- Utilizing Posts for updates
- Responding to reviews
- Managing images, 360s & video
- Responding to customer questions
- Understanding Insights data
Traveler sentiment research is aligning around one particular theme: inspiring consumer confidence that destinations and businesses are open and following best practices for health and safety is key to success right now. Visit Ithaca is happy to announce two virtual workshops to provide instructional content to optimize the online presence of your business. Please register for each below. Whether or not you attend the session, you will receive a recording to engage on your own schedule.
Your Google business profile is the single largest source of organic (non-paid) exposure for your business online. Better business profiles ultimately drive more visits, resulting in more customers.
The great news is that having a great Google business profile is not that hard, if you know how.
Miles Partnership is a strategic marketing company focused exclusively on travel and tourism. They’ve worked with hundreds of destinations and hospitality businesses around the world, and have developed a tactical workshop to assist in navigating the Google Business Profile platform. It’s built on a best-practices study of over 100,000 business profiles, and rather than you studying all that yourself, join us for this workshop and just get the key takeaways - including simple, easily-actioned quick tips.
It’s crucial to any business to be managing the information that appears on their Google business profile, for the sake of both current and future customers. It doesn’t require hours of your time or a degree in Digital Marketing, just some insider knowledge on how to claim your listing, complete it and update it so you can be in that top tier of businesses and destinations when visitors are researching.
Featured Annual Events
Economic Summit
The Tompkins Chamber presents key local issues impacting local businesses and developers, policy issues impacting the business community, and local insights from participants in a national economic outlook survey. Partnering with Ithaca Area Economic Development (IAED), the event includes important updates about our economy, workforce, upcoming projects, and strategies to move forward and achieve a sustainable economic recovery.
Annual Dinner & Awards
One of the premier business community events of the year, the Annual Meeting highlights the Chamber community and previews the goals and initiatives for the coming year. Come and celebrate the success of our business community and economic development with hundreds of local leaders and elected officials! Join us as we raise a glass to the companies, not-for-profits, and volunteers who partner with us to help our community thrive.
Golf Tournament
This day on the green combines top-notch golf with valuable networking and advertising opportunities. Held at one of the County’s finest and professionally-rated golf courses. Staggered start golf tournament with several prizes, including skins. Lunch and beverages provided.
Great Big Chamber Auction
See and be seen by the region’s top business executives and small business owners. The Great Big Chamber Thank You & Auction holds tremendous value to our sponsors, donors, and attendees as it is one of our most highly publicized and attended events. The Great Big Chamber Auction portion helps underwrite the events and programs that support our Chamber members. Traditional silent and live auction, networking, and nonprofit recognition awards.