- MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS:
- Invitation to Business After Hours four times a year for networking and obtaining information on what is going on in the community and with the Chamber.
• 30% discount at the Hart Center when you volunteer in the Chamber office or work on an event committee of your choosing
• Receive monthly newsletters and direct emails from the Chamber Director allow you to receive firsthand knowledge of upcoming events
• Be invited to participate in one or more LOB MOB’s 3 types to choose from:
1) Retail LOB MOB spend at least $10.00 at the location for the MOB’S event that day.
2) Culinary LOB MOB spend at least $10.00 at the restaurant of choice for the day
3) COMBO LOB MOB members agree to attend an event, participate in an activity and or shop or dine locally. - MOB events are scheduled by the Chamber and Associate members may attend and participate in as many MOBS’ as they are able. This is our way of supporting locally owned businesses and have some fun at the same time.
- Associate members receive a Passport to keep track of all events and activities they attend during the year. At the end of the year turn in your passport for prizes and recognition at our annual Chamber Gala event.
- MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS:
• Your company listing on the Chamber’s Website, www.ffbchamber.com with a link to your website.
• The Chamber has a QR (Quick Response) code that is available to residents, visitors, and guests. Just scan the QR code with the camera on your phone and you will be directed to our website. This QR code is posted at the Cobblestone Hotel and Wyndham resorts as well as at businesses in the bay and surrounding areas. This code is scanned by hundreds of visitors and guests and is a great tool to help promote your business.
• We put your advertising information in Welcome and visitor Bags, cards, give-a-ways, and coupons. We go through hundreds of these a month during our “tourist” season so be warned that we will be calling you when your supplies get low.
• An invitation to attend our Chamber’s Business After Hours to network with other local businesses. We hold this event four times a year.
• An invitation to attend our annual Chamber Banquet, held in March. We’ve gotten away from this and are bringing the banquet back in March of 2021.
• We have your Company Information at the Fairfield Bay Visitors center, the same location as the Chamber, where hundreds of people come looking for information about the Bay.
• An invitation to participate in four-yearly Chamber Events. These events are business based and a great way to let people know that you are community-minded, that you support the Chamber, and that you are open for business!
• LOB MOB Surprise Visits. Our Associate Membership agrees to buy local and support your business at each random visit throughout the year. Each participant agrees to spend a minimum of $10 at your location during their visit.
• Free Web Presence Assistance with your Facebook and Google Business accounts. Call the Chamber office to set up your appointment.
• Free listing on our Community Events Calendars where we promote events for your business or organization.
• A Monthly Chamber Newsletter will be emailed to you.
• You have the opportunity to be interviewed for the newspaper as our Business of the Week (BOW). This is submitted to three local newspapers and promoted on our social media sites.
• The chamber has a cash prize incentive for visitors and guests only. We want to thank our Visitors and Guests for choosing Fairfield Bay as their vacation destination. So when they shop, dine, or use a service from one of our businesses all they have to do is scan their receipt and text it to my cell phone. Their name will be entered into a drawing that we do on the last day of the month for a $50 cash prize. The only catch is that they have to be a chamber member. We share the QR code with them so that they can look up our members in the directory.
• As a member you may also request a ribbon-cutting event. We will come to help you celebrate the opening of a new business or an anniversary for your business.
• As your Chamber Director, I am constantly looking for more innovative ways to help promote your business so stay tuned you never know what I might come up with and I am always open to suggestions.