Creating themed itineraries or travel packages built around fun national days gives visitors a reason to explore your community and support local businesses, even outside the traditional holiday rush. These itineraries make it easy for someone to find just what they’re looking for without having to do all of the planning. Sometimes, people are looking […]
How to Organize Your Canva Designs & Files (includes the 2024 Canva update)
Have you spent too much time looking for a design in Canva only to be frustrated and overwhelmed? I have, too! I’m going to give you an effective and easy-to-implement solution to your Canva organization problems. It will make your files easy to search, organize, and find. I recently used these steps to organize our […]
10 Do’s and Don’ts to Promote an Event on Social Media
These tips can help you get the best results from promoting your event on social media. #1 DO create a Facebook Event for your event Why should you do this? First, it’s free. Who doesn’t love the free promotion of an event? Second, anyone who searches for things to do in your town or upcoming […]
7 Ways to Boost Chamber Visibility and Member Engagement Through Member Training Events
Workshops and training events are an excellent benefit to your members. They can learn new skills, brush up on existing knowledge, and network during the breaks. Have you ever thought about how to make these events work for your Chamber? These events are an opportunity for you to improve your member services, increase your visibility […]
How to Use Your Out-of-Office Email to Market Your Chamber of Commerce
d I emailed the Vice President of Membership at the Lynchburg Regional Business Alliance, but he was out of the office. His out-of-office automated reply email was outstanding – the perfect example of using every opportunity to market your community. He included links to some of the feature items of their website; this makes it […]
Retain Your Members: Promote Your Chamber Successes & Benefits
Promoting your Chamber by telling your members what you do for them and touting your successes is imperative to the success of your Chamber. As a Chamber of Commerce professional, you work hard to support your members and help grow your community. A lot of what you do is behind-the-scenes work, so your members never […]
How to Write Email Subject Lines That Improve Open Rates
The email subject line is the first thing your readers see. It is an essential tool to grab your audience’s attention. If your email inbox is like mine, it gets pretty full. With all those emails waiting to be read, how do you make sure your carefully crafted emails get opened? If you have a […]
Boost Your Chamber of Commerce Ribbon Cuttings to Promote Members
Want to get more businesses to join your Chamber of Commerce? It’s time to get creative about the member benefits you offer. Taking advantage of social media tools for the benefits of your members can help make your Chamber more visible and benefit local businesses at the same time. Consider the typical ribbon cutting – […]
5 Tips for Great Print Marketing
There are a lot of options for marketing materials. Which ones you will use depends on your target market, your budget, and the goal of your marketing. The marketing materials that you produce to advertise your business tell your customers a lot about your business – how you run it, how seriously you take it, and how […]