An association of independent businesses in and around the local area, Berry Chamber of Commerce & Tourism serves to represent the interests of local business and the local economy. Business members pay an annual fee which funds the activities of the Chamber. The Executive Committee meet monthly to work on an agenda of projects and issues which affect local businesses.
Services and activities:
Actively promotes Berry and its events through television, print and radio advertising as well as social media
Organises information and networking events for its members
Makes representations on behalf of Berry’s businesses at local, state and government levels
Hosts events such as the Berry Merry Christmas Festival
Contributes critical funding and advertising support to other local events that bring custom and support to local businesses
Me a member now to:
Get your business listed on the www.berry.org.au website, which receives over 8500 visits per month (that’s 280 potential customers a day). You will receive direct referrals from people who will often find your listing on www.berry.org.au before your own website, when using a search engine. The power of the link to your website from www.berry.org.au is worth your membership fee alone because it boosts the performance of your own site’s rank in web search results.
Get your business listed on the new www.local.berry.org.au website, which the Chamber will be marketing to the local Berry community.
Get your business listed on the printed Berry Map & Visitor’s Guide (updated annually).
Raise awareness of your business among other local businesses. Aside from Chamber members giving you business directly, many refer their customers to other members.
Attend free business-building seminars. From growth planning, to internet marketing seminars, chamber members get free access to advice from successful local business people and other experts.
Attend networking events, where members can meet socially and make the face-to-face connections which lead to more business.
Free and automatic membership to the NSW Business Chamber.
Support yourself and your community by contributing to the marketing of Berry as a visitor destination. Berry relies on the health of the tourist trade. If you believe your local business is not affected by tourism, think again. It’s likely that your clients’ businesses rely on it and if they aren’t doing well, neither are you.
Help build Berry into the place you want to leave our children and grandchildren. The Chamber supports local initiatives and events which not only bring business to our town, but build the infrastructure that we all enjoy.
Join the Berry Chamber today and know your membership fee contributes to growing and safeguarding Berry’s economic future.
Signing up to this list may just be the best decision you’ve ever made.
We’ll send you an email each week with what’s on around Illawarra. New local businesses to support. Things to do. Places to see. All the good stuff to get you out and about, livin’ the good life.
