Your membership in the Chamber gives you access to a wealth of resources for building your business.

Connect with Colleagues and Customers
• Networking
• Luncheons
• Mixers
• Women in Business
• Chamber Committees

Grow Your Business
• Marketing
• Website listing
• Website advertising
• Newsletter inserts
• Business Fair
• Sponsorship
• Ribbon Cutting

Improve Your Business Skills
• Workshops & seminars
• Chamber consultations

Influence Policy in the City, County, and State
• Local policy issues
• State initiatives
• Elections
• Economic Development
• Breakfast Briefings

New Chamber members automatically receive the following benefits:
• New member profile in the printed Santa Cruz Chamber newsletter with your photo or logo, 100-word business description, and contact information
• Referrals from the online business directory on www.SantaCruzChamber.org, which attracted more than 100,000 visits last year. Your listing includes your contact information, your photo or logo, 100-word business description, a link to your website, search engine keywords, and a map link.
• Ribbon cutting or grand opening event
• Free article on www.HowToSantaCruz.com
• Announcement on the Chamber’s Facebook and Twitter pages
• Membership in the members-only Santa Cruz Chamber LinkedIn group
• Free pass to any Chamber networking mixer
• Reduced pricing on chamber events and services, web advertising, event sponsorships, mailing lists, and advertising inserts in our newsletter
• Decal to display at your business
• Member logos to use on your website & printed materials

Online advertising opportunities
The Chamber’s website connects you with visitors from throughout California and around the world…as well as Santa Cruz residents and local business decision-makers. The website is one of the Chamber’s best referral tools, available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

The Santa Cruz Chamber has partnered with TripAdvisor to create the TripAdvisor “Visit Santa Cruz” page. This TripAdvisor page features direct links to the Santa Cruz Chamber’s Visiting Santa Cruz, Accommodations, Dining, Attractions, Shopping, Events, and Home pages. Chamber members can now buy ads, promote special events, and feature photos of their businesses on the TripAdvisor “Visit Santa Cruz” page. TripAdvisor projects more than 25,000 unique visits to this page by people actively seeking Santa Cruz visitor information.

If your company is looking for advertising opportunities which will be seen by people working, living, and visiting Santa Cruz County, the Chamber of Commerce website is an ideal location. Please see the Santa Cruz Chamber Online Advertising Rate Sheet for information on the exciting online advertising opportunities now available through the Santa Cruz Chamber.

Complete Member Benefits
For a complete list of member benefits, please see the Santa Cruz Chamber Member Handbook.

Becoming a member of the Santa Cruz Chamber is just the first step in growing your business. To get the best return on your membership investment, take the following steps:
To Start:
• Complete and return the Santa Cruz Chamber of Commerce Application Form and payment.
• Send a photo or logo, a 100-word business description, and contact information for inclusion in the Chamber newsletter and online directory.
• If you would like to enhance your listing or place banner advertising on the website, please include information and payment for the options you select.
In the first month:
• Register for a Chamber activity—a breakfast briefing, Women in Business event, or luncheon.
• Write your free article for How To Santa Cruz
• Join the members-only Santa Cruz Chamber of Commerce LinkedIn Group
• Attend a Chamber mixer using your free mixer pass
• Display your plaque at your business and add your Chamber Member logo to your website & printed materials
In the second month:
• Join one of the Chamber’s communities of interest.
• Develop a plan to use the Chamber’s marketing resources to increase your business
• Join a committee that interests you professionally or personally
• Follow up with people you meet at Chamber events
In the first year:
• Share Santa Cruz Chamber of Commerce Business News
• Attend a workshop or seminar to improve your business skills
• Purchase a mailing list and send a mailing to Chamber members
• Attend the Chamber Annual Meeting
• Register to exhibit at the Santa Cruz Business Fair

Application
To join the chamber, please complete and fax or mail a Santa Cruz Chamber Membership Application.

We welcome you to the Santa Cruz Chamber of Commerce. Please contact us if we can answer any questions.