Promote Your Business

Making the Chamber Work for YOU!

Call 783-2249 for more information.

Hospitality Host

  • From the first day to the last day every month the Chamber has a Hospitality Host in the lobby area of the office and featured
  • You can use this space any way you would like to help promote your business. An 8 foot table is available with a table cloth.
  • If you would like us to sell the display items, please price mark the items, provide us with a receipt book, and let us know how you want to work sales tax. If you would prefer to just take orders that is OK too. There have been times when there have been no sales just great exposure!
  • Reservations are required.
  • The cost of the table is $100 and we will bill you at the end of the month.

Mailing Lists

  • Chamber Mailing Lists are available to members for a fee of $105 and to non-members for a fee of $420. The list is approximately 2300 names.
  • We can supply it on a disk in a variety of formats or on mailing labels or via email.
  • We do recommend you allow one days notice.
  • The list may only be used once because the information changes frequently.

Chamber Mail Inserts

  • Cost is $230
  • You must supply us with 2300 copies
  • It must be standard weight,
  • 8 ½ by 11,
  • Not folded
  • Any color is fine.
  • Inserts available in bi-monthly newsletter, and the Breakfast flyer & Business After Hours mailings
  • Space is limited – reservations are required, and you will be billed prior to the mailing.

Newsletter Ad

  • Newsletter is printed every other month (January, March, May, July, September, November)
  • The ad must be approximately the size of a business card
  • Cost is $360 for ½ year and $720 for a full year
  • The ads must be in consecutive newsletters

“What’s up”

  • The Chamber’s bi-monthly newsletter features a “what’s up” section which reports news items submitted by Chamber members (there is no cost).
  • It is on a first come first serve basis and information must be in by the 7th of the month prior. (Example: September newsletter due August 7th)
  • 3 to 4 lines maximum as space is limited

E-Events

  • Do you have an event going on? A grand-opening, special sale, open house, seminar, or any other event you would like to let other Chamber members know about? E-Events is intended to keep people informed of community events.
  • E-mailed on a bi-weekly basis to the General Mailing list.

Other Helpful Hints

  • Attend Breakfast and Business After Hours events
  • Join a Chamber Committee
  • Donate a product or service to be given as a door prize
  • Leave business cards and other material on display in the Chamber Information Center
  • Utilize other Chamber members and their services
  • Participate in the M2M Discount Program

Chamber Breakfast

Join the Breakfast Club

  1. Cost: $169 per calendar year—12 consecutive months. Breakfast Club is designed to save you time and money. That’s a savings of $47 for the year and there’s no waiting at the door for staff members to check you in.
  2. You still MUST pre-register every month. We do not assume you will be attending.
  3. If you cannot make it one month you may send another representative in your place otherwise you forfeit that month.
  4. You receive a Breakfast Club name tag to wear every month.
  5. We will invoice you at the end of the 12 month period for the next year.

In the “Spotlight”
Every month at breakfast the Chamber features up to 5 members in the spotlight. These members will be featured in the Chamber mailings and will be introduced at breakfast by a board member.

  1. You MUST schedule a date in advance with the Chamber
  2. There is no cost to be a spotlighter, but you still must pay for the breakfast for yourself and whoever else works the table.
  3. You will be provided with a 6 foot table and tablecloth to display brochures and/or merchandise.
  4. Spotlighters are allowed to put a brochure and/or gift item on all attendees CHAIRS. Please, call the Chamber the week of the breakfast for an accurate count.
  5. Some spotlighters donate a door prize – it is not required.
  6. You should be there no later than 6:30 AM to set up the table. Depending on the venue, you may be able to set up the night before.

Become a Chamber Breakfast Sponsor
$300 for one month or $700 for 3 months (need not be consecutive)

  1. Your company name will be printed on all Chamber material pertaining to your sponsored breakfast.
  2. Your company name on the Chamber Breakfast Page on our website.
  3. You company name displayed on a sign behind the speaker at your sponsored breakfast which you supply.
  4. An opportunity to supply all attendees with a pocket folder, a 9x12 envelope or bag with your company name and handouts.

Business After Hours

NOTE: At this time Business After Hours (BAH) are booked through 2015. You may still sign on to host one and be added to the waiting list so in the event of a cancellation you may serve as an alternate. Current cost of $500 covers the printing and mailing of the flyer.

Guidelines for Hosts

  1. Hosts, as well as restaurant/catering services used and businesses sponsoring promotions and door prizes, must be members of The Chamber at the time of the BAH.
  2. Hosts shall be selected on a first-come, first served basis with requests being made to The Chamber.
  3. The primary host may choose to co-host with another company.
  4. Payment of the $500 host fee is required to secure a BAH date, with the fee payable to the Androscoggin County Chamber of Commerce. The Chamber shall be responsible for promotion of the event to include the following: the promotional flyer and mailing.
  5. Business After Hours is typically hosted at the business site. However, if the site can’t accommodate the event the host may select the alternative location. A list of interested Chamber restaurants/caterers is available.
  6. No entrance fee may be required by the host or the restaurant. At the option of the host and restaurant, food costs may be recovered through pricing of drinks.
  7. It is expected the host and restaurant/caterer will endeavor to present an event which reflects well on their respective business.
  8. Events will be held on a monthly basis or at the discretion of the Chamber. Normally, BAH are held the 3rd Thursday of the month, unless the host requests a date change and the sponsor agrees to it. The Chamber retains the right to cancel any BAH (the $500 fee refunded) or decline hosting by an organization.
  9. Each host will receive a copy of this policy.
  10. Then sponsor’s only role in the BAH program is to assist in its organization, and they may not be held liable for any action taken in good faith, nor for any actions taken by the host, restaurant, or attendees.

Business After Hours – Restaurant/Caters Responsibilities

  1. The BAH host will have the right to select the location of the event. If the host waives this option, the Androscoggin County Chamber of Commerce (The Chamber) may select a site. A list of area restaurants/caterers which have expressed interest in being a site/providing services are available to BAH hosts. This list may be updated periodically, and the site selection need not be limited to this list. The only stipulation is they be a member of The Chamber at the time of the BAH event.
  2. No entrance fee may be required by the host or restaurant. At the option of the host and restaurant, food costs may be recovered through pricing of drinks.
  3. No other event or general patron activity shall be going on at the restaurant in the space being used for the BAH.
  4. It is expected the host and restaurant will endeavor to present an event which reflects well on their respective businesses.
  5. The Chamber’s only role in the BAH program is to assist in its organization, and they may no be held liable for any action taken in good faith, nor for any actions taken by the host, restaurant, or attendees.