Membership

Be seen. Be informed. Save money. Be supported while helping your community.

The Muskoka Lakes Chamber of Commerce is ready to welcome you and start promoting your business through its network of Chamber members and beyond. We’re all about supporting local business and helping our communities thrive. Discover the benefits of membership.

Benefits

We highlight your business.

VIA NETWORKING

You’ll make great connections, earn valuable referrals and more by taking part in Chamber initiatives. We offer lots of networking opportunities with other Chamber members, business representatives and government officials. Make sure to save the date for our Business After Hours events.

VIA MARKETING

Your business will also be listed on our website with live links to your own business site and social media channels. And yes, we’re super social. We share your Twitter, Facebook and Instagram posts and your events through regular eblasts. Want your own eblast to hundreds of subscribers? We can arrange that, too, along with other advertising opportunities, such as our yearly Muskoka Lakes guide and directory (every member also gets a listing in our annual guide). You can also put your ad on our website. Plus, we partner with our local Regional Tourism Organization (RTO12) and Muskoka Tourism, among others, to promote you in digital content marketing campaigns.

VIA INFORMATION CENTRES

And there’s no better way to market than through word of mouth and direct referrals. People stop in our visitor information centres asking about everything from attractions to where to find a good roofer.

We give you group benefits.

The Chambers plan is the simple, stable and smart choice for your group health benefit program. No matter how big or small your organization, did you know that you can get group health and dental insurance for yourself and/or your employees? There’s even a seasonal option. A good benefits plan is a great way to attract and keep quality employees. Email the Chamber today to connect you with our benefits plan representative. Our plan is part of Canada’s largest group benefit program for small business, serving over 25,000 firms. To learn more, visit chamberplan.ca

Save BIG on Group Home and Auto Insurance. There’s Power in Numbers! Oracle RMS has partnered with Economical Select Insurance Company to bring members of Muskoka Lakes Chamber of Commerce, their spouses and their dependent children, a variety of Group Home and Auto Insurance products and savings at discounted rates. Click here to learn more >

Oracle RMS provides Personal Group Home and Auto Insurance programs for Canada’s largest employers, Professional Associations and Trade Groups in Canada. It offers member rates that cannot be found outside of a group program with extremely competitive rates for home, condo, tenant, automobile, watercraft, ATV, snowmobile, and trailer insurance offering member rates that cannot be found outside of a group program.
Call us today to take advantage of our Chamber group’s buying power and get a quick, no obligation quote for all your home and auto insurance needs. Call 1.855.884.6150, Email savings@oraclerms.com or visit www.oraclerms.com.

We save you money.

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Use debit or credit card transactions with your business? You can save money on transaction fees and earn a $1,000 MasterCard gift card if First Data cannot beat your current payment processing fees. It takes very little effort to find out. To get started, all that’s needed is a copy of your present merchant statement. To learn more, contact our First Data Business Advisor, Bruce Averill at 705.772.2132 or bruce@k2kpos.com to be introduced to Bruce. Watch this video to discover what First Data has to offer Chamber members.

Your Chamber offers members reduction on fuel with every fill up. Get a 3.5% discount when you buy gas, no matter how much you buy. It’s a convenient and secure way to control and manage fuel expenses for your company vehicles, whether you have 1 or hundreds. To learn more about the Esso Chambers program, visit http://www.essobusinesscards.ca/a/index.php?org=chamber

Chamber members save up to 30% on Lenovo products. To learn more, visit www.lenovo.com/chambers

Member FCA Insurance has special group rates for Chamber members for Commercial and General Liability Insurance.

MEMBER to MEMBER DISCOUNTS

Can you provide a member to member discount? Talk to us as we grow savings for our members.

EXPORT DOCUMENT CERTIFICATION

Did you know we have the certification stamp you need for exports in our office? Just call us to let us know when you want to come in for this service.

We keep you informed.

Whether it’s new rules for dock building, or local construction that might have an impact on your business, or information about what’s hot in local entertainment, we keep you in the know. We also give you and your staff opportunities to sharpen your skills and knowledge through regular workshops and with free business consultations in Bala and Port Carling.

We advocate for your interests.

A membership with the Muskoka Lakes Chamber of Commerce includes membership in the Ontario Chamber of Commerce and the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, which advocate on a wide range of business interests. They stick up for the little guy – with campaigns such as Small business: Too big to ignore that your Chamber takes part in. We share information from these organizations regularly on social media and in member e-blasts.

We also have the municipality’s ear and support. We meet monthly with the members of the Township of Muskoka Lakes Council and staff to raise – and get action on – member concerns and advance mutual economic development interests.

Advertise

WEBSITE

We have space for leaderboard ads and box banner ads on our website, which is often a first stop for people interested in finding a business in Muskoka Lakes. Call us today about these opportunities.

DIGITAL MARKETING CAMPAIGNS

Your Chamber works hard to get matching funding for digital campaigns to support events, such as the Muskoka Lakes Maple Trail, and Shop Local campaigns. Pitch in to put a spotlight on your business.

E-BLASTS

Have an event coming up? Looking to hire? Work our network by sending out an eblast with the information you need to share. Just $100 + HST. Please send jpg picture files and copy content to help us get your eblast out easily and most effectively.

WELCOME DOCK BOARD

There’s space at the busy Bala docks for your ad on our Chamber board.

Business After Hours

June 5, 2018 Business After Hours at The Stone Church, Bala 5:30-7:30pm

Your hosts: The Moon River Lookout

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July 2018 Business After Hours at Field of Greens, Port Carling 6-8pm

With co-sponsor Richwells Restaurant

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August 2018 Business After Hours at Johnsons Cranberry Marsh and Muskoka Winery

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September 11, 2018, Business After Hours, Brooklands Farm

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October 16, 2018, Business After Hours, Muskoka Chautauqua & Muskoka Place Gallery

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What is Business After Hours? The Business After Hours (BAH) is our premier monthly networking event. It gives you the chance to meet, exchange ideas, and build long-lasting relationships with other Chamber members in an easy-going setting. It gives the sponsor business an opportunity to showcase their workplace, services and to gain valuable exposure. Chamber members often gain business referrals by attending. Chamber members and their guests are invited to come out, share some nibbles and drinks, and get to know each other better. To sponsor a Business After Hours, you must be a Chamber member in good standing.

Ask us how you can host a Business After Hours.

Our most recent Business After Hours was March 201, 108 at Jayne’s Cottages in Minett. Thanks to Clear Lake Brewing Co for bring the maple inspired Pancake Breakfast brew — a Maple inspired collaboration between all four of Muskoka’s craft brewers. Here’s a picture of our Door Prize winners!