March 2014 Customer Update
"Growing Traffic, Revenue and Members".

Look At These Beautiful ChamberSquad Deliveries

We have been speaking about the value of ChamberSquad to your members and now that we're rolling them out here are some samples for you to review: http://www.chambersquad.com/references.htm
 

New Member Brochure

DOWNLOAD LATEST MEMBER BROCHURE AT:

http://www.MemberBrochure.com

System Change Log


Here are the Chamber Nation system updates for the past 30 days (February):
  1. Thanks to the great suggestion at our February Executive Meeting – on the Newsletter – with the two “renewing members” features we added, it now includes the original “join date” of the member, so you can also highlight how long they’ve been with your organization.
  2. Improved New Member Registration page.  System Link 2.4b
  3. In the Classified Ads - we have added a selection box for sorting. Now users can choose to order the classifieds by date (oldest to newest), date (newest to oldest), and by title. This will make it more flexible for everyone to use.
  4. Calendar of Events, Highlighting Feature - You can set the highlight colors, by specifying them in MMS Configuration -> Calendar of Events Configuration. There are 2 new fields called 'Highlight Text Color' and 'Highlight Background Color.' By default they are set to black text and white background. Once you change the values, any events marked as 'highlighted' will show up in those colors on some of the calendars. This only applies on calendars 4.6 (calendar 6) and the full list view (calendar 5).
  5. We now have the Fancy Scrolling Renewed Members that you can put on your website.  This is found in System Links 1.24 and will allow you to highlight those members who have renewed with your organization.
  6. An incredible list of new On-Demand Training videos available.  Please see the "Education - Now Available" section in this newsletter for the complete list.
  7. More videos are continuing to go up on the Chamberclassroom.com website for the "On Demand" Training.
  8. In order to clean up the main menu for system administrators we have moved a number of "configuration" items: member plans and member categories (moved to mms config menu), send lead to members (on CRM system menu, right column), Member Match-Merge (member database admin, bottom of page), Social Network Tools (moved to MMS config, right column), Bounced Email List (link at top of Broadcast Messages), Attendance Tracking Module (at bottom of Calendar Admin). If you have any questions please let us know.

Welcome Newest Network Participants

Melbourne Regional Chamber
Tom Graver
Website
tom@melbourneregionalchamber.com
Join Date: 11/19/2013

Pleasant Grove Chamber
David Larson *
Website
chamber@plgrovechamber.org
Join Date: 11/21/2013

Maricopa Chamber of Commerce
Marla Lewis *
mlewis@maricopachamber.org
Join Date: 11/22/2013

Cinnamon Paula *
Join Date: 11/22/2013

Cynthia White
Join Date: 11/22/2013

Maricopa Chamber of Commerce
Dave Moss
Join Date: 11/22/2013

Oconee Chamber of Commerce
Kay Keller *
kkeller@oconechamber.org
Join Date: 11/22/2013

Pinckneyville Chamber of Commerce
Monika Holder *
Website
Jessicaeholder@hotmail.com
Join Date: 11/22/2013

Plumas Arts
Roxanne Valladao
Website
Join Date: 11/22/2013

BFAP / ASN
Robbin Roberts *
Website
robbinroberts@gmail.com
Join Date: 12/03/2013

New York State Black Chamber of Commerce
John Harmon
Website
jharmon@aaccnj.com
Join Date: 12/12/2013

Cresco Chamber
Jason Passmore
Website
jason@howard-county.com
Join Date: 12/31/2013

Florence Chamber of Commerce (Greater)
Judy Hughes
Website
judyhughes@awardrealty.com
Join Date: 01/07/2014

Sun City Center Chamber
Debbie Caneen
dcaneen@suntowersretirement.com
Join Date: 01/14/2014

Mariposa Chamber of Commerce
Damian Riley
Website
communications@mariposachamber.org
Join Date: 01/14/2014

Indiana County Chamber of Commerce
Jo Yeomans
jyeomans@indianacountychamber.com
Join Date: 01/17/2014

The Greater Hillsborough Area Chamber of Commerce
Virginia "Ginks" Leiby
Website
hcofc@mcttelecom.com
Join Date: 01/21/2014

Edwardsville / Glen Carbon Chamber of Commerce
Kathy Hentz
Join Date: 01/22/2014

Edwardsville / Glen Carbon Chamber of Commerce
Caryn Mefford
Join Date: 01/22/2014

Women in Business South Utah County
Randi Kaufman
Website
wibsuc@gmail.com
Join Date: 01/24/2014

Queen Creek Chamber of Commerce
Connie Herrell
Website
connie@queencreekchamber.com
Join Date: 02/04/2014

Oroville Chamber of Commerce
Tina Pruitt
tpruitt@orovillechamber.net
Join Date: 02/06/2014

Oroville Chamber of Commerce
Cliff Marler
cmarler@orovillechamber.net
Join Date: 02/06/2014

Greater Albuquerque Chamber of Commerce - NMCEA
Charlene Smith
CSmith@abqchamber.com
Join Date: 02/10/2014

Guilford Chamber of Commerce
Janet Testa
Website
execdir@guilfordct.com
Join Date: 02/25/2014

Chelsea Chamber of Commerce
Rich Cuthie
Website
executivedirector@chelseachamber.org
Join Date: 02/26/2014

Broken Bow Chamber of Commerce
Donnis Hueftle-Bullock
Website
donnis@brokenbow-ne.com
Join Date: 03/03/2014

Latest ChamberSquad Brochure

March Executive WEB Meeting / Q&A Session



THE MARCH 5, 2014 Executive Meeting will be with Richard due to an unexpected emergency that Dr. Ryan Nielsen had to travel and take care of.  

Next Meeting:

Day: Wednesday 
Date: March 5, 2014
Time: 11:00 AM (PST)
12:00 PM (MST) 1:00PM
(CST) 2:00PM (EST)


Scheduled Topics:
  • Quick Overview of This Months Newsletter
  • Open Q&A with Richard Scully
  • Following Q&A Richard will give update on ChamberSquad Deliveries
Bonus Time:
        This will occur immediately after the Regular Meeting and will feature a special guest sharing about what they have to offer to Chambers.

HOW TO JOIN THE MEETING 
  1. Screen Sharing: http://www.TrainingScreen.com
  2. Phone: (530) 881-1212
  3. Access Code: 901-325-889

Would you like to join the meeting with your >>APPLE or >>ANDROID mobile device? Click link above for either device and once installed be sure to USE MEETING ID: 901-325-889


MEETINGS ARE RECORDED AND SENT OUT TO EVERYONE FOLLOWING THE MEETING IN CASE YOU MISSED IT LIVE.  

Educational Tip of the Month

295_01022014120118.jpgOne great thing is when we can learn from one another!  Any time we come across Chambers that are doing great things, we want to share that with others so that you can glean from their ideas, and even duplicate them in your own organization.  That happened this month with the West Metro Chamber of Commerce.  Take a look at what they are offering each month to their Members:


We are offering a training class so members can optimize their chamber membership with the new website. We are offering 2 classes in the same day (Wednesday, February 26th): 

Morning: 8:00am - 9:00am  To Register: 
http://www.chamberorganizer.com/members/evr/reg_event.php?orgcode=WEST&evid=18114607

Lunch: 12:00pm - 1:00pm   To Register: 
http://www.chamberorganizer.com/members/evr/reg_event.php?orgcode=WEST&evid=18115829


We encourage members to bring a laptop or tablet so they can access the website. Please know your username & password. Contact the chamber office if you do not have your login info.

We will show members how to: 
* Log in to the website 
* Submit calendar events & press releases 
* Build your Traffic Catcher System (TCS)Page 
* Post job openings 
* Multipost your events on social media 

We offer these classes on the last Wednesday of each month.

61 On-Demand Classes - Now Available


We have a newly-designed structure for our on-demand training.  We continue to work to make this a better experience for you.  Also, there is a quick shortcut URL to remember, to be able to access ALL of the on-demand videos:  ondemand.chamberclassroom.com (and scroll down the page to see the list and links for each training).

The Newest "On Demand" Videos are:
  • Event Registration - 9 videos to walk you through every element and part of event registration so you can tie it in with your calendar, set up your packages, promote your event, and so much more.
  • There are now 61 On-Demand Training videos available at ChamberClassroom.com.  It is exciting to see how we are continuing to grow each month.  It is also exciting to see how you all are making use of the on-demand video training.  And remember, we are not done yet.  More videos are being worked on every week... so if you don't see one that you need, let us know and keep an eye out for it.
The On Demand videos will continue to grow as a high-priority at Chamber Nation.  If there is a specific module you really would like to see up there sooner than later, please email your suggestion to Dr. Ryan Nielsen at ryan@chambernation.com.
 

Refer a New Customer - Win a New iPad Mini

We really appreciate your referrals. We're making investments to improve our programs every day and we'll invest in you too! 
 

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Need Help?

Strategy:
Richard Scully, CEO
855-233-6362 Ext. 701

Billing Systems:
Sam Azzam, Operations
855-233-6362 Ext. 704

Educational and Administrative Support:
Dr. Ryan Nielsen, Education
855-233-6362 Ext. 702

General Support:
Brian Sundberg, Support
855-233-6362 Ext. 705

Member Support / ChamberSquad Questions:
Jim Etherington
855-233-6362 Ext. 708

Administrative System Training:
www.ChamberClassRoom.com

Member Education:
www.CommerceControlPanel.com

System Partner List

Below is a list of other companies that we have worked with to bring expansion integration and automation to the Chamber Nation platform. To learn more about each one please click the links below:

Membership180

Votility

Main Street Crowd

Broker Savant
 

Membership180.Com

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NOW AVAILABLE!!!  Contact us to find out how to have Membership 180 as a part of your Chamber Nation system.

Website Makeover

Customer Update 2014 - March 2014 Customer Update