated teams of fully accountable operations associates devoted to satisfying each customer's preferred scheduling and load tracking procedures. Zipline professionals leverage technology, experience and strong relationships with our carrier partners to maximize the overall efficiency and bottom-line savings for our customers' logistics operations.

For more information on Zipline, go to www.ziplinelogistics.com

The Columbus Chamber member spotlights put the focus on our member organizations. To submit your member organization for a spotlight contact Michelle Bretscher.

Member Spotlight: livethesource

livethesource™ is a company founded on the principle of “People Helping People.” It is more than a vision, more than a mission. It is a lifestyle, that permeates the entire livethesource™ culture, which includes the distributor field as well as at the customer and corporate levels. People joining together to boost their physical, spiritual and financial welfare by caring for others and thereby changing their own lives.

How can a company succeed in changing your life?  The answer is an incredibly unique product that efficiently supports physical well being. It’s called Daily Source. It is an all natural nano encapsulated Multi-Vitamin, Mineral and Herbal Supplement. Daily source isn’t just a vitamin supplement. It’s a complete cocktail of health and well being. The specially selected vitamins, minerals and herbal compounds in daily source provide a substantial increase in nutritional value. First, due to their combination and second, due to nano-encapsulation.  Our All  Natural Patented Nanotechnology creates a particle size small enough to be absorbed with maximum efficiency.

Why We’re Chamber Members
We are Chamber members in an effort to follow our company motto “People helping people.” In addition we are looking to build our business in the Columbus area, as well as share our product.

Fun Facts about livethesource™
Bob Ellis (Diana Ross’s Ex Husband) is one of our founding members
The multi-vitamin was produced because out CEO had gastric bypass surgery and didn’t like the liquid vitamins that were on the market.

Featured Product/Service
Live the Source’s Daily Source is a multi-vitamin that you can feel! This multivitamin is a liquid, nano-encapsulated, liposomal vitamin. This simply means that the vitamins minerals and herbal supplements are small enough to get into the body at a cellular level and that it is also recognized by the cell as food, making the cell eager to capture and utilize the vitamin. Due to this delivery system, individuals are able to absorb vitamins at a rate of above 90 percent as apposed to any pill or capsule, which has an absorption rate of less than 13 percent. In addition, pills and capsules are only in the system for three hours at most, whereas our vitamin provides nutrients for 24 hours. We have also recently launched a vitamin D booster.

Even the healthiest eater, the most avid gym buff, and the athlete who is a devout vegan can find a place in their life for vitamins, minerals and herbal supplements. Let's face it. It is impossible to consume enough food in a day to cover 100 percent of what you need for your body to excel and be at its full potential. Those of us that lead an active life are even more in need of what vitamins, minerals and herbal supplements have to offer our body. We expend so much while working out or training that it is taxing on our muscles and joints. It is important to replace what is lost during that time otherwise you are not reaping the full benefit of working out in the first place. 

For more information visit livethesource.com/index.php/products/dailymultivitamin, livethesource.com/index.php/products/dailysource_label and livethesource.com/index.php/products/vitamin_d

The Columbus Chamber member spotlights put the focus on our member organizations. To submit your member organization for a spotlight contact Michelle Bretscher.

Member Spotlight: Crown Services

Crown Services has been in the staffing industry for 41 years.  Our headquarters have always been in Columbus, but we operate in 12 states with 35 offices.  We provide temporary staffing, temp to hire, permanent placement, payroll processing and many other staffing related services. 

Why We’re Chamber Members: We joined the chamber mainly to build relationships with other members.  Other members have a lot to offer us, and we can also provide valuable resources through beneficial mutual relationships.

Fun Facts about Crown Services: We are a private certified woman owned business through the WBENC. 

For more information, visit www.crownservices.com.

The Columbus Chamber member spotlights put the focus on our member organizations. To submit your member organization for a spotlight contact Michelle Bretscher.

Member Spotlight: Findley Davies

Findley Davies is a human resources consulting firm specializing in employee benefits and human capital management. Founded in 1969, it has a long history of helping clients attract and retain talent, enhance the effectiveness of HR processes, leverage technology, improve financial performance through effective management of costs, and structure solutions that drive organizational change.

Why We’re Chamber Members: 

With existing offices in Charlotte, Greensboro, Chicago, Cleveland, and Toledo, Findley Davies recently expanded to Columbus. The Columbus Chamber is one of the premiere business organizations in Ohio. Findley Davies’ involvement in the other area Chambers has been a rewarding experience, and the company looks forward to becoming more involved in the Columbus Chamber and the Columbus community.

Fun Facts about Findley Davies:

In addition to serving its clients, Findley Davies is dedicated to serving the communities where its associates live and work. Kyle Pifher, Principal, is personally involved with the Make-a-Wish Foundation. Findley Davies’ associates also provide volunteer leadership and financial support to a variety of organizations including American Diabetes Association, Boys’ and Girls’ Clubs, Komen Foundation, YMCA and many more.

Featured Product/Service:

Findley Davies offers:
▪ Actuarial Services
▪ Communication Solutions
▪ Compensation and Rewards Management
▪ Defined Benefit Plan Administration
▪ Defined Contribution Plan Services
▪ Health and Group Benefits
▪ Human Resources Innovation
▪ Retirement Plan Services

For more information on Findley Davies, visit www.findleydavies.com

The Columbus Chamber member spotlights put the focus on our member organizations. To submit your member organization for a spotlight contact Michelle Bretscher.

Member Spotlight: Option2Air

Option2Air LLC is your ‘Office-On-Wheels’ providing luxurious and productive group-travel for businesses. It aims to tap the unmet needs of business teams that presently use air-travel for medium distance travel (200 to 500 miles). It presently serves metro cities in Michigan, Ohio and Indiana.

Why We’re Chamber Members: We joined the Chamber as we consider Columbus to be a key market for us.

Fun Facts about Option2Air: Option2Air is an eco-friendly way for business travel as each of its vehicles potentially replaces several cars off the road.

Featured Product/Service: Whether you or your employees travel together for client meetings, training or conferences, you can avoid the hassles of going to the airport, parking, security-checks, lost luggage, switching off laptop and cellphone and getting squeezed in the middle seat. With Option2Air you can expect on-time, chauffeur-driven travel in a productive environment with comfortable leather seats (and no middle seats), extended legroom, high-speed wireless internet, on-board printer, wireless headphones, individual laptop/ phone chargers, laptop trays, LCD TV and on-board complimentary refreshments.

Unlike typical limousine services, it does not operate on-call basis nor provide airport pickup/ drop-off. Instead, it takes business teams from where they live or work to where they want to go. At present it provides booking of the full vehicle (and not individual seats).

For more information, go to www.option2air.com, or visit Option2Air at the Business2Business Network EXPO on Wednesday.

The Columbus Chamber member spotlights put the focus on our member organizations. To submit your member organization for a spotlight contact Michelle Bretscher.