Ways to Leverage Ribbon Cuttings And Other Chamber Events To Your Advantage

by North Phoenix Chamber of Commerce

Did you know that every member of the Chamber is invited to ribbon cuttings?  Why bother to go?

It's a great way

• to be seen
• to help welcome a new member
• to show support for another business

But there's even more. Have you thought about gaining social media exposure at ribbon cuttings and other Chamber events?  

If you are at the event, you can post, tweet, blog, and g+ hangout live from the event. Your followers see you as being active.  More importantly, other business owners are also tweeting and posting from the event.  If you're tagged in their posts, their followers learn about you, being attached to their trusted friend at a Chamber event.  Awesome. 

So, if you are not showing up to events like ribbon cuttings, you're missing out on seeing and being seen. 

Besides all that online stuff, it's also a great ways to catch up with fellow business owners that you may not see on a regular basis, a way to maintenance the relationship.  Since multiple Chamber members are gathered here at the same time, you don't have to schedule multiple coffee appointments to maintain multiple relationships.  So it's efficient time management.

So there you have it, at least 5 ways to get more out of our ribbon cuttings and other Chamber events.  

Did I miss something?  Can you think of other reasons to attend Chamber events?  Leave your comments here.