Chamber Member Benefits

Discounts & Low-Cost Marketing

Membership DOES have its privileges. Among them are financial benefits, discounts & preferential advertising rates.

Tax-deductible Investment - Your annual Membership investment in the Chamber and Meeting expenses are tax deductible as a necessary business expense.
Member Discounts Program - Chamber Members receive discount rates.
Value-Added Benefits - A program, which provides a convenient way for Members to enjoy valuable discounts available to you and your staff. These discounts alone can repay you for your Membership investment. Benefits include Group Insurance, Fuel & Purolator discounts, Debt & Credit Card Merchant Discounts.
Members receive a 15% discount! when purchasing job postings on wantjobgotjob.com
Member-to-Member Benefits - The Chambers philosophy is to bring the business community together to support each other. We encourage all Members to think of your fellow Chamber Member first in any buying decision.
Online Advertising NEW Banner Advertisment Program
Online Presence with Enhanced Membership Profiles
Trade Show & Sale
Welcome Service Program

Banner Advertising

The Chamber is proud to present a new marketing opportunity, Banner Advertising on our Virtual Job Fair website.

As a Member you have access to this highly effective and sought after advertising space, facilitating the promotion of your business.

The wantjobgotjob site experiences a tremendous amount of traffic each day. Rotating Banner Ads promote your business to over 2,519 online visitors per month!

Members receive a heavier rotation rate; maximize the number of times your ads is viewed.

The program includes . . .

One banner graphic (500px wide by 130px high).
The graphic should be in gif, animated gif, jpeg, progressive jpeg or swf format.
The banner should be less than 16K bytes.
Installation of your banner on the website where it will appear in rotation throughout the site.
Linking of your banner graphic your website or your Enhanced Member Profile; your choice!

What are the benefits?

More traffic through website or profile!
Your business gets exposure.
Vital tracking information is available for measuring results! (i.e. views, clicks)

How does it work?

Ads rotate through out the entire site.
A click on your banner ad takes viewers directly to your website or profile.
The Chamber tracks the number of hits your ad receives and supplies you with a quarterly report.

. . . and this costs how much?

The fee to place a banner ad is only $20.00 per month based on annual prepaid subscription $240.0 (plus GST), for one full year.

How do I take advantage of this great opportunity?

Placing an ad is very simple.
Send an email to exec@wdchamber.com clearly identifying yourself.
Specify in the email which URL the banner is to be linked to.
Include the banner as an attachment.

Both the banner itself and any content linked thereto should be broadly in keeping with the goals of the Chamber. The Chamber reserves the right to reject any supplied banners.

Enhanced Member Profiles

Thinking of testing the waters with a presence on the Internet?

Maybe you're considering a website but don't want to spend thousands of dollars?

Maybe you just think it's time you ventured into marketing on the Internet.

Then this could be what you've been looking for!

No web hosting fees. No domain name fees.

If your business does not currently have a presence on the World Wide Web, we offer a low cost, effective solution to achieving an Internet presence an affordable way to reach potential customers.

Enhanced Member Profiles offer an opportunity to tap into the rapidly increasing Internet-user market with the potential of reaching an otherwise untapped market for your business.

A low cost opportunity to promote your products, company services, and business philosophy complete with color logo and photo images.

Profiles aren't exactly ads; they're short articles that offer insight into who you are and what your business is about -- what you do, and why you do it the way you do.

Who are you? (bio)
What is you basic business information?
What do you do?
Your business philosophy.
Provide information regarding your company 's services and products (inventory).
What are your hours?
How can someone contact you?
What methods of payment do you take?
Where are you located at?
Company logo
Photographs (products, place of business, staff)
Answer Frequently Asked questions

Your business will be sure to gain added visibility from an Enhanced Member Profile on the Chamber website.

An added benefit is the increased footprint your profile yields to the search engines. This ensures you greater exposure.

For just $20 per month plus G.S.T. based on annual prepaid subscription, you become a sponsor of this website for which your business is rewarded enhanced visibility online.

Offer also available to businesses that already have a website on the internet.

Offer available to Chamber Members ONLY.

Trade Show & Sale

. . . an excellent opportunity to expose your business
to over 5000+ potential customers & clients in only 2 days!

Where else can you hit so many people in such a short period of time!

Promote your products, promote your services.

You can't go wrong!

Display your wares, explain your services and show what makes your business "A Great Place to Do Business" at this annual exhibition.

Of course Chamber Members receive space at a discounted rate.

Thousands of residents, visitors, and families attend the Trade Show & Sale every year, making it an ideal place to promote your business.

Our floor plan flexable, so we can accommodate our exhibitors most every need.

Whether you’re looking to boost your sales, reach new customers or get that face-to-face contact with past & present customers, the Trade & Sale is the Chamber’s top business marketing event of the year.

Enhance your business image
Keep your name, product and service in front of a targeted audience
Showcase your newest offerings
Gain exposure and immediate feedback on new products/services

Trade shows are more cost effective than other forms of client contact advertising.

Welcome Service Program

Are you in the goodie bag?

Looking for a direct, low cost marketing opportunity?

Help us welcome new residents to the Wainwright region with an invitation to your business.

Use this program to your advantage by providing coupons for money off purchases or for free items or services to advertise your business.

Sign up for our co-marketing program that cost-effectively reaches new residents as they move into the Wainwright region.

The program is open to any and all businesses; Chamber Members enjoy a discount over non-member prices, but all businesses are welcome.

Advertise your business by putting your promotional material in the baskets. Pens, pencils, rulers, markers, stickers, note pads, candies, games, calendars, mugs, drinking cups, erasers, magnets, screen cleaners, letter openers, key rings, coupons…you name it.

This fabulous marketing opportunity gets into your future customers' homes right when they arrive here! Make it a memorable gift and they will remember you!

The cost to participate is $2.00 per visit for Chamber Members and $3.00 per visit for non-members.

We also accept non-profit participants at no cost beyond the small gift or marketing piece they provide.

Designed to welcome new residents into the community with a personal visit from the Welcome Hostess, information and gifts provided by participating merchants.

Participants are provided one of the most effective and least expense forms of marketing available.

Have your business personally recommended by representative of the Chamber to individuals, who have not yet established their shopping patterns or business loyalties.

If we have not offered the exact opportunity you are looking for, we are always open to new ideas, and we would enjoy working with you to promote you business in a manner that would benefit you.