Marketing Opportunities

One of the roles of the Chamber is to offer opportunities for our members to promote their business and to do so at a reasonable cost.  There are several ways that local businesses can get involved in the Chamber and the community and promote their business at the same time.  Here are some opportunities to consider:

Newsletter Ads – the Chamber will now be publishing a newsletter every other month and will offer to member businesses the opportunity to include a business card sized ad in each issue for a cost of $150 for the whole year.  This means that 6 times during the year, your business name will be in front of over 225 other businesses – the owners, the employees – by means of direct mail.  In addition, the newsletters will be posted to the PhelpsNY.com web site and extra copies will be available to the public at strategic locations in the community.

Newsletter Inserts – nothing gets noticed like an insert; with the same distribution as listed above, the insert allows a business to make a special offer and give much more detail about their business.  A member business can purchase an insert for $50 per publication (6 publications per year) if they provide 250 copies to the Chamber.  For $60, the Chamber will take responsibility for making the copies and the business simply needs to supply the insert (via hard copy or electronically).

Web Ads – with the newly redesigned web site going live in April, the Chamber will begin to offer ad space on the Chamber page.  Thousands of people view the PhelpsNY.com site, especially at Sauerkraut Festival time.  The Chamber is offering banner ads for a two week time period at $20 each.  At this great price, if your business looks to the Phelps residents and visitors for patronage, you can’t afford not to take advantage of this marketing opportunity!

Event Sponsorships – the Chamber, the Community Center, the Library, the Historical Society and many of the other community organizations hold events throughout the year where your support is critical.  The Chamber and Community Center events for the year are listed below so that you can consider these when planning on how to distribute your community marketing dollars this year.