Frank J. Kenny's Chamber of Commerce Industry Blog

If you want to have a successful Small Business Season, there’s an element of education required. Your community may know it’s important to support small businesses (about 54.8% of consumers shop small at least once per month) but when they have to buy something, shopping small may not be their first thought. Their first inclination […]

If you’re celebrating Small Business Season at your chamber, you want your social media channels filled with small business goodness. In addition to the Small Business Season social media images (available on the Chamber Pros Facebook group and as part of the Content Marketing Bundle) you want some social media post ideas for Small Business […]

Small Business Saturday (the day after Black Friday) is a great idea to help support small businesses, but one day isn’t enough. We need a Small Business Season! Here’s how you can leverage this idea. With employee shortages, supply chain and delivery issues, and now the added burden of increased costs of materials, small business […]

Chamber pros: Swipe this article! We wrote it just for you. All of the images are attribution-free. The text has been optimized for the phrase “reasons to shop local” so you can use it on your website or blog to help your community shop local. Be sure to remove this paragraph and customize the article […]

Small Business Saturday is a good thing. But this year, and all subsequent ones, let’s celebrate a season of small, a season of local. Why settle for just one day? If you ask a child about something they like, most of them will tell you that having two is better than one and three is […]

These are challenging times for everyone. As a chamber professional, you work hard even in good times. Chamber job burnout has always been a thing. But now, when members are feeling great pain due to lackluster sales, the cost of everything going up, and a frustrating inability to hire, tempers can flare (at you!) and […]

Successful chambers understand that every business is different and that’s why you need unique content ideas for your niche chamber member audiences. Each type of member has a different business goal or a way to attain that goal. The management has different areas of interest and needs. While your chamber may not be able to […]

Many chambers have jumped in to help their businesses with grant writing. Some chambers have started applying for grant funding for themselves. If you’re wondering how to get started with grant writing for your chamber or your members, this article shows you how. We’ve done the research as well as interviewed chamber pros who have […]