Join Chamber of Commerce for a Regional Search?

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June 24, 2022

by a searcher from Weber State University in Ogden, UT, USA

I’m conducting a regionally focused self-funded search and think that joining the local chambers of commerce would give me facetime with successful business owners in my region. I’m not sure how this would be received by the members/if it’s worth the time and membership fees.

Do any of you have experience with joining a COC for this reason or any other input/advice with this strategy? Thanks in advance!!

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from Stanford University in Honolulu, HI, USA
Hi, ^redacted‌: With many organizations, you can get pretty good bang for the time spent by just showing up to events. Given all the outreach you'll need to do, you may wish to reserve joining an organization for situations where (a) you can only attend an event if you are a member and/or (b) you plan to do sufficient work with the organization to both raise your profile and to have a beneficial impact for the organization. For situation (a), let's say the organization does an annual awards dinner where any every person of substance is going to attend, then it's probably a worthwhile investment. For situation (b), you want someone on the blah-blah committee to tell a prospective seller, "I've met ^redacted‌ and they've got a great attitude and have done an amazing job on blankety blank."

Here's ^redacted‌'s advice on doing a geographically focused search: https://www.searchfunder.com/event/view/613
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from Stanford University in Honolulu, HI, USA
^redacted‌: I think it's a great way to connect. I've seen some searchers do a seminar on search funds for their local CoC and rotary clubs. ^redacted‌ gave some great tips on doing a geographically focused search: https://www.searchfunder.com/event/view/613
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