Membership
The Conway Area Chamber of Commerce serves as an avenue by which to promote your business and network with other local businessmen and women. We offer a number of services that can be utilized to save you time and money when it comes to growing your customer base. We are here to service you. If you have a business need or request that is not listed below, please feel free to give us a call. We welcome your input.
- We serve as your local advertising and public relations office. We distribute press releases to local, regional or national media, and our win faxes to our membership on your behalf. Our press releases are valued at $500 because we craft them, distribute them to the media and follow up with selected media contacts. Our win fax service is valued at approximately $60. We also provide a number of advertising and sponsorship opportunities that specifically target visitors to our community. We open up our lobby to our entire membership and encourage the display of brochures, business cards, menus, etc.
- We coordinate grand openings, ribbon cuttings and groundbreakings for you. We notify the media, local dignitaries, as well as our entire membership on your behalf.
- The Chamber houses vital reference materials and statistical data that are accessible to our entire membership at no charge. We serve as a cooperative office of the U.S. Department of Commerce, city directory library, small business resource center, and we have on-hand area maps.
- Based on requests for Conway information we have tracked through our web site and incoming telephone calls, we are able to offer our membership our selective inquiry service. This serves as an excellent way to acquire new business leads.
- All of our members are provided with a free business listing on our Chamber web site, www.conwayscchamber.com, as well as a complimentary member link. Banner ads can also be purchased for a nominal fee.
- We distribute a quarterly newsletter, The Quill, to over 750 members, which represents over 11,000 employees. As a Chamber member, you are given opportunities to advertise in or sponsor an edition. We also offer the Thumbs Up and Did You Know? sections in each newsletter where we insert your news and updates at your request.
- Accommodation and dining members are listed in our Accommodations and Dining Guides, which are distributed to our Chamber’s visitors, as well as visitors to Coastal Carolina University, Horry-Georgetown Technical College, the Horry County Museum, and Conway’s Theatre of the Republic. We work to keep our guests apprised of Conway’s unique dining venues and overnight facilities.
- We partner each year with the Horry Independent to develop our Information Please guides, a newcomers guide that serves as our membership directory. Members are provided with a complimentary categorical listing and are encouraged to advertise in this publication, as it is distributed to over 30,000 visitors to our area on an annual basis. It is also distributed throughout our membership, so advertisements automatically market to over 11,000 Conway residents and local business owners.
- For your convenience, the Chamber offers Notary Public services at no charge, an estimated $20 value.
- All members receive invitations to a year of Business After Hours membership mixers. This setting provides the opportunity to connect with potential customers, vendors, and referral sources. This benefit is valued at approximately $240, based on the cost of refreshments and hors d’oeuvres for people for 12 months. Our members are also offered the opportunity to sponsor Business After Hours so to showcase their business location, products and/or services.
- We offer member-to-member business seminars, as well as quarterly informational meetings. All members are encouraged to attend and walk away with valuable information from fellow members at no charge. A benefit valued at approximately $25 per seminar.
- For a minimal fee, we will set up our Chamber member mailing list on disc or in label format for your use. We also encourage you to use our Win Fax service at no additional charge. These services target markets to over 11,000 business people and their employees.
- The Chamber coordinates, manages and promotes a number of annual community festivals, programs and parades, which provide our members with opportunities to give back to the Conway community. We currently sponsor ‘Round The Fourth, the Conway Christmas Parade, Youth Leadership, Leadership Conway, and Salute To Education.
- The Chamber sponsors “Conway’s Coffee Break,” a quarterly membership program designed to bring together area retailers so that they may share marketing ideas and strategies.
- Members of the Chamber are encouraged to take part in our Member-To-Member discount program. Please notify our Membership Coordinator Kelly Long if you’d like to extend a special offer to your fellow Chamber members.
- We coordinate quarterly New Member Receptions so that new Chamber members can be familiarized with the Chamber office, staff and the services they provide.
- Our Ambassadors Program offers our Chamber members an opportunity to meet new business contacts while promoting the image of the Conway Chamber and encouraging members to take advantage of Chamber benefits and services to promote their business.
- All Chamber members have access to our Executive Conference Room with a drop down screen in our beautiful building. The average cost for local conference space for a company retreat, deposition, management meeting, etc. is $300; ours is free with membership.
- All members are encouraged to develop leads and build relationships while serving on our Chamber’s committees. Committees offer you the opportunity to network in a smaller setting while improving the overall business climate of Conway.
- As a Chamber member, you are entitled to discounted medical insurance through our partnership with Blue Cross Blue Shield of South Carolina.
- As a Chamber member, your business is listed in our database, which means increased referrals for you.
- Deduct 90% of your Chamber investment as an ordinary business expense.
