Over the weekend we finished the new Buy Local Program which was in engineering since September 2009.  We spent a great deal of time trying to perfect the user experience so we could provide the EASIEST PROGRAM EVER CREATED for advertising your business.

All members who were using the My Ad Cloud system have been fully converted into the new system.  We had found a few items over the weekend, but all member reports now look like we have a successful conversion.

Here is a link to the update letter that went out to all member users over the weekend: 111 CLICK HERE

National Online Customer Meeting This Wednesday

Day: Wednesday, Date: April 7, 2010
Time: 11:00 AM (PST) 12:00 PM (MST) 1:00PM (CST) 2:00PM (EST)

Join the meeting steps listed below:

1. Screen Sharing Link: http://www.TrainingScreen.com
2. Phone Number: (775) 269-3893 (new)
3. Access Code: 339734# (new)

Wednesday module training:

1. Self-service Going Green program from within the integrated TCS Center

2. Demonstrate the listing that goes up to the Green Business Chamber

3. Member-to-Member Discount System

Everyone was so excited about the new Going Green automation, but frankly no one was using it at the Chamber of Commerce level.  With this movement clearly on its feet and growing, we felt that we could make this into a terrific member benefit.

Now that it's "Self Service" using the "Honor" system for your members, we think each of you could leverage this benefit for membership development purposes.

Many of you have asked for member-2-member automation so we've launched it!

Easily launched by having your members create their specials through the coupon creator and then clicking on the "Member to Member" only check box.

This will deliver those deals through a special page we can add to your website.

We have recently launched a way for customers to view live network access to all member directories.  This view now proves that members with TCS pages are much more likely to be accessed vs. the traditional category list view.

WATCH NOW LIVE

You all have the ability to sell banner ads based on the member category selected.

If you have 50 categories within your member directory and each category accompanies 2 ads without rotation, you have 100 new ad spots to sell.  If you sell these locations for only $5.00 per month you could earn an additional $500 a month in revenue for your organization.

CommunityLink has developed a terrific website to help you promote membership, retention and events.

Find it all here: http://promotionaltoolbox.chamberbusinessplan.com/

Here are the items brought up in the April 7, 2010 meeting that need to be done:

1. Where the member sets up their going green information it needs to say "I Take the Pledge So Add My Business to this Program __ (Check Box)"

2. If the person does not enter anything in the paragraph area (although it requires 150 chars.) they can proceed with nothing in the box (this is an error).

3. The paragraph in the GG area needs to say (150 chars or more required)

4. The consensus is to add a number of check boxes members use to show what they are doing to go green, examples are: Recycle, Energy Conservation, Lowered Use of Air Conditioning, Etc... List is not built yet.

5. In the members area bottom needs to have a Member-To-Member Icon and Link to only those specials.

6. The admin area for TCS pages off the member data base admin screen  (Edit Traffic Catcher Site Info/Text) is missing a place to put the paragraph of Going Green information under where the admin is able to activate this service where members are not given access to the self service program.

7. The Going Green indicator on all member directories is there, but the graphic is broken.

Here are three items that were requested by the Chamber Executives during our last meeting in March:

1. Show times a banner in a particular directory category is exposed and stats need to go back for one year.   (In Que)
2. Calendar invites where members say if they are going. Many people call in to the Chamber... executives want to be able to enter that into the members calendar invite.  (In Que)
3. The banner stats only allow for current and last month views... when selling these banners the executives need a year of history... please add this ability like you did recently for member directory exposures.  (In Que)

4. Member to Member discount program (Completed)

5. Convert the Going Green Program into a self-service module for members (Completed) 

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