When you run a business, the multitude of tasks can be overwhelming. There’s strategy to deploy, marketing to implement, clients to manage, sales orders to fulfill and that’s just before lunch! How can a business owner get the most from these long days?

Believe it or not, your local chamber of commerce may be the most valuable professional membership available. After all, this is a group dedicated to economic opportunity and prosperity.

First, identify the right chamber for your company. A small, local printing shop may find it most helpful to join a small suburban chamber while a larger business may get more benefit from aligning with a regional or state chamber. A middle-market company with international sales may look to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce for support.

Once you’ve found the chamber of commerce you think will best help your company, look for the following valuable benefits. [Read more…]