In my mail yesterday I received my local monthly coupon paper.  This is an  publication that services Maricopa’s residents.  As I was flipping through it I noticed quite a few Chamber Members have ads and coupons listed.  I think this is great!  Members are out marketing their businesses, but it also made me wonder why these same members do not take advantage of the same types of marketing opportunities that the Chamber provides at no cost as a benefit of membership?

Please note that I am NOT suggesting ANYONE stop with your paid advertising AT ALL.  I am simply encouraging you to take advantage of your member benefits!

For example we have the BuyMaricopa Program and the Traffic Catcher coupon builder in the members area of the Chamber website.   Any Business or Non-Profit Member can utilize both of these options.

Did you know that on a weekly basis Traffic Catcher coupons get sent out on Twitter & Facebook?  Did you know that each week, if there are changes made, we send out an email blast announcing all the BuyMaricopa Updates?  Did you know that BuyMaricopa also has an RSS feed for quicker subscriber updates?

I am asked on a weekly and monthly basis, “What does the Chamber do to help business?”   We have the programs in place we just need to help the membership take advantage of them.

I wonder if these members would mind if I took it upon myself to create their coupons or BuyMaricopa ads from this newspaper?  Any thoughts?

Terri Kingery

Executive Drector

tkingery@maricopachamber.com