Internal Management Changes at CAMI CAMI management would like to wish Laurie Nadeau a fond farewell as she moves on to greener pastures. Laurie was a very positive force with CAMI and we wish her much success in her new post.
Appointed to Vice President of Operations is Daryl M... more
Cami Goes Green Recently I had watched an interview with the former CEO of the largest carpet manufacturer in the world. It was 1994 when Ray Anderson began to receive questions from a small customer base, asking things like “what is your company doing for... more
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Having just attended the February 2010 CEO Conference in Richmond Hill (February 3-4-5) there is a “buzz” in the Chamber world about 2010 being a strong recove... more
Happy New Year! 2010…the Bank of Canada tells us that “the recession is over”….OK, so can someone tell the advertisers? All Chambers of Commerce felt the “dip” in both membership advertising and sponsorship….to the... more
Happy Holidays From Commerce Ad & Marketing!! You gotta love the “Chamber Movement”. As an engaged “outsider”, I have thoroughly enjoyed 2009 heading up the team at Commerce Ad & Marketing. Having spent 12 years as a Board member with the Oakville Chamber (und... more
This Just In: Granular Permissioning We have just completed another big improvement, which we call Permissioning. It simply means that site administrators can provide people with access to different parts of their website so they can perform updates and the like. We refer to it as Granu... more
Ready...Aim...Social Network! Social media is more than just online networking. It can be a powerful part of your Chamber's advocacy agenda. Whether "blogging" about your Chamber or "tweeting" about policies, social networking tools can help drive impactful grassroots advocacy ca... more
Advertising...In These Times? Through the many discussions we have with our client companies everyday who put their trust in us for advice in sustaining a brand or an idea about their organization, the question that seems to be popular in these times is, ``With our budget constra... more
Using Events to Turn Prospects Into Members Got a prospective member who is on the fence about joining your Chamber?Let's face it….it is a "big" ask right now.We are asking them to get up, get out, take the time and spend the money.In addition, we are competing with all that free stuff... more
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This Just In: Sending Email Just Got Easier Now you can send an email without having to copy and paste the source. First you have to create a newsletter as before. Be sure to include a headingas this will become your subject line.. Then go straight to the Send Newsletter area. You will see a n... more
This Just In: Introducing Bridgelin Bridgelin was the name we selected to brand our software offering. The name was chosen because it suggested connectivity, strength and flexibility and was easy to remember. With the addition of our new forms capability along with all the other change... more
This Just In: New Forms Capability Now you can create forms of all kinds, including payment processing. We have taken the Event Registration System and made it applicable to Freestanding pages. This is an important addition as it now gives you the direct capability to create forms for... more
This Just In: Big Changes to Directory Management We’ve made significant changes to Directory Management. First of all now ALL listings are automatically expanded so you will not need us to do that for you. It still remains your choice whether your site visitors can see the expanded portion by... more
This Just In: Big Changes to Email System If you are about to create an HTML newsletter expect to see some big changes. The first round of changes is focused on making it possible to edit and preview your email without having to delete and start over. The big difference is to begin a new new... more
This Just In: Now you can add Google Analytics The robust statistics offered by Google Analytics is now available on your website. First you need to setup your Google Analytics account. (click here) You will end up with some code that you need to include on your site. Go to Layout & Navigation &g... more
