Tell your customers where to find you.

Customers and Sales Made Possible with Affordable, Effective Marketing Opportunities

These opportunities are exclusive to chamber members. Are you taking advantage of it?

Website Banner Ads

A banner ad on our website means that your company name, logo, product or service is seen by 150K unique visitors annually. With pricing starting at just $300, where else can you find this affordable and effective exposure for your business?

Email Blasts

Is there a new product, service or information about your business that you would like the entire Chamber membership to learn about or utilize? Through our email blast program, we’ll send an email on your behalf to our 4,000 email contacts for just $500. We’ll even throw it on our Facebook page at no additional cost.

*Only ONE email blast will be sold per month on a first contact, first sold basis.

e-Connection Banner Ads

Every Monday, without fail, over 4,000 decision-makers receive our e-newsletter. People want to know what’s going on, we are a trusted source of information, so they open our e-Newsletter. That is what you want as an advertiser. Purchasing a banner ad to be placed at the top of the e-Connection gets you exposure to thousands for just $100 per week.

Website Directory Enhancements

Our website directory gets hundreds of views each day. We are like the modernday version of 411 for people trying to find a business, resource or service. An enhanced listing makes you stand out against your competitors. Turn your standard listing into an eye-catching, search engine optimized marketing tool for just $79 annually

Commerce Connection Ads

Do you know what happens when you add magazine print to your marketing strategy? According to Magazine Networks, you get the multiplier effect. They say, “people are 3.2 times more likely to identify the brand as one they wanted to find out more about and a 43 percent increase in their likelihood to purchase.” Our bi-monthly publication, Commerce Connection, gets mailed to all chamber members (and then some). Those chamber members employ an estimated 59,000 people. Imagine 59,000 people looking at an ad for your competitor? The Commerce Connection is not only your B2B best bet; it is also a strong force for B2C marketing.

Do you really want to be seen? There are a variety of ad sizes available starting at just $120. Member businesses can also purchase the magazine’s cover. You get exposure before readers even open the publication.

Mailing Labels

Sometimes, when you are trying to break through the internet noise, it pays to go ‘old-school’ with good old snail mail. We have names, and we will sell them. An exclusive benefit of Chamber membership allows you to purchase mailing lists containing names and physical addresses of Chamber member businesses to enhance your B2B marketing. Two lists are available for purchase:

Long list (approx. 2,000 contacts): $195 Short list (approx. 900 contacts): $125

We can help you maximize your businessto-business marketing strategies. We can put your company in front of consumers. Most importantly, we can do it in the most affordable way to meet your budget.

Let’s do this. Contact Kelsie Woelfle at Kelsiew@champaigncounty.org or 217.359.1791.

Business After Hours

Thursday, February 16

4:30 pm - 6:30 pm

Hosted by Atkins Golf Club at the University of Illinois

2560 S. Stone Creek Blvd. Urbana, IL

BSS Spring 2023 Series: Provide Exemplary Customer Service

Tuesday, February 21

9:00 am - 10:00 am

Chamber Office

First Friday Coffee

Friday, March 3

7:30 am - 9:00 am

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4120 Belmont Point Champaign, IL

Business After Hours

Thursday, March 16

4:30 pm - 6:30 pm

Hosted by Campus Ink

1201 W. Kenyon Rd. Urbana, IL

BSS Spring 2023 Series: Leverage the Data Hiding in Plain Sight

Tuesday, March 21

9:00 am - 10:00 am

Chamber Office

First Friday Coffee

Friday, April 7

7:30 am - 9:00 am

Hosted by Stephens Family

YMCA

2501 Fields South Dr. Champaign, IL

Fast Facts

3.6% Champaign County Unemployment Rate in November 2022

20 business licenses applied for in Champaign County in December 2022

103.3

December 2022 U of I Flash Index for Illinois

949,844 rides were taken on CUMTD in November 2022

5,724 visits to the Chamber’s website, champaigncounty.org in December 2022

16,876 number of unique searches on the Champaign County Chamber of Commerce Online Business Directory in December 2022

2014 And 2021

The years that the Champaign County Chamber of Commerce was named the Illinois Outstanding Chamber of the Year

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The Chamber office is open Monday through Thursday 8:30 am - 4:30 pm and Friday 8:30 am - 4:00 pm

PLEASE NOTE: The Chamber complies with the state mandate and asks that members follow the CDC guidelines and/or state mandate at Chamber functions. While masking is now optional, please remember that people will have different comfort levels as we return to in-person events. Handshaking and standing close may still make people uneasy. So, we ask that all participants be respectful of this. Bring your best fist bump, reconnect and enjoy.