If you’ve considered a redesign or just want to compare what you have with what you should have done with your chamber website design, you’re in the right place. We’ve looked at thousands of chamber of commerce websites! Now, based on that experience, here’s our ultimate guide to chamber website design best practices. Read on […]
How Do You Count Chamber Referrals? 5 Easy Ways
Let’s face it. When it comes to marketing these days marketers want to know just what you’ve done for them lately. Counting and tracking metrics can be a job in and of itself. But there’s a lot of value for you and members when you count chamber referrals. If a business knows how many referrals […]
Should Your Chamber Outsource Event Management?
Are you feeling overwhelmed by the time and energy that goes into planning a chamber event but are you still deriving a significant amount of revenue from said event? If you aren’t, it’s an easy call. It might be time to sunset or divest it. But if it’s bringing in good returns but is just […]
9 Easy & Fun Wellness Event Ideas for Chambers
Health and wellness is a growing trend. It seems to be entering all areas from corporate wellness programs to standalone wellness events. Has your chamber considered hosting your own? Are you looking for some health and wellness event ideas? Keep reading for our easy and fun ideas. Incorporating Wellness into Your Event First, there are […]
The Pros and Cons of Multiple Chamber Facebook Pages
Facebook is under fire and lots of people are concerned with privacy issues regarding the social media platform. But it’s still an effective way for most of us to reach our audience. Recently, on the Chamber of Commerce Professionals group, a chamber pro asked whether other chambers had multiple chamber Facebook pages or stuck with […]
Advice for a New Chamber Executive Director from Chamber Vets
Are you new to the chamber industry and your job as a new chamber Executive Director (ED)? If so, you’re going to be pleasantly surprised at how congenial and supportive chamber pros are! Part of that is because everyone is in the trenches together and the other part is that they’re not competing with each […]
Should Chamber Employees Be Members Too?
The age of the solopreneur is here and with it, we’re seeing an ever-growing number of people with “side hustles,” jobs they do outside of their regular 9-5. But what happens when the person with a side-hustle is one of your chamber employees? Do you allow them to join the chamber? If so, can they […]
How Do You Cancel a Chamber Festival?
You have a chamber festival, or rather a festival the chamber puts on. After crunching the numbers and doing the work for years, you realize it’s no longer beneficial for the chamber. Now you have to tell everyone. Yikes! No one wants to be the bringer of bad news. There may be many people in […]
