Business-to-business networking is a term that many people link to the Eugene Area Chamber of Commerce, but it sometimes seems as if there’s a new networking group announced almost every day. However, there are three clear advantages to building your business with a Chamber membership:
• The best business networking extends beyond the swapping of a business card, or blind referrals, and rather operates as an exchange of business information, ideas and support. Chamber efforts such as the Latino Business Network, Women Business Leaders, Smart-ups, Eugene Greeters and Young Professionals Network provide valuable information, skills and connections.
• Eugene Chamber business networking is a basic for an organization dedicated to building a stronger regional economy, which makes us different from other great local organizations that exist solely to provide business-to-business networking. Our members get the best of all worlds. Not only do we provide them countless opportunities to participate in exchanges of ideas and receive support, but they also join in a vision to sustain meaningful work in regional economic development, entrepreneurial support, business advocacy and more.
• Networking through the Chamber adds credibility to your business. A national study by the Schapiro Group, an Atlanta-based market research firm, revealed that membership in a local chamber of commerce can significantly boost a business's image among consumers and other businesses. Consumers who were told that a business is a chamber member were 51 percent more likely to be highly aware of it and 57 percent more likely to think positively of its local reputation. As a result, consumers are 63 percent more likely to buy goods and services in the future from a company they believe is a member of a chamber of commerce.
The Chamber offers access to a number of interlaced networks. The Chamber understands the value of making connections, the ones that businesses and consumers rely on to make decisions¬. The ones that foster trust. The ones that build an integrated, member-supported regional economy, over the long term.
Dave Hauser is president of the Eugene Area Chamber of Commerce. As the area’s leading business advocate, the Chamber works to create an environment in which business will thrive. The Chamber works with partners in business, government and education to improve the quality of life for local residents.
• The best business networking extends beyond the swapping of a business card, or blind referrals, and rather operates as an exchange of business information, ideas and support. Chamber efforts such as the Latino Business Network, Women Business Leaders, Smart-ups, Eugene Greeters and Young Professionals Network provide valuable information, skills and connections.
• Eugene Chamber business networking is a basic for an organization dedicated to building a stronger regional economy, which makes us different from other great local organizations that exist solely to provide business-to-business networking. Our members get the best of all worlds. Not only do we provide them countless opportunities to participate in exchanges of ideas and receive support, but they also join in a vision to sustain meaningful work in regional economic development, entrepreneurial support, business advocacy and more.
• Networking through the Chamber adds credibility to your business. A national study by the Schapiro Group, an Atlanta-based market research firm, revealed that membership in a local chamber of commerce can significantly boost a business's image among consumers and other businesses. Consumers who were told that a business is a chamber member were 51 percent more likely to be highly aware of it and 57 percent more likely to think positively of its local reputation. As a result, consumers are 63 percent more likely to buy goods and services in the future from a company they believe is a member of a chamber of commerce.
The Chamber offers access to a number of interlaced networks. The Chamber understands the value of making connections, the ones that businesses and consumers rely on to make decisions¬. The ones that foster trust. The ones that build an integrated, member-supported regional economy, over the long term.
Dave Hauser is president of the Eugene Area Chamber of Commerce. As the area’s leading business advocate, the Chamber works to create an environment in which business will thrive. The Chamber works with partners in business, government and education to improve the quality of life for local residents.
Oregon Motorcoach Center celebrated its first year in business with a Business After Hours on March 12th. In response to the growing need for reliable, service-oriented motorcoach maintenance, repair and renovation, Oregon Motorcoach Center opened its 26,800 square-foot facility in Eugene and also created a mobile service fleet to assist customers on the road.
Our Business After Hours are, without a doubt, the area’s premier business-to-business networking event. Held monthly, Business After Hours is co-sponsored by the Eugene Area Chamber of Commerce and a Chamber member firm. It allows business people to enjoy productive networking during a fun and relaxed mixer. Over the first 6 months of 2008, average attendance for Business after Hours is nearly 450! Last month’s event hosted by Azumano Travel American Express and Royal Caribbean International had 620 people in attendance. Here is a rundown on recent attendance at Business After Hours:
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