Joe Abraham

0It seems like every time I write about chambers of commerce, I’m bringing out a whipping stick. I don’t want it to be that way, but I just care so much about what chambers were about. More importantly, I care about what chambers could be in the future.
I just know for a fact that if [...]

0A few months ago, I wrote a couple of posts about Reinventing the Chamber of Commerce.
Article 1 – What Happened to the Original Social Network?
Article 2 – Reinventing the Original Social Network
But I wanted to go a few steps further than just talking about it. I wanted to actually do something about it.
So let [...]

2So you’re looking for ways to attract more new members to your chamber, huh?
Here’s a tip that has worked 100% of the time for the chambers that have executed it correctly.
(Yes, there are some that have botched it up by putting their own spin on it).
When it’s membership drive time, don’t just hand each current [...]

0
This post is in response to some questions and comments I got from the post I made on April 28th. If you haven’t read that post already, do that first by clicking here.
Ok, so we agree that Chambers of Commerce need to reinvent themselves to survive this changing marketplace.
But if you’re a Chamber leader, [...]

1Survey respondent #1: “Oh yeah, I’m a chamber member. But I don’t think I’m going to renew my membership this year.”
Survey respondent #2: “I am a member of my chamber, and the networking has been good. But I can’t say it has grown my business in any tangible way.”
A survey of small business owners shows [...]