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Welcome to the Membership Division!

Mission: To initiate and promote Chamber activities and membership driven programs, in a manner that will attract and retain membership and encourage participation in the Chamber as a means to achieve business goals.

Expand Your Market and Client Base

through Networking Opportunities

• Schmooze-a-Paloozas –The Chamber has luncheon events which are excellent venues to make new contacts and strengthen existing relationships.   We typically have between 200 to 600 attendees, many of whom are considered the “who’s who” of the business community.  A networking hour  (Schmooze-a-Palooza) proceeds the actual luncheon.

• Free Trade Show Style Booth Spaces

• Door Prizes

• Business Card Exchange

• Personal introductions to key decision makers Sponsorship/Publicity Opportunities

• Discounted admission for members

• Connect – Occurring five times a year, and free of charge, the Chamber’s coolest after-hours networking event, called “Connect,” aims to connect you with your future clients, future customers and even future friends! This event will occur in different quadrants around town – one in the NE, NW, SE, SW and Downtown areas to help you make the connections you need to make. Expo spaces will be available. The event will be absolutely free for members to attend. All attendees will receive hors d’oeuvres, goodie bag, and the chance to win fabulous door prizes.

• Maximize Your Membership Orientations – Now that you are a member of the state’s largest business organization, come have free lunch on us. Learn how to get the most out of your investment through an overview of the Chamber’s programs and services from the staff and volunteers. This is a casual lunch event held every month at the Chamber and it is open to both new and existing members.

Provide Marketing Opportunities

• Ribbon Cuttings -We will help you celebrate company milestones, whether you have opened your first, second, or eighteenth location, you have recently expanded your business, or you have celebrated your first or hundredth year in business. We can assist you with crafting a marketing event around your achievement. This is a complimentary service that will showcase your company and give you exposure through our pre and post-event publicity.

• Online Membership Directory & Upgraded Listings - We provide exposure for our member companies in our online directory – last year, over 280,000 online referrals were given to our members. Not only is general information about your business listed by name and by type of business, your website is automatically linked to ours. And, you can upgrade your listing which adds a map link, email link, and 75-word description of who you are and what you do.

• Member Calendar of Events - If you are having an event, we will advertise it for free on our website. Think of us as another place to send your news releases.

• Sell More. Target Your Market.  Our Chamber member mailing lists can be purchased to use for your company’s advertising and marketing mailings. You can reach thousands of fellow members.

• Verbal Referrals - The Chamber receives more than 2,000 calls each month from the public requesting information on different types of businesses. When we receive a request, we will refer our members. It’s a great business generator.

• Target Those Relocating to Albuquerque - The Chamber mails more than 250 relocation packets each month to potential movers to the Albuquerque area. Now you can market before they move. As a member, you can include your marketing flyer in this packet.

• Members-Only Website Access - Our website provides members access to the exclusive “members-only” section which provides free business tips and lists of resources, highlights new and existing members with photos and stories, lists our member-to-member discount program participants, and more.

• Special Member Pricing - Just by being a member, you will get exclusive discounts on the Chamber’s ticket prices, tradeshow booth fees, and advertising rates.

Provide Training and Education

• Best Practices Events – Held three times during the year, these events strive to provide peer-to-peer education. Topics of importance to you as a business leader will be discussed from those who have found the way to do it well. Learn what they did, how they did it, what they avoided doing, and their lessons learned. Incorporate real life practical knowledge into your business world by attending these great events.

• Membership Seminar Event – In February 2007, we will be hosting a nationally recognized speaker to give you solid strategies for improving your business. Training that you cannot get anywhere else in New Mexico.

Advertising Assistance

Media Blitz Package for New Members –When you join us, you will have the opportunity to reach hundreds of thousands of potential clients and customers. You will have the largest variety of advertising found in any single media package anywhere in New Mexico. You can get vouchers for advertising on KOB-TV 4 and Comcast Cable.

Free Publicity on Citadel Radio Stations – Citadel Communications continually supports the Greater Albuquerque Chamber of Commerce by offering every new member a welcoming banner ad thanking them for their support in helping to make Albuquerque a better place to live and work. This announcement type ad will feature your business name, and a brief description of what you’re all about!

Electronic Message Repeater Board – New members are listed on our downtown message repeater board for an entire month after they join. This high-tech message repeater, located in Downtown Albuquerque on 2^nd and Gold, provides 24-hour advertising. The Chamber’s high-traffic location provides the best opportunities for exposure to the fast-paced Downtown and city-wide audience!

Sponsorship Opportunities Guide – We offer a variety of ways to reach our members, from advertising in our annual publications to sponsoring our events, and this guide can help you match up your needs with the opportunities we have.

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