Frank J. Kenny's Chamber of Commerce Industry Blog

There’s a local wine bar I like to visit in the town where I live. I enjoy going there and speaking to the owner who’s always behind the bar. He gives me a personal perspective on business – from consumer sentiment to employee morale across town – things you don’t always get from highbrow reads […]

One of the many benefits of chamber membership is the learning that is available to members. That learning extends to every employee and can be quite a valuable selling point if the Lunch & Learn topics and webinars you offer are important to member businesses and their employees. But how do you find those enticing […]

Businesses are doing their best to build an audience and brand and trying to become a larger part of their customers’ lives. They have to. What worked years ago, isn’t working these days. With labor shortages, product/part shortages, and the ever-growing competition on the internet, businesses are having to try things they’ve never done before. […]

Pre-pandemic, Australian millennials were attending more and more daytime, family-friendly events on the weekend than ever before according to Eventbrite research. I’m assuming this is true for the U.S. and that the trend has resurged post-pandemic because it seems like people these days bring their children to everything. Maybe it’s because of their schedules and […]

Burn out is a common topic of conversation these days. Everyone feels it, at least occasionally. But it sabotages success and drains teams if you can’t get past it. You want to get inspired again and again. So where do you find the inspiration to keep going? Keep reading. We’ve compiled a few creative ideas […]

I received an email the other day and I clicked to open it immediately. It had a subject line I haven’t seen in many months. “New price drop.” I couldn’t contain my excitement. A cost that is actually going down? After we’ve had to deal with inflation at record-levels month after month? This was almost […]

T-shirts, hats, coasters and postcards. The “standard” gift shop items. Is it time to upgrade? One of our chamber pros recently asked our Facebook group for some fresh chamber of commerce gift shop ideas. Their chamber in question doubles as a visitor’s bureau and she wanted some creative products to add to what they are […]

Ever had that sense that you don’t know what you’re doing, but no one else seems to think so? This is Imposter Syndrome and even Chamber professionals suffer from it, as shown in the Chamber Pros group on Facebook when the question was asked, “Does it ever go away?” Yes, it can go away or […]