OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE TO MEMBERS

At the Frederick County Chamber of Commerce, our members are our number one priority! We support our members and their business goals with practical, inspiring programs, resources, events and advocacy on matters that directly impact the business community.  

But that's not all! We work to provide you with numerous opportunities for promotion as well!  Unsure of how to take full advantage of those? We've put together a resource document to help guide you through the process.
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Inside our new promotion and marketing guide you will find detailed information on the following:
  • Tools
  • Your Events & Promotion
  • Your News & Promotion
  • Advertising Opportunities
  • Sponsorship Opportunities
  • Thought Leadership Articles
  • Thought Leadership Programs
  • Media Relations
  • Video Services
  • Contacts
​We encourage each and every member to take full advantage of all the opportunities the Chamber offers to enhance and expand your organization’s reach! ​

Video Training

For those interested in learning more, we've recorded a promotion and marketing training session given by Chamber staff that goes over all of the current opportunities for promotion and how to utilize the tools we have to offer! (Run time: 35 minutes) 

How to Promote Your Events

We're thrilled to be able to feature our member's events on our community calendar! Once your event is published, we feature it on our appropriate news channels! Here are the steps you go through to get your event published:
  • Log in to the Members Only portal using your username and password. If you need help locating that, contact Kaitlyn Walsh.
  • Select 'submit an event' in the black box above your member name.
  • Fill out the entire form and submit the event.
A Chamber representative will review your event for accuracy and appropriateness and then publish it to the calendar!

How to Submit Your News

We love to celebrate our member's accomplishments! Submit your accomplishments to be featured in our email newsletter and Insights news platform.
​Guidelines:
  • News must be beyond the normal course of business.
  • News must be one paragraph in length. 
  • Please do not submit events, new hires, new contracts, advertising, special promotions, sales, calls for sponsorships, trustees, or direct monetary donations.
The Chamber reserves the right to edit or not include your submission.

How to Submit Your Promotions

 
We’re proud to announce a new benefit to our members that will allow for expanded promotional opportunities! Support Local Frederick (formerly Shop Local Frederick) on Facebook is a space dedicated to supporting and promoting our member businesses and nonprofits by sharing their news, events, sales, fundraising and volunteering needs.
 
​What is accepted
  • Sales
  • Fundraisers
  • Promotions
  • Member to Member Discounts
  • Community Events
  • Volunteer Opportunities
  • News     ​
 
Submission can be done in two ways:
  1. Share a post from your organization's page on to the Support Local page.
  2. Send a message to the Support Local page with a link to the post you would like shared.

Note: Posts must be from your business Facebook page, not something from an individual's personal page.

Advertising Opportunities

Advertising is a crucial tool to help build brand awareness and impact your bottom line. The Chamber offers low-cost advertising as an exclusive member benefit. Our rates are designed to be affordable for any size business or organization.

E-News Advertising
The Chamber’s weekly e-newsletter, sent every Monday, allows your ad to land in more than 5,700 inboxes of active business and community members.
Advertorial: $150 per ad per week (maximum two available ads per newsletter)
Advertorial with Facebook companion post: $175 (maximum two available ads per newsletter)
Advertising Block Standard Rate: $50 per week (artwork supplied) or $75 artwork designed by Chamber (maximum three available per newsletter)

Website Advertising
The Chamber’s online news portal, Frederick Chamber Insights, can help put your business on the map at a very affordable rate!
Rate: $100 per month

Advertising in Chamber communications is a members-only benefit. Contact Shelby Maly for more information or to secure your ads.

Host an Instagram Takeover

Instagram Takeovers allow members with active Instagram accounts the opportunity to engage the audience of the Frederick County Chamber of Commerce by sharing their content on the Chamber’s Instagram page and stories for a day (every Tuesday). Members will also be featured in a blog post interview. 

Eligibility Guidelines:
  • Must be a Chamber member in good standing
  • Must have an active Instagram account for the business or organization with;
    • At least 250 followers
    • Weekly posts
    • Story utilization

​Instagram Takeovers are a member-only benefit, if you are interested, fill out an interest form.

Member of the Month

Each month, we recognize a member of the Chamber to highlight their business or organizations mission, vision, accomplishments, and more. Being a member of the Chamber has lots of benefits, which is why we like to highlight one member each month, just as a reminder of how amazing all of our members are! The recognized member will receive a social media post and a blog post on the Chamber social channels.

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Hours: Monday - Friday 8:00am - 4:30pm