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Website Editor that Lets You Put Anything Anywhere on the Screen.

29 Jul

I’m sure many webmasters would laugh at this editor, but honestly when I have a customer that MUST HAVE THAT SINGLE “D . T” RIGHT THERE, then this is my fall back editor.

I’ve found that many Chamber of Commerce executives appreciate SIMPLICITY and when it comes to website editing it is really important.

Homestead.Com was purchased by Intuit several years ago and made many solid improvements from the ten years I have been a customer.

Unless you are a very small Chamber of Commerce, I would not recommend this as a full website builder.  But for additional pages that your main website can link too, or for custom event website pages with lots of beautiful graphics that must be placed just right… this makes it easy for anyone.

TRY IT FOR FREE

Paper Cuts Can be Funny!

28 Jul

Steve Saxton offers FREE EMAILS of funny workplace situational cartoons.

These may just give you the laugh you need while working at the Chamber!

www.papercutsinc.com

Ever Wanted to Add a MP3 File to the Chamber Website?

28 Jul

Here is a block of code that will help you make that happen which was sent in by Brian Thompson – thanks Brian!

<embed type=”application/x-shockwave-flash” src=”http://www.odeo.com/flash/audio_player_standard_gray.swf” width=”400″ height=”52″ allowScriptAccess=”always” wmode=”transparent” flashvars=”audio_duration=DURATION&amp;external_url=MP3_FILE_URL” />

Once you add this code the player looks like this:

CommunityLink’s Marketwise Promotional Toolkit for Chambers of Commerce

27 Jul

Go Crazy its FREE!

THE LOCAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BRAND REPRESENTS THE STRONGEST AND MOST TRUSTED BUSINESSES IN TOWN – ESPECIALLY YOUR TOWN.

But getting the word out about your chamber initiatives takes time, effort and staff resources. Wouldn’t it be great if there were a magic box — preferably a free one — with all your chamber-promoting answers inside?Index

Maybe there is.

Introducing the MarketWise Promotional Toolbox from CommunityLink. Available to your Chamber of Commerce at absolutely no charge. Zero. Zip. Nada. Nothing.

The MarketWise Promotional Toolbox, from CommunityLink, consists of a growing library of professionally designed marketing messages, tuned to get you noticed amidst the media noise and help you grow your organization, retain members, and service your existing membership.

Each message is customizable – again, at no charge – and is made available to you in a variety of electronic formats that may be effectively used in all types of media, from email and fillable PDFs to full-color copies and offset printed postcards.

CommunityLink’s MarketWise system makes it easy. But in case you missed it — the best part? It’s FREE!

You’ll begin by choosing your target category of promotion, such as Recruitment, Retention, or Events & Networking. From there, you simply choose your campaign style, customize your message and click submit. It’s that easy.

Give us a few days, and the award-winning graphic design folks here at CommunityLink will create your specialized MarketWise Promotional Toolbox and send a downloadable link to the email address you provide. Among other things, you’ll find a tips & tricks marketing cheatsheet to help you make the most of your Toolbox and your marketing efforts in general.

Happy Chambering!
Craig Williams, CEO CommunityLink

CLICK HERE TO GET STARTED

The Worst Teacher I Ever Had

26 Jul

Timken Roller Bearing Co., calendar, September 1950, teacher at desk

This is an interesting question that I’ll have answer with the name Arda (R……….y) keep her last name semi-private. I grew up in La Honda California which was a very small town and in the 60′s we even rode horses to school at times. Although I went to a one room school house (at a church) where you would think a good education would be… It wasn’t for me. I was in 3rd grade, but the teacher, a great lady, all she taught was science. I still needed all the basics in the 3rd grade, but nope you were getting science!

Oh… the school lasted one year and then the church closed it down.

I think everyone loved Arda and I did too.  Today I actually make use of a lot of her science knowledge, so maybe she was okay after all?

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SnagIt – SnagIt.Com is used all day at Chambers

26 Jul

Using Snagit

You’ll love using Snagit, in a million different ways. Screen capture lets you show, instead of just tell.

Explain a complex process…

“With Snagit we can quickly create beautiful, professional, easy-to-read user guides that help our members keep up with changing technology.”

Most Chambers of Commerce are always looking for easy ways to update their websites.  With SnagIt it makes creating images and posting member advertising on the website really easy.

At Chamber Nation we use this tool daily to help our customers get the exact result they are looking for.  We highly suggest downloading this tool and trying it for FREE for 30 days.

Get to know www.SnagIt.Com and you will see what we mean.

Chamber Search Engine©

25 Jul

Chambers of Commerce are the “Most Trusted Source for Local Information” and for this reason the Chamber is positioned perfectly to become the OFFICIAL Area Search Engine for the entire region that they serve.

In order to do this a “full on” technology approach must be accepted by the Chamber Executive and the Board Members.  In about six months from date of launch the Chamber will notice a great deal of changes in how they are accessed and used by the public and the members.

Once members begin to see their prospect numbers improve, they begin to quickly view the Chamber of Commerce as one of their most efficient marketing programs for their business.

We’ll be happy to show you how this is now benefiting Chambers throughout the country.

"The Chamber Search Engine"

Chamber Search Engine - Lobby Computer Screen

Grant Approved for Chester Lake Almanor Chamber of Commerce

24 Jul

Nice Job Susan!

Susan Bryner is the President of the Chester Lake Almanor Chamber of Commerce in California and she successfully secured a Going Green Community Grant for her community.

What this means is that the Chamber was able to hire several students from the Feather River College’s Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) program to help their members reduce energy use and increase their recycling activities.

Amy Schulz, MBA is the leader of the SIFE program and implemented the Chamber Nation automation to track optimization levels throughout the community and to automate the record keeping for the grant requirements.

If you would like to learn more about Chamber Grant Programs you might want to go to http://www.ChamberGrantPrograms.com

Hello world we are the Chamber Tech Blog!

23 Jul
Most Trusted Source for Local Information is the Chamber of Commerce

Most Trusted Source for Local Information is the Chamber of Commerce

It is an honor to have the opportunity to launch the Chamber Tech Blog where we hope to provide valuable information on developing Chambers of Commerce from the technical vantage point.

Although, I am the founder of Chamber Nation and will certainly provide ideas from our company, we also intend to share other tips that we’re sure will help your Chamber of Commerce and members prosper.

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