How To Find Chamber Prospects In Unexpected Places

Published: Tuesday, October 21, 2014 | Tags: Chamber of Commerce, chambers, membership, Supercharge Your Chamber Membership

Kelly Fanelli

This is the fourth post in the guest blog series by Kelly Fanelli, the Membership Director at the Chamber of Commerce of the Palm Beaches in West Palm Beach, Florida. (If you need to get caught up, start from the beginning.)


有时你很幸运,你的电话响了,你的收件箱里装满了要求加入你的商会的信息. 

Sometimes, not so much.

当你要积极寻找前景的时候,你往哪里看? Today, 我将告诉你如何在两个意想不到的地方找到潜在客户——剪彩, and on advertising platforms. 我还会告诉你如何与这些潜在客户建立关系, just by using one simple tactic…asking!

Unexpected place #1: Ribbon Cuttings

在棕榈滩商会,我们为会员免费剪彩.

Chamber of Commerce of the Palm Beaches ribbon cutting

以下是如何将剪彩变成绝佳的勘探机会:

Meet the guests.

主人通常会邀请他们的影响圈(客户), attorneys, CPAs, landlords, vendors, etc.)所有这些介绍都是在庆祝活动的气氛中进行的.  Don’t be shy, ask for the introductions and FOLLOW UP!    

别忘了去接近那些创造光芒的人.

The caterer, florist, 艺人和公共关系专业人士为这次活动做出了贡献,他们都希望能做得更多, 而剪彩是钱伯斯最擅长的事情之一.

Don’t take a lot of their time.  They’re working!  Ask for their card in the moment when they are making money, tell them you can help them find more such moments, and you will have their attention when you follow up.     

Take advantage of the buzz. 

Ribbon cuttings attract a lot of attention, 所以去拜访主人的邻居和房客,让他们对自己未来的剪彩感到兴奋.  每个人都想玩大剪刀,出现在一张漂亮的照片里! 描述你将要拍摄他们照片的所有美妙的地方.  Ask them if they’d like you to create a buzz all about them.

Exchange free ribbon cuttings for referrals.

Now we get to the good part.  Our ribbon cuttings are free, so I ask for referrals in exchange.  我们的剪彩申请表包括一个提交推荐的字段, 而且我几乎每次都能把新前景看好的表格拿回来. It’s a quick process, too.  一旦我让他们对剪彩感到兴奋,他们就迫不及待地想把它写在日历上.

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After we’ve cut the ribbon, 我把它定为“棕榈滩商会剪彩庆典”.“然后,我让所有的客人用永久魔术笔在上面签名.  我建议主人拍下我发给他们的活动照片,然后用丝带框起来.  我的成员喜欢这个想法,他们中的许多人在他们的办公室里有这些框架, stores and restaurants.  这是对伟大的“商会日”的有力提醒,并有助于更新! 

Unexpected place #2: Advertising Platforms

Groupon

Advertisers make great Chamber prospects:

  • Advertising is expensive, 因此,在广告上投入巨资的公司通常财务状况良好.  这是良好前景的基本和最重要的品质之一.
  • 广告商积极寻找新的客户和顾客(广告的目的). 
  • 他们往往是各自领域的领导者,有扎实的信息要传达出去, 以及整合营销计划和跟踪工具.  这些都是商会成员的优秀品质,有助于他们取得成功和更新. 

So, where do you find advertisers?

Advertisers are everywhere!  许多人使用广告牌、报纸和广播等传统平台. 公司也在网站、搜索引擎和我最喜欢的…GrouponAsk 你自己——你能找到多少种不同的广告商?

一旦你确定了广告客户,使用这些策略来培养他们作为潜在客户:

  • Ask 如果他们想探索最具成本效益的广告方式之一.  商会的网站、目录和新闻通讯都能让大家了解他们的业务. 这些工具还包含额外的广告机会, if the member wants to take advantage of those. 
  • Ask 如果他们想要商会成员资格所提供的信誉.  他们可以在他们的广告中包括你的商会标志或会员徽章. “Proud member of…..” is a phrase that works for them and for your Chamber!
  • Ask 如果他们想让他们的信息传递给当地的企业主和专业人士(换句话说), your members!).

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要特别注意广告商想要接触到的受众.  然后,将它与你的密室程序的一个元素相匹配.  Is it young professionals?  Suggest they host a young professionals meeting or event.  Is it health related?  邀请他们作为你的客人参加卫生保健委员会会议,或者给他们带一份委员会名册, so they can see the quality of the contacts.  在您的电子邮件中包含来自目标市场的推荐信和商会信息.   把他们的信息传达给成功的商会成员,他们会在你的商会看到强大的前景!

跳出思维定势,在意想不到的地方寻找前景,可以为你的商会揭示一些真正高质量的前景. 剪彩和广告平台只是我成功的两个地方.

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