Kids are headed back to school. Temperatures are starting to come down. Football’s kicking off. And your chamber of commerce has stocked its calendar with a full slate of events. The fall season is here. Not to put too fine a point on it, we’ve now got three months of full-steam-ahead business growth opportunity before […]
I’ve been toying with some language lately that I like – the idea of thinking about your chamber of commerce membership as a subscription. Doesn’t matter what kind of subscription you compare it to. Could be as simple as a magazine subscription. Software subscription. Cheese of the month.
Are you using your chambers of commerce memberships to their potential? Thinking of your membership as a subscription might help.
“I want to get involved!” – it’s the classic line from members to their chamber of commerce. But what does it mean? How do you narrow down what “getting involved” looks like to you, when your chamber has so much going on? And how does your chamber plug you into the right involvement, when everyone’s […]
There is plenty to complain about when it comes to social networking platforms. They’re too political, or too many ads, or too many pictures of food, or “no one sees my stuff.”
Does your chamber of commerce have an ambassador program? As I describe it when I’m at events talking about some of the ambassador programs we work with: “You know, a group of volunteers that help shepherd new members through the programs, services and opportunities the chamber offers?”
