David Eads
Executive Vice President

Thanks you and your team for all of your work on the directory. I couldn’t be more pleased with our decision to partner with CMP for 2011.

Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce (California)

Steven Rose
President

We considered all options, even going online-only; we needed a fresh perspective. CMP seemed to have the publishing expertise we were looking for to revitalize the directory and get it back to making a healthy profit. Chambers are experts in commerce. CMP’s expertise is in marketing and publishing. Our 3-person staff had its hands full with chamber operations. It made sense to hire outside expertise, and I’m glad we did. The results exceeded our expectations.

Culver City Chamber of Commerce (California)

Bobby Spiegel
President/CEO

Thank you for your guidance and professionalism your company has provided. You assisted us in completing this project with an impossible short deadline – and we are grateful for your involvement. Our team excelled tremendously. All three of you did an outstanding job! Again thank you.

Corona Valley Chamber of Commerce (California)

Vince Brantley
Former COO

Operating under a short timeline, CMP organized a sales campaign, arranged compelling editorial, rearranged the content and created a distribution plan. They brought-in a professional sales person who worked in tandem with our in-house sales efforts. As a result, sales increased and our hard costs were reduced.

We feel the next edition of the Guide will build on the success of the current edition and is better-positioned to increase sales, increase member participation, increase readership and generate more traffic for our members, both in print and online. Yes, the Guide is now online for the first time greatly increasing the exposure for advertisers and our organization.

Santa Ana Chamber of Commerce (California)

Zoe J. Taylor, ACE
Former CEO

Zoe Taylor has a distinguished 26-year career as a professional chamber executive for such prestigious California chambers as the Ventura Chamber of Commerce, the Burbank Chamber of Commerce and the Pico Rivera Chamber of Commerce. She is an Accredited Chamber Executive and is known as a strategic, no-nonsense CEO with expertise promoting communities and building strong local economies.

Having created successful economic development partnerships and opportunities throughout California, Zoe has affiliated herself with Chamber Marketing Partners as an independent representative because CMP's unique model is a means for chambers to create new revenue streams to fund important projects, which ultimately help a chamber better serve its members and the community. Zoe sits on the boards of several business organizations and has launched an economic development consulting practice.

Ventura Chamber of Commerce (California)

Gary Olson
President & CEO

"The principals of Chamber Marketing Partners have assisted chambers with their visitor’s guide and membership directory publishing needs for many years, establishing a reputation for quality service and overall knowledge within this specialized marketing area. Recognizing that more and more chambers are now pursuing greater revenue from producing such publications on their own, CMP provides the professional expertise to assist any chamber with transitioning to this new in-house publishing business model. The principals strike me as genuinely caring about a chamber’s success."

Burbank Chamber of Commerce (California)

Gary L. Powers
Former CEO

Gary L. Powers has served many organizations in the non-profit and private industry in the past 44 years. He has served as CEO of four Chambers, Dahlonega-Lumpkin County Chamber of Commerce & Convention and Visitors Bureau, San Diego North Chamber of Commerce, Rancho Bernardo Chamber of Commerce and Lake Havasu Area Chamber of Commerce & Visitors Center. He spent 14 years consulting to over sixty Professional Societies and Trade Associations.

Gary has owned an All Suites Inn and investment properties in Lake Havasu City, Arizona. Sold seven Private Ambulance Companies, owned a commercial print shop in San Diego and spent seven years with the San Diego Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, five years with Youth for Understanding in Washington D.C., and ten years with the Boy Scouts of America in three Scouting Councils.

Gary chooses to independently represent CMP because, in his words "finally someone has taken the bull by the horns and is helping chambers publish in-house."

Rancho Bernardo Chamber of Commerce (California)