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10 REASONS WHY A BUSINESS NEEDS
TO BELONG TO THE CHAMBER
Chamber membership gives you instant Targeted and cost-effective promotional
credibility opportunities
Displaying the Chamber logo at your place of business Membership in the Chamber gives you access to many
can lead to tangible business results; consumers are targeted promotional vehicles, including advertising
80% more likely to purchase goods or services from in our newsletter, website and mail program directly
a company that belongs to the local Chamber of to the membership. Plus, you can host or exhibit at a
Commerce, according to the Shapiro Report. This mixer or sponsor one of our many events. You’ll save
report also notes that consumers are more likely to promotional dollars by reaching out directly to a very
believe that Chamber Member products are superior targeted audience.
to their competition.
You can help shape local policy Networking opportunities
Your Chamber is the not-for-profit advocate for local When you get involved in the Chamber, you’ll be
business with a unified voice. We represent you at given more opportunities to meet your peers in the
all levels of government when it comes to issues community. The Chamber organizes a year-round
that impact business, and we also benefit from schedule of events to make meeting and mixing with
membership in the Canadian and Ontario Chambers potential partners, clients and new friends a much
of Commerce which lobby at the national and more enjoyable experience.
provincial levels.
Information and education
We always refer our Members first Every week, we’ll send you a Chamber News Update to
When we receive inquiries from the community or keep you up-to-date on our events, Member news and
outside it, we refer Chamber Members first using programs of interest. We will also create professional
our online membership directory. That translates to development events on relevant topics to help you
additional leads for you and hopefully, more money and your employees become more effective. This
in your pocket. website and our social media channels provide a
stream of updates throughout the year.
You can save on services you that your A collaborative relationship with other
employees use anyway like-minded organizations
Through our Chamber Perks program, you and Our staff and Board members meet regularly with
your employees are entitled to take advantage of other business organizations concerned with building
discounts and savings on services offered by other a prosperous community, such as Explore Waterloo
local Chamber Members. We also have a flexible Region, Waterloo Economic Development Corporation,
group insurance plan, fuel discounts through Esso, City of Cambridge Economic Development,
shipping discounts through Purolator and UPS. See Communitech and neighbouring Chambers. This allows
our benefits section for all the details. us to identify opportunities and issues collaboratively
to assist businesses.
Hybrid programming to meet your needs A stronger sense of community
The pandemic prompted many organizations and What you get from your Chamber membership will,
businesses to re-evaluate. In keeping with these to some extent, depend upon what you put into it. As
major shifts, the Chamber offers a combination you attend more events and get involved you develop
of programming – both in-person and virtual – to stronger relationships with other members of the
ensure the needs of its members can be met in a business community which can make a real difference
manner that serves them best. to the prosperity of our community.
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