By Angela Marie
Franco, April 13, 2015
When I joined the Manhattan Chamber of Commerce five years
ago, I joined for all the basic reasons – network and connect with other
companies and create more business for myself.
That is what I set out to accomplish.
However I can say that my membership became so much more as
I got more involved in the functions of the Chamber. First I went to as many events as I could and
met different groups and business owners.
Then I decided to focus my time on my specific interests and where I
could meet intelligent and motivated people that I could learn from. So I joined the Green Committees – design and
construction, green energy, green financing and social responsibility, the
Global Business Committee and a Business Referral Group. Each committee within the Chamber brought me
to new contacts, new interests and new prospects and customers.
I learned that the Chamber not only advocates to government
on behalf of businesses, but is also open to new ideas, innovation and forming
new committees that would benefit the membership and expand the mission of the
chamber. So it was that I joined the MCC
Ambassadors and the Entrepreneurship Committee. Three years ago, my colleague
and I came up with a plan for a forum for members that were in the marketing
trade. We pitched it to the Chamber and
so the Marketing Professionals Group was formed.
This year we are announcing our third annual Marketing
WeekNYC that will take place during the week of June 8-12, 2015. We have a grand launch event on June 8th
created by the Chamber Committee, and then individual members of the committee
will hold their own events during that week.
I am producing an event on June 9th from 6-8pm that is hosted by Wix.com at 235 West 23rd
Street, NYC. The topic is “5 Key Pillars to Winning More Business.” My “power panel” of marketing experts have
all been sourced through the chamber membership – Jimmy Newson, filmmaker and
founder of A Billion Entrepreneurs, Ramon Ray, technology evangelist and
Publisher of Smart Hustle Magazine, Louise Angelino, SEO specialist and owner
of Little Angel Media Group, Beverly Stacy, website developer and owner of
Façade Interactive and myself Angela Marie Franco, owner of AMF Direct and
marketing instructor to help business owners find new customers.
This educational panel of experts could not become possible
without the connection and camaraderie of the chamber. Here I meet like-minded business owners who
know that when you give you also receive.
I hope you will join us during Marketing Week NYC and sign
up for my event at http://www.manhattancc.org/External/WCPages/WCEvents/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1639.
