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Eight Ways to Maximize Your Chamber Membership 1. Join a Leads Group Chamber Leads networking groups are made up of professionals that meet with the sole purpose of helping one another and generate business leads. The group only allows one representative from each profession in order to generate more leads in a noncompetitive environment. There are three Leads Groups. Hot Leads Group, which is currently full, meets every other Wedesday. The Business Builders Leads Group meets every other Tuesday, and the Power Professionals Leads Group meets every other Thursday. Each group meets from 8 to 9 a.m. The cost is $35 a quarter with your first quarter being free. For more information about the groups, please contact Misti Ramos at misti.ramos@growinghotsprings.com. 2. Come to or Host Business After Hours Business After Hours is the Chamber’s premier networking event. It is held from 5-7 p.m. on the third Thursday of every month, excluding January, July, and December. There is a wait list to host BAH. Hosting is currently full until 2020. It is laid back and casual, and is a great way make connections with other businesses in the area. It is only $5 and open to everyone. 3. Take Advantage of “Members Only” Did you know that our website, www.hotspringschamber.com, offers many self-service and exclusive benefits that only members and/or their employees can take advantage of? Follow the Member Login tab, located under the Membership tab of the menu bar at the top of the page on our website. There you can do many things to take advantage of your Chamber membership as well as take care of tasks like updating your contact information and paying your bill. On the Members Only page you can obtain a year-to-date referral report. This will let you know how often you've been referred to new customers by us. This section runs detailed reports, which shows you a very granular report of every time you've received a lead or impression from our website or staff. You can also add a coupon. The Chamber runs a Member-to-Member Discount Program. You can create and manage your own coupons, and track their usage in your referral report. For Enhanced Listings, you can upload media to help you profile stand out. Other actions that you do through the Members Only tab include changing your username and password, stay informed, and take a survey. 4. Become an Ambassador Ambassadors are volunteers of the Chamber. They go to Ribbon Cuttings and welcome new businesses. It is a great way to make a connection with that new business. It is also a great way to connect with other Chamber members who want business to succeed in Hot Springs as much as you do. However, the number of Ambassadors is limited, and there is a wait list to be an Ambassador. To be added to the wait list, email Rita Koller at rita.koller@growinghotsprings.com. 5. Share Your News The Chamber publishes press releases on the Community News page on its website. On this page, the Chamber posts news releases from member businesses. Utilizing the Community News page is a great way to get the word out on happenings in local businesses. It also is a great way to increase the SEO (search engine optimization) for the businesses’ websites. According to Moz.com, a SEO expert company, linking from one site to another is “especially valuable for SEO because they represent a ‘vote of confidence’ from one site to another.” It shows search engines that the website is worth linking to and therefore worth surfacing on searches. The Community News page is also only available to Chamber members. Businesses wishing to submit press releases for online publication can contact Mara Kuhn, Communications Manager, at mara.kuhn@growinghotsprings.com. 6. Invite Fellow Members to Your Seminars You hold seminars and meetings to help your employees be more knowledgeable and productive. By inviting fellow members to speak, not only helps your employees learn but also give your fellow Chamber member exposure. Your fellow Chamber member will appreciate the opportunity to showcase their work, and both companies will benefit from the networking opportunity. 7. Use Fellow Members’ Businesses First By supporting fellow Chamber member’s businesses you help them grow. Your goodwill is also likely to be returned to you when that member needs your service. 8. Share or Trade Your Skills One benefit of being a Chamber member is making connections with other business throughout the area. Sometimes a fellow Chamber member may just have a quick question. By sharing or trading your skills, you show that other member why you are good at what you do. They will appreciate your kindness and it will grow a personal relationship. Then when they have a big problem they are more likely to come to your company for your service.
Chamber Leads networking groups are made up of professionals that meet with the sole purpose of helping one another and generate business leads.
The group only allows one representative from each profession in order to generate more leads in a noncompetitive environment.
There are three Leads Groups. Hot Leads Group, which is currently full, meets every other Wedesday. The Business Builders Leads Group meets every other Tuesday, and the Power Professionals Leads Group meets every other Thursday. Each group meets from 8 to 9 a.m.
The cost is $35 a quarter with your first quarter being free.
For more information about the groups, please contact Misti Ramos at misti.ramos@growinghotsprings.com.
Business After Hours is the Chamber’s premier networking event. It is held from 5-7 p.m. on the third Thursday of every month, excluding January, July, and December. There is a wait list to host BAH. Hosting is currently full until 2020.
It is laid back and casual, and is a great way make connections with other businesses in the area.
It is only $5 and open to everyone.
Did you know that our website, www.hotspringschamber.com, offers many self-service and exclusive benefits that only members and/or their employees can take advantage of?
Follow the Member Login tab, located under the Membership tab of the menu bar at the top of the page on our website. There you can do many things to take advantage of your Chamber membership as well as take care of tasks like updating your contact information and paying your bill.
On the Members Only page you can obtain a year-to-date referral report. This will let you know how often you've been referred to new customers by us. This section runs detailed reports, which shows you a very granular report of every time you've received a lead or impression from our website or staff.
You can also add a coupon. The Chamber runs a Member-to-Member Discount Program. You can create and manage your own coupons, and track their usage in your referral report.
For Enhanced Listings, you can upload media to help you profile stand out.
Other actions that you do through the Members Only tab include changing your username and password, stay informed, and take a survey.
Ambassadors are volunteers of the Chamber. They go to Ribbon Cuttings and welcome new businesses. It is a great way to make a connection with that new business. It is also a great way to connect with other Chamber members who want business to succeed in Hot Springs as much as you do.
However, the number of Ambassadors is limited, and there is a wait list to be an Ambassador. To be added to the wait list, email Rita Koller at rita.koller@growinghotsprings.com.
The Chamber publishes press releases on the Community News page on its website. On this page, the Chamber posts news releases from member businesses. Utilizing the Community News page is a great way to get the word out on happenings in local businesses.
It also is a great way to increase the SEO (search engine optimization) for the businesses’ websites. According to Moz.com, a SEO expert company, linking from one site to another is “especially valuable for SEO because they represent a ‘vote of confidence’ from one site to another.” It shows search engines that the website is worth linking to and therefore worth surfacing on searches.
The Community News page is also only available to Chamber members. Businesses wishing to submit press releases for online publication can contact Mara Kuhn, Communications Manager, at mara.kuhn@growinghotsprings.com.
You hold seminars and meetings to help your employees be more knowledgeable and productive. By inviting fellow members to speak, not only helps your employees learn but also give your fellow Chamber member exposure. Your fellow Chamber member will appreciate the opportunity to showcase their work, and both companies will benefit from the networking opportunity.
By supporting fellow Chamber member’s businesses you help them grow. Your goodwill is also likely to be returned to you when that member needs your service.
One benefit of being a Chamber member is making connections with other business throughout the area. Sometimes a fellow Chamber member may just have a quick question. By sharing or trading your skills, you show that other member why you are good at what you do. They will appreciate your kindness and it will grow a personal relationship. Then when they have a big problem they are more likely to come to your company for your service.