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The Greater Austin Chamber, in conjunction with Texas Coalitions Inc., has created a first-of-its-kind health coalitions program for small businesses. Click here for more information.

Pack the most value into your Chamber membership by taking advantage of the opportunities we offer. The Chamber is all about member success.

Marketing Opportunities
The Chamber offers ways you can promote your business at no charge and excellent values in advertising-- the perfect ways to stretch your marketing dollars.

Free Listing on the Chamber's Web site. Your business will be listed in a searchable directory with a hotlink to your business Web site. Our site gets more than 5,000 hits per day.

Free Listing in the Chamber's Membership Directory & Buyer's Guide. We distribute 6,000 copies of this valuable resource to our Members and others who use it to find the products and services they need. Additional listings and advertising are available for a fee.

Business Referrals. The Chamber fields more than 14,000 calls each month from people looking for services. We refer our callers and visitors only to our Member businesses. You could get hundreds of referrals each month.

Brochure Display. Our high-traffic Business Resource Center has a members-only display area for your marketing information.

Member-to-Member Marketplace. The special offers section of the online directory allows you to provided discounts to your fellow Chamber members, and your business gets a place on this much-visited part of our Web site. It's searchable and links to your Web site.

@theChamber. The Chamber's weekly electronic newsletter reaches about 14,000 businesspeople, community leaders and public officials each week. Publicize your events, promotions and business news free of charge in Member News. For even more exposure you can buy prime ad space on the front page of the newsletter! Prices start at only $100.

Member V.O.I.C.E. Our monthly print newsletter has a distribution of 3,500--the perfect opportunity to promote your products, services and events to the rest of the business community. Readers include top Austin executives at service businesses, financial, insurance and real estate members, trade industry businesses, government and nonprofits as well as construction, utility and transportation providers. Ad prices start at only $75 for a business card size ad.

Relocation Sponsorships. Put your company's name before businesses and individuals who request information about moving to Austin. The Chamber receives an average of 200 requests a month for our standard relocation package. If you are targeting newcomers, there's no better way to stretch your marketing dollars.

Guides and Directories. Our beautiful publications—the Membership Directory, the Austin Newcomers' Guide, Technology Austin, Greater Austin Real Estate and Business Meetings & More are incredible advertising opportunities. The Chamber's exclusive publisher, MARCOA, has sales representatives to acquaint you personally with the best way to reach your customers. We get hundreds of requests for these publications each week. Contact: Marcoa Publishing, 512.453.8005.

Build Your Business
Make the most out of your membership by attending the wide variety of events we hold for our Members! You want to be even more involved? Consider sponsoring an event. The exposure for your company will be invaluable!

Business Connections. Throughout the year the Chamber offers premier after-hour events to help business leaders make connections. These events are member-only occasions that are sold out. It's a great opportunity to meet leaders of various industrries in the metro area.

Networking "How To" Events. Make your networking efforts more effective —advice from the best and time to practice what you learn.

Business by Referral. The group meets every other Wednesday for three months for a total of six sessions. The sessions incorporate educational tools to help professionals learn to better meet their sales goals. To learn more contact Dustin Woodhead at 512.479.5045 or email dwoodhead@austinchamber.com.

Annual Economic Forecast. Leading economic experts provide local, state and national outlooks, including predictions on consumer confidence, employment trends, the housing market and retail sales.

Austin Chamber - IBM Education Roundtables. These provocative quarterly sessions sponsored by IBM provide top-level information on the critical developments in education. The informal breakfast setting allows participants to ask the experts and discuss issues.

Annual Meeting. Each year, Chamber members honor the Austinite of the Year, thank the previous year's Chamber Chairman and hear from the incoming chairman about the year ahead. With attendance of more than 800 guests, this is a great opportunity to meet other Chamber business leaders. Your company can benefit greatly from the exposure sponsoring the event offers.

Greater Austin Business Awards. The Chamber annually recognizes its business members who have demonstrated outstanding leadership in education, community service, innovation, customer service, traffic and the environment. Just a nomination for one of these prestigious awards brings recognition to your company. Or consider the attention for your company from sponsoring this event.

Chamber Councils, Committees and Task Forces. Want to meet other members who share your interests? Volunteer for one of the many Chamber groups working to make Austin greater.

Tools for Your Business

Leads and Lists. The Chamber Store has a variety of leads lists that you can use to build your business, deeply discounted for our members. Available in print or as address labels.

Business Resource Center. Periodicals, business publications and a computer to serve you with a view of Town Lake.

Newsletter Updates. The Chamber keeps you ahead of the news with electronic updates on economic development, public policy, education and workforce development through our weekly e-newsletter, @theChamber and our monthly print newsletter, Member V.O.I.C.E.

All of our resources are available through our Chamber Store! This includes all our guides and directories, including our Newcomer Guide, Business Meetings & More Guide, Membership Directory, and more.

We also sell directories of the following categories in the Greater Austin area: Manufacturers, Biosciences companies, Media companies, Major Employers, Technology and Clean Energy. For a demographic and economic profile, we have the Regional Economic Overview.

To purchase these valuable business resources, please come by and visit us at 210 Barton Springs Rd., Suite 400 or click on The Store.