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Member Benefits:

Chamber Membership Builds Your Business

The Ocean Springs Chamber of Commerce, Main Street and Visitor's Center provides member businesses with a variety of incentives to join--- the most important being the strength in numbers. Through the Chamber, businesses can accomplish collectively what no one of them can do individually because we pool resources, ideas, energy, and finances. At the Chamber we believe, if one business prospers, we all benefit.

There are many different ways in which the Chamber of Commerce promotes its member businesses:

Free Listing on the Chamber Website
Free Business Referrals
Free promotion of Company News
Promotion of Yourself and Your Company at All Attended Events
Sponsorship Opportunities for Chamber Events
Green Business of the Month
Promotion through Area Advertising
Access to Business Building Tools
Keeping you informed
Other Promotional Opportunities

Free Listing on the Chamber Website
When you become a member of the Ocean Springs Chamber of Commerce, your business and contact details are automatically listed on the chamber's website. To take advantage of this opportunity, simply provide the chamber with your business email and website information on the Chamber contract.

Free Business Referrals
The Ocean Springs Chamber of Commerce will always refer its member businesses to any requests made. You will also have the opportunity to leave your rack cards and business cards at the Chamber Office.

Free promotion of Company News
Your company will gain the opportunity to promote your company news through our website, newsletter and emailing database.

Promotion of Yourself and Your Company at All Attended Events
Networking events are scheduled every month, giving all members the opportunity to promote themselves and their businesses to the community.

Sponsorship Opportunities for Chamber Events
Many of the events organized by the Ocean Springs Chamber of Commerce will be sponsored by the community businesses. These events can draw up to 120,000 people (for example the Peter Anderson Art Festival - First weekend in November) to Ocean Springs and as a sponsor your company will be given prime advertising space on materials used at these events.

Green Business of the Month
Each month a business will be featured on our website and promoted as our 'Green Business of the Month'. Businesses can be nominated via the 'contact us' section of this website.

Promotion through Area Advertising
The Ocean Springs Chamber of Commerce, Main Street and Visitor's Center produces advertising for the city and for specific events that promote the entire business community of Ocean Springs, driving customers into the area to create more sales opportunities for our member businesses.

Access to Business Building Tools
The Chamber provides tools to boost your profits, including statistical data and research, business directories, business seminars, and business leads too.

Keeping You Informed
The Chamber likes to provide its members with ways to stay informed on all of the recent events going on within our Chamber. We keep you up-to-date through monthly newsletters, Business After Hours, committee meetings, interesting programs, and seminars.

Other Promotional Opportunities
Chamber members are given an opportunity to advertise in the 'Discover Ocean Springs' guide book. This is produced annually and is distributed throughout shops, restaurants and hotels in Ocean Springs as well as the state welcome centers and the Ocean Springs Welcome Center. This is a paid promotion, please see Chamber for details.

Throughout the year, the Ocean Springs Chamber of Commerce will host many events. Most of these events offer advertising opportunities through Sponsorship.