
October 2014 Customer Update "Growing Traffic, Revenue and Members".
Newsletter Index October Executive Web Meeting / Q&A Session NEW Education and Support Center POSTED TO FB Step-By-Step Procedures to Build a Traffic Catcher Site (TCS) Membership Sales Plan (.com) Chamber Talk Radio Blue Door Red Door Chamber Onboarding Membership180.Com System Change Log Educational Tip of the Month Welcome Newest Network Participants Need Help? System Partner List New Member Brochure Refer a New Customer - Win a New iPad Mini Latest ChamberSquad Brochure System Change Log Here are the Chamber Nation system updates for the past 30 days (September): Take a look at the NEW Chamber Movie at reddoorbluedoor.com! Utilize this to help potential new members understand the significance and value of Chamber Membership. See the article in the right-hand column to learn more about our NEW Education and Support Page - Find the help you are looking for quicker and easier. Updated DAILY! There is now a LIVE Chat for support. You can access this live chat by going to our NEW Support page. The LIVE Chat option will be on the bottom-right corner of every page. On the Main Menu of your Chamber Organizer Admin page, you will see two new options: 1) Help Desk - this will take you to our NEW Education and Support Page; and 2) Submit Your Request - This will allow you to directly submit a ticket for custom engineering that you need done. Educational Tip of the Month Have you been frustrated when you go to send a Broadcast Message and your options in the Main Message area are limited (or non-existent). Often times you are wanting to send a quick email blast to your members, without the formatting requirements or structure of the newsletter, but want to have a lot of the same editing options within the main body of your message. If you go to your Broadcast Messages and find that the full editor is missing, you can easily fix this. To turn on the Full CK Editor in your Broadcast Messages, you want to go to MMS Configuration, and then click on the link for Broadcast Message Configuration (on the left-hand column). Once in there, click on the box next to "HTML Messages" (the 3rd option down) and this will enable your CK Editor to be able to customize even your simplest of eblasts. Welcome Newest Network Participants Indiana County Chamber of Commerce Jill Mountain jmountain@indianacountychamber.com Join Date: 06/11/2014 Indian Women Networking Group Jasmine SRA Website sra.jasmine@yahoo.com Join Date: 06/24/2014 Milledgeville - Baldwin Co. Chamber of Commerce April Bragg Website abragg@milledgevillega.com Join Date: 06/25/2014 Lake City - Columbia County Chamber Sonja Meads Website sonja@lakecitychamber.com Join Date: 06/26/2014 Lake City - Columbia County Chamber Dennille Decker Website dennille@lakecitychamber.com Join Date: 06/26/2014 Mariposa County Chamber of Commerce Kathy Mc Corry Website kmccorry@mariposachamber.org Join Date: 06/30/2014 San Tan Chamber of Commerce Angela Smith santanvalleychamber@gmail.com Join Date: 07/01/2014 Gloucester County Chamber of Commerce Makalia Records Website chamberexec@glocochamber.org Join Date: 07/03/2014 Santa Clarita Valley Chamber of Commerce Terri Crain Website tcrain@scvchamber.com Join Date: 07/08/2014 Santa Clarita Valley Chamber of Commerce Anya Smilanick Website anya@smalldogcreative.com Join Date: 07/08/2014 Corvallis Chamber Scott Smith Website dscottsmith.67@gmail.com Join Date: 07/14/2014 Corvallis Chamber Peter Walker Website pwalker@osufederal.com Join Date: 07/14/2014 Corvallis Chamber Curtis Wright Website cwright@thewrights.org Join Date: 07/14/2014 Corvallis Chamber Kay Dee Cole Website kaydee@claritywealthdevelopment.com Join Date: 07/14/2014 Corvallis Chamber Staff Persons Website info@corvallischamber.com Join Date: 07/14/2014 Lancaster By the Bay Chamber Anne Paparella Website info@lancasterva.com Join Date: 07/17/2014 Carmichael Chamber Linda Melody Website admin@carmichaelchamber.com Join Date: 08/06/2014 Peoria Chamber of Commerce Scott Soldat-Valenzueza Website ssoldat@peoriachamber.com Join Date: 08/14/2014 Peoria Chamber of Commerce Monica Christiaansen Website mchristiaansen@peoriachamber.com Join Date: 08/14/2014 Boulder City Chamber of Commerce Connie Mancillas Website connie@bouldercitychamber.com Join Date: 09/08/2014 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: Chamber Solutions Membership180 Votility Main Street Crowd Broker Savant New Member Brochure DOWNLOAD LATEST MEMBER BROCHURE AT: http://www.MemberBrochure.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! read more... Latest ChamberSquad Brochure read more...	October Executive Web Meeting / Q&A Session Next Meeting: Day: Wednesday Date: October 1, 2014 Time: 11:00 AM (PST) 12:00 PM (MST) 1:00PM (CST) 2:00PM (EST) Scheduled Topics: Quick Overview of the Topics in This Month's Newsletter (http://newsletters.chambernation.com ) Open Q&A with Dr. Ryan Nielsen and Richard Scully Bonus Time: There will not be a bonus time meeting today. HOW TO JOIN THE MEETING Screen Sharing: http://www.TrainingScreen.com Phone: (530) 881-1212 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. NEW Education and Support Center We are excited to announce the launch of our new Education and Support Center!!! This new feature will allow for quicker and easier access to our training materials as well as answering your questions on our system. In addition, there is now a LIVE Support Chat feature on the site (available in the lower right-hand corner) for quicker access while online. This new support center will be growing DAILY and you will have the opportunity to contribute to it as well with the Community area (on the bottom right of the page as well) - sharing your tips, help ideas, and communicating with other Chamber Admins who are utilizing the same resources. Check it out now at http://support.tiodew.com POSTED TO FB This is the ultimate local organization membership for home based or small business owners, and managers. Services are greatly enhanced and affordable with simple monthly payments when purchased through Membership Included. Proprietary network automation is in place allowing Membership Included to provide unique connectivity into the local membership organization website and mobile network on your behalf. This provides added advertising services for participating businesses. Learn More Link: http://www.membershipincluded.com Step-By-Step Procedures to Build a Traffic Catcher Site (TCS) Jeff Hutchinson I am a new Chamber member in Lehi, Utah, and like most of you, wanted to construct a Chamber TCS. Currently, I teach computer courses and have written several manuals (Adobe, Microsoft, and Web Development Technologies) to guide students through the computer learning process. Using this expertise, I have also written a step-by-step procedure to help members build their own TCS websites. This service is available to all Chamber members across the country for free. Also, on a personal note, I provide computer training across the internet to your home or office, onsite training, and web development services. If you are interested or have questions, please feel free to call or email me. Furthermore, if you have any computer training needs, see my schedule for the available courses or to request a class. The documentation is located at: http://excel-networks.com/webdev_chamber.html Thanks, Jeff Hutchinson (801) 376-6687 jeffhutch@excel-networks.com www.excel-networks.com Membership Sales Plan (.com) A turnkey sales program designed to help Membership Development Professionals at Chambers of Commerce. Designed to help you add a full service online business solutions center your Chamber to increase commerce in the community. TurnKey Sales Plan We save you time. We work with hundreds of Chambers and tens-of-thousands of the members from those Chambers on a daily basis. We service Chambers in over forty states under the brand Chamber Nation. In our nationwide work we've learned what members appreciate from their Chambers. From leading member classes we also know what they appreciate most from their Chamber of Commerce membership. Armed with this information and our system infrastructure, we're now able to provide Chambers with a terrific membership sales plan that we know works. Ideal for Both Small and Large Chambers Alike Our programs are designed and supported from Quincy, CA, a small town in the Sierra Nevada. Our support staff lives in a small town. Many of them have owned a small business so they truly understand what small businesses need in order to grow. Tools like online sales plans and education are invaluable. Our founders have a great deal of national experience working with Chambers of Commerce and they make extensive use of online sales and educational tools. We take great pride in our outstanding award winning support and our excellent on-demand / live video training programs. By providing cooperative shared Chamber training and support programs throughout the country, the efficiency gains allow us to include consulting with our programs at no additional cost. What does this mean? This means that a powerful sales program is affordable even for the smallest Chambers across the country. Are You Ready to Learn? If you are the person in your Chamber of Commerce primarily responsible for growing membership, you're going to appreciate this program. Not only will you be armed with an incredible value proposition for non-members, but you'll also be adding a new income stream to help the Chamber prosper. We invite you to contact our CEO, Richard Scully to learn more about this incredible program. Chamber Talk Radio Chamber Nation is a founding sponsor of Chamber Talk Radio and we are excited about Brian Wrasman taking the lead here. Dial in at ChamberTalkRadio.com Chamber Talk Radio is a once-a-week audio resource for today's Business Leaders. Through our short 5-10 minute weekly phone interviews with Successful Business Owners, we learn from their past failures, capture great marketing ideas, share amazing resources, and grow together. Every Friday morning, our latest episode is released, and you can access it through the Chamber's website or through here on our website in our Past Episodes section. Our focus is to provide you with short, relevant, and practical resources each and every week through the power of online audio. "Chamber Talk Radio: Leader's Edition" is delivered to over 1,500 Chamber Directors all across the U.S. so that together we can share ideas that will create success for one another. It's a terrific resource for your Chamber to help grow membership at NO cost to you. All costs are paid by Chamber Nation in support of the Chamber of Commerce industry. Please listen in each week, and to get added to the list, please e-mail info@chambertalkradio.com. Get On Deck! Advertise Your Chamber! Get Your Interview Here! Blue Door Red Door This is the perfect sales program for the Chamber of Commerce that wants to convert itself into a full-service business development center. It offers a plan to help local businesses grow and provides the chamber with a complete mobile commerce strategy at no cost to the chamber. NEW - Check out our New Chamber Movie here! Chamber Onboarding We are committed to Service!!! In order to provide our customers with the very best possible service we have broken our onboarding process into specific tasks and responsibilities. Each person will take full responsibility for a portion of your project as described below. We have developed the following flow chart so that you will always know who to contact with any questions during this process. (Click on the image to bring it up full-size) Membership180.Com NOW AVAILABLE!!! Contact us to find out how to have Membership 180 as a part of your Chamber Nation system.
Customer Update 2014 - October 2014 Customer Update