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Chamber Membership
63 %
of consumers are more likely to
buy goods and services from a
Chamber Member Business.
Join Us.
Make “Your Business” Our Business.
Advantages of Making
“Your Business” Our Business
1. Exposure:
the action of making
something well-known
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We’re talking about getting your business’
name out in the community.
2. Networking:
We’re talking about help
making contacts that will
to engage in informal communication with
advance your business.
others for mutual assistance or support
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and information that impact your taxes, employment laws
and more. We know you don’t have time to do it all, so let
Greater lakeland, Inc. (PAC) us do it for you!
Our Numbers Mean
“your Business”
The RESULTS of
“If a company cares about its employees,
Chamber MEMBERSHIPS there’s a good chance it also cares about
In 2007, the American Chamber of Commerce its community and the chamber is the way
Executives (ACCE), IBM, Administaff, Small Business that great employers invest in both.”
Network, Inc., and Market Street Services commissioned
a national study that revealed that membership in -Mick Fleming, ACCE President
the local chamber of commerce can significantly
boost a business’s image among consumers and other
businesses. In a scientific survey of 2000 U.S. adults, The
Schapiro Group, an Atlanta-based strategic consulting BEST PLACES to WORK
firm, found positive perceptions of chamber members
in a number of areas, including overall favorability,
Belong to the local Chamber
consumer awareness and reputation, and likelihood of The best places to work tend to belong to their local
future patronage. chamber of commerce, according to a recent study
by the American Chamber of Commerce Executives
According to the results of the study, when respondents (ACCE). Local chambers of commerce are associations
were told that a particular small business was a of businesses that come together to improve the local
member of its local chamber, they were: economic climate and help members network and find
44% 63%
new business. Strong employers link with and learn from
like-minded peer companies through business-led civic
organizations — chambers of commerce.
94
more likely to rate more likely to want
it favorably than to purchase goods or
respondents who were services from a small
not told of the chamber business that is
affiliation. a chamber member.
out of Fortune
Magazine’s
“We discovered that informing someone “100 Best Companies
about a company’s chamber membership to Work For”
belong to their
opens the door to substantial increases local chambers.
in positive perceptions of that business.
There clearly is a feeling by our
respondents that chamber membership is
synonymous with quality and desirability.”
-Alex Trouteaud, Ph.D., The Schapiro Group
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services from a Chamber Member Business. Lakeland Chamber of Commerce
35 Lake Morton Drive . PO Box 3607
Lakeland, FL 33802-3607
863/688-8551 . 863/683-7454 (fax) . www.lakelandchamber.com