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Chillicothe Ross Chamber of Commerce Marketing opportunities Mission statement: The Chillicothe Ross Chamber of Commerce promotes economic and community development by providing services and addressing issues important to business. |
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Chamber packages can mean new customers for you If yours is a fairly new business or if it's been one that's been around for decades, your chamber membership opens a myriad of ways to let other members -- and the community -- know about your products and services. From our newly popular email/fax blasts to sponsoring a Board of Directors meeting, the chamber provides opportunities for you to promote your business. Check out all the offerings below and decide which ones are best for you. Or give us a call at 702-2722 and we'll tailor a program to help you accomplish your marketing goals.
Email and fax blast advertising Want to reach every member of the chamber and many of their employees with a message all your own? Ship us your message as a Word, PDF or JPEG file (no larger than 8.5-by-11 inches) and we'll email it to the more than 850 members and employees on our email distribution list and we'll fax it to the approximately 70 members for whom we don't have email addresses. Rate: $50 or less than 7 cents per exposure. If you want us to design it, there is an additional cost of $30. We only ship one per day, so make sure to schedule well in advance. (And please don’t ask us for our email address list since it isn’t available.)
Weekly Update Advertising Packages The chamber’s newsletter goes out to the more than 850 members and their employees by Friday afternoon each week. It’s chock full of local business news, chamber event updates, items to help you run your business, listings of commercial building permits and vendors licenses plus submissions by members. Many call it their best benefit of chamber membership. Your message can take readers straight to your website. You decide your frequency to fit your campaign or goals.Click here to check out the newsletter. 4 editions of your choosing: $100 9 editions of your choosing: $200 13 editions of your choosing: $300 17 editions of your choosing: $400 21 editions of your choosing: $500 45 editions of your choosing: $1,000
Website Advertising Packages The chamber’s website – www.chillicotheohio.com -- is where members turn to check out events and to find information useful for their businesses. It’s also the site where potential new businesses and residents turn when they want to learn more about Chillicothe and Ross County. It’s a great resource and it’s a great place to have your message. You pick the page and you pick the duration. We can get you statistics on views and visitors on any page you’d like from our third-party vendor. Below are some possibilities: Homepage all year: $2,000 Homepage for 6 months: $1,000 Job Bank for 12 months: $1,200 Member Directory search page 12 months: $500 Tourism page for 12 months: $500
Premium membership Your business gets added exposure and discount rates on sponsorships by committing in December to a premium membership for the coming year. While packages can vary, staples include a link on our homepage, mention on a sign in the chamber office, entry in the golf outing, space at the Business Expo/BAB or ads on the weekly newsletter. Inquire now and we’ll make sure you have an opportunity to take advantage of this benefit next year.
Annual Dinner Attendance ranges from 300-450 for this February event in which members celebrate the chamber’s successes from the previous year and hear from such celebrities as OSU Coach Jim Tressel and Gov. Ted Strickland. Sponsoring a table gives you the opportunity to decorate the space with your promotional items for others to enjoy and gets you a seat closer to the front. Let us know at least two weeks ahead of the event to secure your spot. And check out how others have taken advantage of the sponsorship at our photo website: www.chillicothe-chamber.smugmug.com.
Business After Business Hosting one of these monthly mixers can do wonders for the image of your business. Attendance averages at least 100, but can be as high as 200 or more depending on how much you promote it to your customers and others. You provide the food and refreshments (from other chamber members, of course) and you decide if you’d like to hand out door prizes, coupons or any other promotional items. If your place isn’t large enough or you want to share the cost of an event, the chamber will try to find a partner or two. If you’re thinking about hosting one, get on the schedule now as we’re usually booked more than a year in advance. If you want an idea of how much fun these can be, check out the chamber’s photo website: www.chillicothe-chamber.smugmug.com. Click here to check out the BAB schedule.
Business Expo/BAB Every November, the chamber sponsors an Expo at the monthly Business After Business to give members an opportunity to showcase their products or services at their exhibits. The event is open to the public and attracts hundreds who also vie to receive a door prize that each exhibitor supplies. Reservations for space are taken beginning in early October. Check out photos from the last event: Expo photos.
Mailing labels When you want to get your message directly to all the other members or just a select few, use the set of labels we supply in the format you want: hard copy or in an Excel file we can email to you. You promise to use the information only once. All members are entitled to one set free each year. Additional sets are $50 each. Labels are not available to non-members.
Membership Directory and Buyers Guide This publication goes to every member and it’s handed out by our lodging members to their guests, by realtors to those coming to the area looking for housing (and maybe your services) and goes in packets to those who request information on the area. The guide is published by a third party under contract to the chamber which receives revenue from advertising royalties. Ad sales generally are conducted in the summer with publication in late December or early January.
Map Like the directory, the chamber’s map is handed out free of charge to lodging guests who request one, by realtors to their clients and by the chamber to walk-in guests. The visitors bureau makes it a part of its welcome packages. The map is published about every two years and all members are contacted for an opportunity to be included.
Brochures, business cards Space is available for your materials in the chamber lobby that also serves as the reception area for the Welcome Center which includes the visitors bureau. The racks will hold trifolds, flyers and business cards. You’re responsible for keeping your slot filled.
Board meetings Each month, the 20-some members of the chamber board conduct business and have lunch. They love to learn more about other members, so, for the price of the lunch, you’ll get 10-15 minutes to present your message before this group and provide a tour of your facilities, if that’s appropriate. If you don’t have a place big enough, we’ll find the site and you’ll still get your time in front of the group.
Young Professionals Network This group of budding (and some accomplished) business people meets every other month to learn about something to help them in their professional or personal lives in addition to networking to build relationships. Sponsors of their meetings get a chance to tell the group about their business, their products or services. The group is for those ages 21-45.
Referrals This one is real easy. You don’t have to do a thing except continue to pay your dues. When we get a call from someone asking about a service or a product, we let them know which of our members can be of assistance. Only chamber members get referred.
You tell us If you have a unique idea on how the chamber can help you market your business, just let us know. Give us a call or email us with the idea and we’ll give it due consideration.
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