LAKE COUNTY – The Lake County Chamber of Commerce will host a series of seminars during the month of July to educate Lake County business owners on how to use the Chamber's new “Shop, Stay & Play” Web site to market and grow their businesses.

During these FREE 1 hour seminars, business owners will learn how to:

• Create an eye-popping business profile that stands out from the crowd;

• Select “Outrageous Deals” that work for both business owners and customers;

• Write an Outrageous Deal that gets “snapped off the shelves”;

• Develop a plan and measure the results of a Shop, Stay & Play marketing campaign.

These seminars will be co-presented by Christine Hutt and Carol Cole-Lewis, Lake County Internet marketing professionals and members of the Shop, Stay & Play leadership team.

The seminars will be held on the following dates:

• Middletown: July 20, 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., Calpine Geothermal Visitor's Center,15500 Central Park Road, Middletown;

• Clearlake/Lower Lake: July 22, 6 p.m. to 7 p.m., Impact Training Center, 14913 Lakeshore Drive, Clearlake;

• Lakeport: July 27, 6 p.m., Mendo Lake Credit Union, Safeway Plaza, 11th Street, Lakeport;

• Online: July 22, 9 a.m. to 10 a.m.

For more details and to reserve your space, go to http://lcnewmediamarketing.com or call Carol Cole-Lewis at 707-587-4277.

Shop, Stay & Play is a “Shop Local” program sponsored by the Lake County Chamber of Commerce. Its Web site, http://shopstayplay.com, is the premier place on the Internet for finding the best things to buy, places to stay, services to use and fun things to do in Lake County.