Tuesday, September 24, 2013

#LoveMyChamber - Weekly Reasons Why I Get A Great Return on Investment (ROI) from my Annual Chamber of Commerce Dues - Reason #3 Research and Data Lists

Weekly Chamber of Commerce Return on Investment #3 - Research/Data Lists

Business-to-Business 
Looking for a targeted source of business leads? Chamber members have access to statistical data from multiple sources on the local area, from the Economic development office, local library district, or federal, state and municipal sources.

Many chambers have access to business Reference USA - This database of 24 million U.S. Businesses  and 260 million consumers contains verified, accurate data and is updated monthly. Plus this is the only business database enhanced with more than 20 million phone calls per year. Looking for Canadian Businesses? There are 1.5 million more.
Business Selection Criteria include:
Company name, Executive title, Business type, Sales volume, Employee size, Year established, And more...,
Residential Customers
Looking for potential residential customers?  - over 80 million consumers are listed. 
Customer Segmentation
If you would like to segment your audience to set a more targeted approach,  over 260 million consumers are listed by lifestyle interests listed below.
Apparel Fashion Beauty
Arts History Science
Books Magazines
Charitable Donor
Cooking Wine
Collectibles
Hobbies Crafts Sewing
Health Diet Fitness
Home Improvement - Decor
Motor Vehicles
Motor Sports
Outdoor Recreation
Travel 
And more categories.
Chamber of Commerce Return on Investment Reason #3 - Research/Data Lists  - The Value Proposition - Chamber annual dues: Around $250. Value of benefit #3 with no other participation in the chamber; $350 - Return On Investment #1-3 - $1850; Total ROI for Chamber Membership - 740%.

Talk to your local chamber of commerce about all the benefits of membership.



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John Dussman is Midwest Manager for VillageProfile.com, working with chambers in Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan and Missouri. More than 1500 Chamber of Commerce all over the United States have trusted Village Profile to produce their Membership Directories, Community Profiles, Visitor Maps and Publications, Economic Development magazines and Chamber of Commerce Maps. Contact John at (800)-600-0134 x239.

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