Unless You Are:
1. Ready to Develop Your Business
Anyone who has started a successful business will tell you that they could not have done it alone. All the motivation, perseverance, and hard work in the world can only take you so far. The distance between a stellar business plan and a thriving business can be a very long one. What can make it shorter?
The Leander Chamber of Commerce can help. Whether it is business advice, connections, referrals, or just a sounding board, that is what your Chamber is there for. In troubled times, you will even find a shoulder to cry on — and the strength to keep going.
2. Needing Unplugged Community Power
While the online world has brought us a wealth of new opportunities, there is a great deal to be said for the power of the local community. Joining the Leander Chamber of Commerce not only provides many resources for your business but also for daily life. No matter how wonderful an online remote expert can be, few can remotely get your AC running again on a Sunday morning.
Local Chamber membership gives you access to an array of small and medium businesses in Leander that can support your business and your life when you simply need the right talent on the spot — in person.
3. Interested in Tapping Local Expertise
Chances are you have quality professionals within the Leander Chamber of Commerce who can serve you well or at least point you in the right direction. Experts in your Chamber may be ready to meet with you in person for projects that are tricky to handle across varied distances and time zones. Supporting your local community businesses can allow Leander to flourish economically. Everybody wins, and it begins at home.
4. Strengthened by Unity
Standing alone as a small business can be daunting and disempowering. Uniting with other businesses through the Leander Chamber of Commerce can give your small business big backing.
We belong to larger organizations that represent you members in government and industry circles. Our collective voice can be a breakthrough for the small business sector during uncertain times, during Covid our members were the first to get valuable business grants.
4. Are Ready to Grow
If you are looking to take on bigger roles or expand your reach, your Chamber is a supportive environment where you can test your wings. Whether you want to explore administrative aspects of the Chamber’s work, mentoring, facilitation, or public speaking, the opportunities are available. This provides invaluable experience, with the evidence and feedback of your performance built in.
For example, we offer our members the opportunity to serve the local business community with vital knowledge through our workshop classes.
5. The More You Give, the More You Get
We are, at the heart, about community. Yes, we offer a great deal. However, to really tap the potential of your Chamber membership, it is important to devote some time and attention to the local business community. Chamber events are a great opportunity for this. We host over 125 events every year, so you are sure to find something you will enjoy while building your business.
6. Need to Get Out More
It is fair to say that most small business owners and entrepreneurs spend a whole lot of time working. Whether it is at their desk, on the road, on site, or online, and even those many unpaid moments pondering how to best serve your clients. Maintaining a balance between serious work and a little lightness can be tricky. We are the FUN Chamber! Yes, we have heard about the others, but we truly believe and model that you can have fun while growing your business.
Our events are welcoming and purposeful, providing an opportunity to learn, catch up with other business owners, and enjoy a bit of social interaction. (I say that as a confirmed introvert who used to dread networking events. The shared purpose makes it easy. Promise.) Chamber time might not convert to billable income immediately(sometimes it does though), but it can give you a fresh perspective, a valuable human connection, and simply a chance to get out and enjoy a change of scenery. And you never know where those new connections and discussions might lead.
7. Your Chamber of Commerce and Your Web Presence
Part of the charm of the Leander Chamber of Commerce is its offline reach and face-to-face networks. That said, your local
Chamber and its members do receive the benefit of a very strong online presence that helps direct traffic to you!
An effective web presence is more important than ever before, yet it can have us spending too much time online and too little with real, live human beings. Connecting with the Leander Chamber of Commerce, in person, is the perfect antidote. And it just might give you more value to add when you return to your screen, but even if you never attend one thing…being in our online directory WILL push more traffic to your site!
8. Have Support
The Leander Chamber of Commerce serves the small business community of Leander, Texas.
“When I joined, I had no idea what immense value this organization would offer me and my business.
Step into the office on any weekday and you are greeted with a friendly smile and vast knowledge of the local business owners. They also maintain the Chamber’s online presence, going out of their way to support members online. Organizing unforgettable events that are the highlight of Leander, the team is a pillar of support to our local business community.
For me, the Leander Chamber of Commerce has been a refuge, an incubator, a source of connections, an opportunity to receive and offer mentorship, and most of all an opportunity to grow into the brave new world of being a business owner. The value my Chamber has given me as a new entrepreneur is simply priceless.”
Conclusion
Yes, times have changed, and there is massive potential for your business internationally and online. You have access to everything. But your Leander Chamber of Commerce can offer you something of great value, right at your own door.
The Leander Chamber of Commerce offers you an in-person network of talent and resources right here. It gives your business the power of a united voice for the small business community. And most of all, it brings you opportunities to learn, grow, and connect as a business owner and community member.
What can your Leander Chamber of Commerce do for you?
Call us or stop by to find out!
512-259-1907
Marie-Thérèse Le Roux is a web presence strategist with soul and the founder and owner of YaziMedia Virtual Media House. She sets entrepreneurs free to flourish with an effective web presence that magnetizes their ideal clients. Explore her web presence services, presentations, and workshops at bit.ly/WPServicesWithSoul.
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