Quick question: What’s the first thing that goes through your mind when your membership or sponsorship renewal from your business association lands on your desk?
We hope that it’s, “Let’s get this paid right away. We get so many leads and new business out of this that re-upping is a no-brainer!”
Sadly, though, that’s probably not your reaction. LEARN MORE ---->
Momentum has helped guide our expansion into a number of new cities by creating a strategy to use chambers of commerce. Sponsorship marketing works!
Damon Piatek President & CEO, Piatek Customs & Logistics
An event like Small Business Festival doesn’t come together without someone at the helm who knows all the players and can bring them all together. Momentum made the process so simple, knew exactly who to reach out to, and seamlessly made the first SBF Buffalo a huge success. What an AMAZING EXPERIENCE!
Matthew Pollard Founder, Small Business Festival
Momentum’s strength is understanding the regional business ecosystem to know where time, effort and dollars are best spent to move projects forward.
Dr. Kathryn Friedman Global Fellow, Woodrow Wilson Center; Research Professor, University at Buffalo
Each year, we write a “How to Use Your Chamber of Commerce in the Upcoming Year” blog, and it’s always among our most read of the year.
This year, I’m disguising that concept with a little bit of a different hook.
I tell this story all the time… When I do AI trainings at conferences, and stick around for the rest of the program, I get the same joke over and over. We’ll be in a meeting, and someone will say, “We need to do X, Y and Z.” Without fail, someone next to me will slap my arm and say, “We should see if AI can do that.” To which I smile and nod politely.
Tonawanda, NY (Sept 4) – What do you do when you embrace AI to make life easier but find yourself training, speaking, and programming all over the place? You launch an AI company! Craig Turner, the visionary behind Momentum – The Business Growth Agency, is thrilled to announce the official launch of Momentum AI, the latest venture dedicated to harnessing the power of artificial intelligence to transform how organizations and businesses operate.
Here’s a quick secret on how to get the most out of your chamber of commerce or business association membership:
Shhhh. Don’t read it out loud. Someone might hear.
Here it is: Tell them what you need.
Revolutionary, isn’t it?
“I use AI all the time.”
I hear this almost everywhere I go.
Anytime people hear that I use AI incessantly, and even teach it to chambers of commerce and their members, that’s what they tell me.
“It’s a lifesaver.”
“Saves me so much time.”
“It’s changed everything for me.”
At first, I would smile, nod and agree.
But now, I push it.
“What does that mean, you use it all the time?”
I’ve finally thought of a great metaphor to demonstrate exactly where Momentum’s work fits into the sales process.
The concept for this blog came to me around the Holidays, and I’ve been chipping away at it, waiting for the right moment to post.