Web site rating services now place the Chamber Web Site among the elite…world wide.

• Alexa - rates our site traffic in the top 6.7% World Wide.
• Web Grader - rating over 2 million sites on a scale of 1 to 100, rates us at 84%.
• Google - on their scale of 1 to 10, rates us a 5. Their pricing model rates a text link on our site as a $50/month value.

Much credit for this goes to our web design and host company World Wide Web Communications.  Another significant factor in our positioning was the introduction of our new, privately designed, Regional Business Directory-On Line.

The new Directory features are unique among chambers of commerce and business organizations:

• Members now log on, manage their own listings and upload their corporate logo.
• Each member has the option of listing in as many as 3 business categories.
• Each listing offers a full page display with company logo, Google map to the member location, V-card, links to favorites and link to member web site.

       V-card, links to favorites and link to member web site.

In the first 2 months since we introduced the new Directory it has had thousands of hits and hundreds of first time visitors weekly. These improvements add up to increased visibility, exposure on the internet and added value for our members.  According to Google’s pricing standards, the web site listing alone is worth several hundred dollars a year more than the total cost of membership for most companies.

Members can log on for the first time using the temporary username of their email address and the temporary password ‘changeyourpasswordnow’.  Dawn Toal, our Member Services Representative can assist you with any questions (856-667-1600 x301, dawn@camdencountychamber.com).

This great new value for members was a significant investment in time and resources for the Chamber.  Regardless of the recessionary pressures of the past two years we are proud to bring this value to you for a modest change in your former ‘Annual Internet Maintenance Fee’. The new Regional Business Directory Annual Investment of $50 will be assessed for all renewing members as of September 1, 2010 and for all new members beginning July 1, 2010.  The Chamber is also proud that our basic annual membership fee has not changed for 10 years.

We hope you enjoy the benefits of your new position on the World Wide Web.

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