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This full color annual mini-phonebook provides the most comprehensive community profile and business guide to the greater Fenton area. As the most widely used buyer’s guide to the local business community, this guide lists only Chamber members (businesses listed alphabetically and by classified category). This provides broad exposure at no cost above the Chamber membership investment. Display advertising is available to members at affordable rates.

(www.fentonlindenchamber.com) the Chamber website is the premier information source for area business and community information with an average of 2,000 visitors each month. This user-friendly site features a vast scope of data including: community and Chamber programs, business re-sources and helpful links including the Michigan Chambers’ legislative updates. New members are displayed on the site’s opening page and all Chamber members are listed for each selected category in the consistently updated searchable business directory which links prospective customers to Chamber member businesses. Mini-profiles including links to each member’s own website are all available to Chamber members. Members can increase their online presence beyond their free listing with affordable website enhancement packages.

The Chamber is an excellent source for business and community information and news. It consistently publishes information pieces such as:

• Chamber Journal is the 8 page newspaper insert that runs four times each year in the Tri-County Times reaching a readership of over 20,000. Packed with community and Chamber events updates and photos, this digest also pro-motes new and current Chamber members.

• Social Media: On the Fenton Chamber Facebook page, Twitter, Linked-In and YouTube members can share information, offer specials or get ideas from others that will help with their business. These virtual networking tools also feature events updates.

• Weekly eMail update reaching 500 area business people, this digest summarizes the weeks’ events and member news.

Fenton Regional Chamber members are given multiple mass marketing opportunities at a fraction of the cost of doing it themselves:

• Community Expo features a wide variety of vendors show-casing their products and services with over 130 booths. More than 5,000 visitors enjoy FREE admission to his Saturday and Sunday event held each March at Fenton High School. Chamber members have found this venue an effective and inexpensive opportunity ($345) for one-on-one marketing to a broad audience. Non-members may purchase a booth for $644. Pre-event publicity and mailings including newspaper coverage providing broad advertising exposure for participants and sponsors at no additional cost.

• Direct Mail Full Page Ads distributed to 500 leading Fenton area businesspeople for the equivalent of $.15 each …a saving of $190 in postage alone (plus the Chamber does most of the work and has the best mailing list in town!) Reserve your spot in an upcoming Chamber Journal mailing to promote your product or service inexpensively. Maximum 4 flyers per issue.

• Email Full Page Advertisements: Your exclusive marketing message distributed electronically as a customized full page display ad emailed to our entire Chamber member-ship and community leaders. With a limit of two flyers sent out each week, be sure to reserve your spot early. $100 total cost.

• Map: The Fenton area map is published every few years with a circulation of 10,000. Only Chamber members can advertise on this publication. Join now to have the opportunity to be in on next edition!

• Member Advantage: Chamber member businesses who participate in this member-to-member discount program are provided high exposure advertising in the Chamber Journal and the Chamber website. Discounts available to you & all your employees.

• Webpage: Chamber member business can create a web page on the Chamber website. Contact the chamber for details.

• Program Sponsorships: High visibility and advertising value is offered to members who sponsor a Chamber pro-gram or event such as the Community Expo, Golf Scramble, Networking @ Noon, Taste in Fenton, etc.. Pre-event publicity affords them broad advertising exposure at no additional cost above their sponsorship fee.
• Ribbon Cuttings, Grand Openings: These ceremonies, which increase the visibility of new businesses, business expansions, relocations or businesses under new owner-ship, are provided to Chamber members only. Extensive pre-event Chamber website calendar, weekly email up-date and post-event publicity (photo with mini-article) are included in the Chamber Journal, and Facebook. Grand Opening banner & tips on how to advertise your event.

Hosted by different Chamber members from 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 pm on the third Thursday of each month. These casual, friendly networking events attract a crowd averaging 80-100 who have found these get-togethers to be a wonderful resource for making contact with both current and prospective clients. New members are introduced, 3 members reserve the opportunity to give a 2 minute commercial about their business. A reference list of all attendees is published in the Chamber Journal, not only providing a free spot of advertising, but the list reminds everyone who their new contacts are.

For casual, friendly networking similar to Networking @ Noon but held after the end of the business day, these gatherings of 60-80 business leaders are held each spring and fall. Speed Networking: We partner with 7 other Chambers in Genesee Co. offering our members a chance to make connections with business leaders through out the county. You have a chance to make these connections quarterly. They are held at a different business location each time.

Held quarterly to update the new & existing Fenton Regional Chamber members, review all of the member benefits, as well as reinforce and assist all in attendance how to utilize their membership to the fullest extent. These casual, low key gatherings are held at the Chamber office from 9:00-10:00 a.m.

Members may participate in any of our active, dynamic committees covering a wide range of interests such as Ambassadors, Business Development, Marketing, Career Connections, Governance, Finance and Events.