Running a Chamber of Commerce is no simple task. The job involves working with large amounts of financial information, managing hundreds of member accounts, and maintaining complex event schedules. On top of that, information must be carefully shared by several if not dozens of people and all operations are subject to the scrutiny of a board of directors.
It's easy to see why chambers of commerce are in need of a solution that makes their processes simpler and more efficient. Our solution is Chamber MD, a complete website and business management software package designed specifically for chambers of commerce.
Chamber MD's purpose is to improve the Management and accelerate the Development of your chamber of commerce. There are essentially three components that make this possible:
- The Admin Section. The Admin Section is a business “control center” that allows you and your staff to manage all aspects of your chamber of commerce software and website.
- The Website. This is the face of your chamber and the means by which you communicate and interact with members and prospects.
- The Members Area. Members of your chamber of commerce are given a unique username and password to access this special Members Area where they can manage their account information and utilize special website features such as posting coupons, blogging, and more.
Consolidate Your Organization's Data
One valuable feature of Chamber MD is its ability to centralize your chamber's data to improve workflow. - Membership accounts and dues
- Invoice creation, management and delivery
- Event registration (luncheons, networking gatherings, etc.)
Efficient information management is the solution offered by Chamber MD, allowing you to create and retrieve information easily and quickly.
Increase Member Participation with Interactive Member Accounts
What technological efforts can you make to encourage your members to renew their membership each year? Chamber MD equips your website with a Members Area, which provides an extensive array of interactive features that will keep your members and prospects interested in using your website for their business or personal needs.
- Member profiles
- Micro websites for members who want or need a web presence
- Classified and coupon section
- Member business directory with listings featuring informational content, interactive maps, etc.
To use these features, members can simply go to your website, log in to their account, and then use the feature of their choice. It's that easy! You can even create website membership packages, permitting members of different tiers access to certain features.
Manage Event Registration More Efficiently
Every chamber of commerce makes use of networking events to attract new members, build business relationships among existing members, and promote lead exchanges. From small luncheons to golf tournaments to large-scale mixers, events are essential to the growth of a chamber of commerce. The management of events can be time consuming and undermined by variables. For example, how do you deal with situations in which members register for an event and then the next day they decide to cancel their reservation or they want to add or remove a guest? With any other system, these situations can quickly become nightmares.
Chamber MD makes handling event registration easy.
- Easily add events and edit their details
- Add or remove attendees and manage their event packages
- Generate and print guest lists and financial reports for any event
- Schedule recurring events
Generate Revenue Using Website 
Advertisements
Chamber MD includes administrative tools for initiating and managing advertising campaigns, specifically for banner ads and business directory sponsors. - Schedule ad campaigns with start and end dates
- Place ads on targeted pages for optimal performance
- Monitor clicks and impressions
- Generate daily, weekly, or monthly progress reports
Increase User Retention Utilizing Email
Campaigns
The best way to keep your visitors interested in returning to your website is to provide fresh information that matters to them. You can accomplish this by providing a subscription device on your website that allows users to tell you what type of information they are interested in receiving by email from your organization.Chamber MD's Newsletter Publisher and Subscription Database allow you to do just that.
- Create email newsletters and special offers and send them to your website subscribers
- Allow subscribers to select topics that address their needs and interests
- Target your email campaigns based on those topics
Save Time Updating Your Website
Whether you are creating a member profile, designing a newsletter, or simply adding a new page, updating content is accomplished using our proprietary Content Management System (CMS), including a robust rich-content editor. If you can create a document using word processing software, you can maintain your website using our CMS.
Here are some of the included features:
- Add and manage unlimited pages
- Update your pages using a rich-content editor without knowing HTML
- Create and publish news stories and special interest articles
- Produce interactive web forms and applications
- Upload images and build image galleries (i.e., interactive photo albums)
- Manage your organizations internal marketing materials, documents, and multimedia
Chamber MD is an invaluable application that every chamber of commerce should implement to make their organization more efficient and profitable.
View the Peoria Chamber of Commerce's web site built with the Chamber MD software.
For a personal introduction to Chamber MD and a comprehensive demonstration of its features, please contact us today by calling 877-222-1707 or by filling out the request form below.
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