Frank J. Kenny's Chamber of Commerce Industry Blog

Summers are usually pretty hard for working parents. From figuring out childcare to having the patience to take everyone on a vacation, parents need resources. It’s especially hard after this past year with so many of them (working moms especially) having to act as teachers too. Summer is no picnic either. A 2019 study conducted […]

In this article, we’re going to share the 15 common factors we’ve found in successful chamber leadership programs. Want to start a chamber leadership program in your community? Or maybe you already have one and are wondering how to make it better. While chamber leadership programs are different in every community, there are a few […]

Chambers: this article is written specifically for you to copy/paste and use to share restaurant marketing ideas with your members and prospective members. Feel free to customize it to fit your chamber offerings. Add links to benefits and images of your events, your community or examples of marketing that you have done for other restaurant […]

Need some fresh new chamber newsletter ideas? Newsletters are a great way to stay in touch and help your community (members and beyond) get to know you better but if they’re boring or ineffective, you’re wasting your time. Instead … It’s worth the effort to get creative. Chamber newsletters can be an effective way to […]

Most businesses have a hiring problem right now. And as chamber pros, we’re scrambling to give them good directions. Here’s a big list of creative employee recruitment strategies that businesses can use. Feel free to repurpose or borrow from this article and share ways they can recruit on your chamber blog or your chamber newsletter. […]

We can finally see the light at the end of the tunnel–and as opposed to the old saying–I don’t think it’s a train. So let’s talk about mingling after COVID. Infection and death numbers have decreased, while vaccinations are increasing. And we’re seeing some creative marketing approaches to keep increasing vaccine coverage such as lotteries […]

If you’re like me, you spend a lot of time shaking your head (that’s SMH in text speak) these days. People are making decisions I find hard to understand (outside of basic economic principles of supply and demand). But there are a lot of valuable lessons we can learn in the wake of another episode […]

Chamber marketing is a big topic. But I’m going to tackle it. I’ll give you the vital basics and you can use this as a primer for your chamber marketing strategy. I’ll also help you understand the terms marketers use and what they describe. There are a lot of redundancies in the marketing categories and […]