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Continued from Page 1 The chamber can assist you in success and help the
keeping an eye on the other community along the way. They
guy but will also help you advocate for pro-business
organization offering a
discover valuable lessons from legislation and bring innovative
one-size solution to your
other business professionals, ideas to the town. They also can
business problems. It’s not an
things that may just help you throw one heck of an event and
equation. The help you
solve they love bringing people along
can find at the chamber is
a challenge in your own for the ride.
personalized to your business.
business.
It’s not about
While today’s chamber is not
following the crowd, unless you
your dad’s, or even your mom’s,
Life Is Better When You
consider personalized best
chamber it still benefits your
practices or listening Have a Good Time—and
business. While their programs
to experts in your field as
Bring Others Along for the
and offerings have changed
following the crowd.
Ride
with the times, their value is as
Chambers aren’t stodgy
beneficial as your parents’
Manners Don’t Cost a Dime
business groups like some
advice. You may ignore it at first,
Manners don’t cost a dime and
people believe. They’re
but ultimately it leads to your
neither does making the most
comprised of professionals who
growth.
of your chamber membership.
want to achieve business
Whether you make lifelong
connections that will
help your business prosper or
you never do anything with
your chamber membership, the
fee is the same. So, what do you
say? Why not get involved as
much as possible or use those
resources to maximum
advantage? You have
everything to gain and nothing
more to spend.

Watch the Other Guy

Keeping an eye on the
competition is important. But
in today’s global economy it
doesn’t need to just be your
competition you keep an
eye on. Many successful
business people become that
way by applying a business’
success in another industry to
their own. Seeing those
possibilities and

connections can help you grow
in a way your competition isn’t.