Finally! A Quick and Easy
Way to
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From: Charlie J.
McDermott Dear Friend,
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Due to the current economic crisis, many Chambers around the country are struggling to attract and retain new members. Others are watching their memberships shrink as the recession puts the financial squeeze on many of their “small business” members. Still other Chambers are trying to function with threadbare budgets, and the committee heads and boards are looking to you for answers. Am I right?
Finally, Relief Is Here!
Introducing Chamber
Payday, a 21st-century
“done-for-you” membership program!
Chamber Payday is not only exactly
the type of program your
members are looking
for – it also will
not involve one hour of your staff’s
time and it will
increase your non-dues
revenue!
That’s
Right – Chamber Payday
Will
Increase Your
Non-Dues
Revenue!
In the last couple of years, I’ve introduced e-Vents, my flagship marketing program, to two Chambers in Greater Philadelphia. Working with these Chambers, I discovered that most local Chamber members are not only looking for, they are hungry for inexpensive ways to market their businesses.
E-Vents provides an inexpensive and effective way to promote their businesses while it also helps drive attendance at Chamber events. The best part is that e-Vents doesn’t require any time from the Chamber staff, but produces a handsome profit for the Chamber!
Interacting with many local business owners, I saw just how eager they are for additional information and programs that will help them move their businesses forward – particularly in this tough economic climate.
So, Chamber Payday now delivers valuable member services in addition to e-Vents that will help your members grow and prosper – programs that they’ll appreciate (and therefore remain members). Moreover, just as with e-Vents, we do all the work without any extra cost or effort on your part – and we pay dividends to the Chamber. For example, I recently sent the Exton Chamber checks totaling $2,969.00!
Hello, my name is Charlie McDermott, and in addition to being the founder and CEO of Chamber Payday, I am a typical Chamber member. Twenty years ago, fresh out of college, I opened my own local gym. One of the things I did was to join my local Chamber of Commerce. I didn’t know exactly why – it just seemed like the thing to do as a new business owner!
One of the benefits that initially attracted me was also what attracts most new members to the local Chamber – the ability to meet and network with other business owners.
That Kept Me Satisfied for a While … but Then I Wanted More!
I began to look for more from my Chamber than just networking events. What I wanted was help marketing and growing my business. I wanted to hear from various experts on how to grow my business. In essence, I wanted my local Chamber to be my business partner – a resource that would provide access to some top experts.
To be candid, I was disappointed. It seems that member business card meetings and other Chamber events were “standard fare” and occasionally we would hear from a local politician on the state of the economy. Eventually I quit.
Fast-forward 20 years and I had grown my small gym to a five-location powerhouse in the industry that I sold to a national company. Guess what I did next?
I developed a local business marketing tool for Chambers that costs them nothing and actually pays them a profit!
By now you must be saying, “Come on, Charlie, spill the beans!” OK, let me tell you about Chamber Payday! Based on the success of e-Vents, I began developing additional programs that would benefit both Chamber members and the Chamber. These programs are provided also in a completely “done-for-you” format.
The bonus part of these programs – and this is where you will get truly excited – is that Chamber Payday is actually paying you a percentage of the revenue. That’s right – more non-dues revenue!
Let me introduce you to what will soon be known as the greatest tool to ever help local Chambers.
While more programs are in development, the following three programs have been specifically designed to add incredible value to members and revenue to your bottom line.
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E-Vents: This
eye-catching e-newsletter is our flagship
product and entirely designed, managed and
distributed by Chamber Payday. We even sell
the ads! Chamber members love this extra
communication,
and my current clients report larger
turnouts at their events! Not only is
e-Vents zero cost to the Chamber (in both
time and money), but Chamber Payday
actually pays you a percentage of the
revenue!
Chamber Investment:
Zero –
Member
Benefit:
Huge –
Non-Dues
Revenue:
Yes
Monthly
“Learn from the Experts”
Call: Every month we
interview a variety of industry experts on
topics of interest to your members, and we
can deliver these interviews to your
members in a variety of ways.
Chamber Investment:
Zero –
Member
Benefit: Huge –
Non-Dues
Revenue: Yes
Podcasting of
Monthly Meetings: Let’s
face it – in a good month, only 20% of your
members attend your events. We make it
quick and easy to electronically distribute
the
important news and speeches that they
miss.
Chamber
Investment:
Minimal –
Member
Benefit:
Huge –
Non-Dues
Revenue:
Yes
"Sample E-Vents"
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Working with e-Vents has
improved our member
communication and added value
for our members. The variety of
marketing packages for our
members has appealed to large
and midsize businesses as well
as sole proprietors. The
creative design and quick
service make this an easy
program to implement. I highly
recommend e-Vents! - Jeannie Villano - former ERCC Membership Director |
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Using e-Vents has been a success, and one that is gaining a profit momentum quite quickly. The professional design, consistency and format that e-Vents supplies has brought us to the next level marketing wise, and we are providing our members with an events update service and a marketing tool that is professional and keeping our business appearance on the cutting edge. The cost is mutually beneficial, and we are looking to add other services from e-Vents to our list shortly. - Jeanie McCuskey, Mktg & Events Mgr, GWCC |
You must be wondering how Chamber Payday can do all the work for you and still pay you, right? Well, that’s simple. As an option to their regular chamber membership, your members would pay a small monthly fee – as low as $7.77 per month. However, the value of the services is substantially more than the small fee, and being a member of your Chamber is the only way a company can participate in these programs!
WAIT – IT GETS BETTER!
Chamber Payday takes care
of all billing and distribution of
services!
This will not
affect your current member billing in any
way.
I simply cannot make it any easier for you
to attract and retain more members and
generate substantially more non-dues
revenue. If you would like to learn more
about Chamber Payday
and how we
can best work together, you have three
options
1. Call
Chamber Payday at 610-344-9410 and ask to
speak with me.
2. Fill out
and fax back the form below to
XXX-XXX-XXXX.
3. Go
to
www.ChamberPayday.com
and request our information packet
that includes a list of potential
speakers and gurus with whom we are
currently in
negotiations.
To your Chamber’s success,
Charlie
Charlie
McDermott
President and
CEO
P.S. I encourage you to act fast, as it does take some time to integrate new Chambers into our system and we are currently embarking on a national rollout of this program.
P.P.S. I will reward you for fast action! If you’re one of the first 25 Chambers to contact us I will immediately send you a free special report on “Building Membership.”
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___ YES, Charlie! I Want to Attract and Retain More Members for My Chamber. Please Contact Me at Once to Let Me Know the Next Step. Name: ________________________________________ Title: _________________________________________ Chamber Name: ________________________________________ Address: _____________________________________________________________ City: _____________________________ State: ____________ Zip: _____________ Telephone: _________________ Ext.:_________ Fax: ______________________ E-mail: ___________________________________________________ Size of Chamber: __________________________________________________ |
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