The goal of your Alliance membership is to help you grow your business. Our benefits are designed to help you achieve that goal through:

Networking
Marketing & Advertising
Education & Counseling
Discounted Business Services 

Networking:

Networking Groups: Chamber & Tourism Alliance Networking Groups provide members a direct opportunity for networking to share ideas, contacts and a continuing source for referrals for their businesses. Networking Groups take advantage of the ability to cultivate relationships in smaller referral groups while benefiting from the extensive resources of the entire Chamber & Tourism Alliance membership and organization.

Committees - Members are always welcomed and encouraged to get involved in any of the vast array of Alliance committees. The benefits are great when you become an active part of the Alliance and help shape the future.

Networking Events - The more time and energy you put into your membership, the more you get out of it.  We offer several ways to get involved:

• ANNUAL DINNER AND DANCE: A themed semi-formal dinner and dancing.
• BUSINESS AFTER HOURS (BAH): Monthly event for business contacts and staff to meet potential customers. This event is for Alliance members only.
• CHAMBER CHALLENGE (GOLF): Members compete in a fun-filled round of golf.
• OKTOBERFEST: An annual event to provide an opportunity to interact in a relaxed social setting at Busch Gardens.
• TASTE OF WILLIAMSBURG: An annual premiere tasting event showcases member restaurants.
• TRADE SHOW: Members display their products and services in a Business After Hours setting.

Marketing & Advertising:

Membership Directory - You receive three free listings and may also purchase specialty advertising in the Alliance's Membership directory. This comprehensive listing of Alliance members, categorically, alphabetically, and by representative, is distributed to 20,000 local residents and businesses annually.

Advertising - You may advertise in the Member Resource Directory, the Alliance newsletter "Outlook", on the Alliance's Internet member listing, or choose a sponsorship opportunity from the variety of Alliance programs and activities planned each year. As a member, you receive three free listings in the Membership Directory, the same listings on the Alliance Internet member listing, and are acknowledged as a new member in the Outlook. The directory is distributed in early Spring through the Virginia Gazette to 17,000 Gazette subscribers.

Outlook - A monthly Alliance newsletter detailing events and activities with topics of business interest. Advertising is available at a nominal cost.

Brochures - Any member may display their business brochures by bringing a small supply to the Alliance.

Purchase Member Mailing Labels - Mailing labels for the complete listing of Alliance members are available for marketing your products and services directly to fellow Alliance members. Members can order a set of mailing labels for a nominal fee.

Internet Page - All members are listed free of cost on the Alliance's Internet membership directory.

Chamber First Discount Program - Advertise and do business with other Alliance members.

Relocation Information - This package includes fact pamphlets, maps, calendar of events, visitor information, business information, etc.

Triangle Transfer - Every two weeks, the Alliance compiles a list of people requesting relocation information on the Williamsburg, James City County and York County areas. Available to members only, the Triangle Transfer averages 25 names per issue. This is a great way to be one of the first to welcome newcomers and gain potential customers, a small investment of $65 a year for subscription.

Referral Service - It is the Alliance's policy to refer only Alliance members to the hundreds of telephone and written requests by businesses and individuals. You will be one of our referrals.

Business Education & Counseling:

Business Counseling - Free, confidential consulting at the Alliance office with the Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE) and Small Business Development Center (SBDC). Call the Alliance for an appointment.

Business Seminars, Workshops, and Breakfast Programs - Practical, professional programs let you focus on strategies for your business development and managerial excellence. The Alliance is a co-sponsor of the Business Outreach Program of the Mason School of Business, College of William & Mary.

Discounted Business Services:

Williamsburg Job Bank--  Members may post jobs at no charge on the Williamsburg Job Bank, which is hosted by the Alliance.

Discounted Health Care: ChamberSolutions - Competitive health solutions for Alliance member companies with two to 99 employees.

Automated Data Processing - Discounted payroll services for Alliance members through Automated Data Processing (ADP).

If you would like more information on any of the preceding benefits please contact the Alliance at 757-229-6511.