Momentum for Chambers

The good news: We made our FIRST OFFICIAL SALE of Momentum's new AI platform for #chambersofcommerce. The bad news: In this digital age, you can't post your "first dollar" on the wall anymore! 🤣 SPECIAL THANKS to Gina Suydam, IOM and the Wyoming County Chamber of Commerce for being the FIRST to come on-board. We have some other chambers in our pipeline, but Gina and WYCCC are the first ones in, and ready-to-launch. Super exciting! So, what did WYCCC get themselves? It's no easy challenge for a chamber - or any membership association - to get information from their members on what their actual needs are. Chambers want to help their members... But, they can BEST help them if they know what they need. Here's how we accomplish it: - Momentum AI gathers information from association members on their growth plans, their referral needs, and what they're looking to accomplish when they join. - We use that input - along with the chamber's specific programs and initiatives and our proprietary algorithm, that we refer to as "the Momentum way of doing business" - to create a customized, personalized, AI-generated strategy for each of these members. - Members having that kind of personalized attention, and their chambers knowing more about how to best service them, puts them onto a much stronger path to engagement, investment and renewal. We all know that small businesses, especially first-year members, are the most vulnerable for non-renewal. Imagine being the chamber that delivers each and every new member a strategy to make the most of their membership... A gameplan for a stronger relationship. We work with chambers and business associations throughout North America, and (forget about the "cool factor" of AI for a second) I have NEVER seen a chamber that provides each of their members a customized strategy, based on their growth goals - especially small businesses. There's simply too many members. Guess who now has the power, today, to create individualized membership strategies for their members? Wyoming County Chamber of Commerce. And, because of AI, they're able to do it without really adding more work onto their staff - which is the challenge in the first place. Next week, on Tues, June 25 (noon-1 p.m.), we're doing a virtual overview and walkthrough of the Momentum AI platform. 𝗪𝗲'𝗹𝗹 𝗮𝗹𝘀𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝗮 𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗰 𝘀𝘂𝗯𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺 - that's creation of a landing page and customized, AI-generated strategies for 25 of your members ($500 value) - to one of the participants in the session. I just need a half-hour of your time... 15 minutes for a presentation, and 15 minutes for Q&A... and we'll TRANSFORM your relationship with your members. The link to participate in the Momentum AI walkthrough is in the comments. Don't be the chamber in your community that's NOT providing customized, personalized strategies to your members. #momentum #AI

Why do we make our monthly 𝗔𝗜 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘃𝗶𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 (like the one coming up on Jan. 14) free? Because AI is the most game-changing technology for chambers of commerce and business associations in our generation. Every chamber we talk to around the country, no matter the size, feels that they could use more resources to get the job done they need to get done. AI is your ticket to being able to do more with less. 𝗔𝗜 𝗶𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗝𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗖𝗼𝗽𝘆𝘄𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 After two years of putting on AI trainings for chambers and small business, now we acknowledge the fact that most are using it for copywriting. And, why not? It's a massive time-saver. But, the real benefit starts to come from integrating AI into everything you do... Strategy, optimization, data analysis, and building stronger relationships with your members. We'll teach you that. 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗜 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 But, it's imperative to understand how it integrates with your operations, and your strategy. It's imperative that your AI usage is institutionalized. I see it all the time - with chambers and with small businesses - the organization's use of AI is due to the fact that: 1. Someone on staff is tech savvy and has embraced it 2. Someone on staff has gone through a training and is inspired 3. People on staff have realized that using it for copywriting can save a boatload of time One chamber I work with, one staff member wholly embraced AI after sitting in one of our trainings, and was doing some cool things - personally and for the chamber. That person just got a new job. That knowledge and enthusiasm has moved on, unfortunately. How do we not let that happen? 𝗪𝗲'𝘃𝗲 𝗘𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 - 𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝗔𝗜 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺 𝗶𝘀 𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗘𝗅 Because it's so important to your chamber's future, and the future of chambers, altogether, we invite you to attend for free. I hope you'll join us on January 14. I hope you'll send your team, your board, your ambassadors and whomever else does work for your chamber. - We'll discuss integrating AI into your operations. - We'll talk about creating automations that everyone, current and future, can use. - We'll teach you how to make AI a tool as integral to you as your CRM, your mobile phone and your favorite pen. (That's not an exaggeration - ChatGPT is the single-most important tool in my arsenal right now, on- or off-line) Link for more information and to register is in the first comment. Let's make 2025 the year you take this "cool" technology and really put it to work for you. #momentum #ai #chambersofcommerce #chamberofcommerce

My first Sora video. If you're a ChatGPT Plus user, check your account this morning! Little surprise for you! #momentum #ai #chatgpt #sora

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I'm working on AI newsletter generation automation for #chambersofcommerce. Any of my chamber friends interested in helping me test it? DM me. #chamberofcommerce #chatgpt #ai #momentum

January 14, 2025 - it's the trifecta: we're offering all three of our workshops on one day: 𝗔𝗺𝗯𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗱𝗼𝗿 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗔𝗜 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝗜 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗦𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗕𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀!!! Here's the line-up (links are all in the first comment): 11:00 𝗮.𝗺.-12 𝗻𝗼𝗼𝗻 (𝗘𝗦𝗧):  𝗠𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗺 𝗩𝗶𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝗺𝗯𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗱𝗼𝗿 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘀 (𝘃𝗶𝗮 𝗭𝗼𝗼𝗺) Are your chamber ambassadors prepped, invigorated and ready to go for 2025? Our Virtual Ambassador Training is designed to make them so! As a third-party to the chamber-ambassador relationship, we enhance the training you've given them by reinforcing: - Why we’re all here at the chamber - The mission of an ambassador - How to provide value as an ambassador (when you’re super busy yourself) - How to get value as an ambassador Cost for chambers is just $75, covering your chamber's ambassadors, staff, board, friends, family and people you drag in from off the street 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘅𝘁 12 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵𝘀! *** 2:00 -3:00 𝗽.𝗺. (𝗘𝗦𝗧) - 𝗠𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗺 𝗔𝗜 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽 (𝘃𝗶𝗮 𝗭𝗼𝗼𝗺) Each day, more chambers are using AI for valuable time-saving copywriting – blogs, social media, even board communications. But for chambers, AI can do so much more. In our webinar workshop, 𝗠𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗶𝘇𝗲 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿: 𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗠𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗺 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝗜, we share real-life, chamber-specific AI applications and strategies, designed to help you grow, have stronger impact on your community and earn a closer relationship with your members. “𝗜 𝗱𝗶𝗱𝗻’𝘁 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗔𝗜 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗱𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁”… In this workshop-style format, you'll learn how AI and humans can work together to meet real-world goals. We believe that AI is such a critical tool for chambers that want to succeed, thrive and stay competitive, that we offer this session for FREE. *** 4:00 - 5:00 𝗽.𝗺. (𝗘𝗦𝗧) - 𝗠𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗺 𝗔𝗜 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗦𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗕𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽 (𝘃𝗶𝗮 𝗭𝗼𝗼𝗺) 𝗔𝗜 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁 #𝘀𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗯𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝗮𝘃𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗻𝗼𝘄 - between time savings, efficiency, strategy and critical thinking, those not using it going into 2025 are already behind. Our small business has been using AI for more than two years... We're saving more than 30 hours a month, we've used AI to create entire business lines that we now offer, and just about everything we're doing on a daily basis is smarter, better and faster. What to Expect: - A practical presentation loaded with prompts and tools you can use immediately - High-level applications like strategy, analysis, and audits that go way beyond basic copywriting - An open discussion and Q&A session to tackle your specific questions We want to show you how to grow your small business with AI in 2025, too. *** Links to all three programs are in the first comment! #momentum #ai

How's the new manuscript look with others in the family? I NEED READERS!!! If you enjoy a cozy mystery and wouldn't mind giving some feedback, I'd appreciate it... Doesn't hurt if you know your way around a chamber of commerce. :) #chamberofcommerce #chambersofcommerce #fiction #author

𝗡𝗘𝗘𝗗 𝗧𝗢 𝗦𝗘𝗘 𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗔𝗜 𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗜𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗥𝗦𝗘𝗟𝗙? Chambers of Commerce: Your staff can audit Wednesday's AI for Small Business Training Webinar for free using code CHAMBER Do you really have to see it to believe it? We're ok with that. We're having three (3) conversations this week to do AI training for organizations who have had someone participate in one of our trainings. We want to give you the same opportunity. If you'd like to have someone on your team check out our 𝗔𝗜 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗦𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗕𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 training webinar on Wednesday (12/11) at noon EST, we'd love to have you. Use code CHAMBER on the registration page, and it'll waive the registration fee - so you can see if our training is right for your members. (I promise... Your team will get an awful lot out of it, too!) We just gave this presentation in-person to more than 75 small businesses at the Niagara USA Chamber's Small Business Expo, and we've already booked sessions with individual chambers as far out as May 2025. Our virtual program, like Wednesday's, which we hold regularly, is an easy, plug-and-play solution for chambers across the country to get the power of AI into your members' hands. Let us show you how we teach them. https://lnkd.in/enDhNiRB

Can AI do that? My new favorite question... It's a question I get a lot, from people who want to enhance their business - or start a new one: "Can AI do this?" It's a great conversation... I enjoy that people are seeing the possibilities in so many aspects of life. Typically, the answer falls into three categories: 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗗𝗢𝗡'𝗧 𝗡𝗘𝗘𝗗 𝗔𝗜 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗧 First and foremost, some of these challenges don't require AI. These usually center on databases, and manipulating them. As a great example, Excel is a very powerful tool that does a lot. Often, the solutions that people need with their database can be done right in Excel or other programs... No AI needed. 𝗬𝗘𝗦 I find that in most cases, AI can do something for just about every challenge you have - even if it's just "Help me brainstorm solutions." 𝗬𝗘𝗦, 𝗕𝗨𝗧... The most common response I give, as there's usually a qualifier, most likely, "What data do you have to support what you're trying to accomplish?" AI can do great stuff, but the data behind it is what really makes it powerful. There's a principle in tech called GIGO - "garbage in, garbage out" - meaning, that the better (or worse) the input you provide, the better (or worse) the output will be. AI is the same. The strength of your data is key to everything. Interestingly, this also applies to what I said above - the questions that don't require AI to solve... To get your data to do ANYTHING you want, whether you're using AI or a notepad and pencil, it needs to be strong and clean and up-to-date. 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗠𝗕𝗘𝗥 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗠𝗘𝗥𝗖𝗘 𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗔 A great example we often get... Can our chamber of commerce use AI to do matchmaking for our members? The answer is YES, BUT.... It's not AI that's the issue in this... The AI piece is easy. It's the data... Chamber databases are notoriously unreliable, unfortunately: - People (members) change jobs, retire and pass away and info doesn't always get communicated and/or updated - Often, multiple people over the years have their fingers in the database, so there's an array of consistency issues - Many chambers allow members to self-populate their information, and they are under no bounds to be consistent in the keywords they use to depict themselves (i.e. "restaurant" vs. "dining") Give me a clean, up-to-date database, and I could create an AI matchmaking program in a half-hour. The takeaway here is that, generally, AI can be a valuable tool for most questions you're asking. But, what efforts can you make BEFORE going to AI to ensure it's being used in the best possible way? 𝗣𝗶𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝘀𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲: I have a database of companies that includes NAME, ADDRESS and WEB SITE. I want AI to make connections for me based on how long the company's been in business. Can't do it... Unless you collect that information up-front, and include it. Keep that easy example in mind as you're preparing to use AI. It'll help. #momentum #AI