Article posted on Nov 19
As I mentioned in my blog post last week, I was planning to hit another event put on by the Park City Chamber of Commerce. If you’ll recall, my last experience with the PC Chamber was really incredible. I have to say though… that this one was less than worth the drive. The event was basically a couple of dozen booths, and many of them had very small companies, and in some cases even companies that really weren’t off the ground yet. In fairness to the PC Chamber, if I could have walked ten minutes to the event, I probably wouldn’t have minded. But the fact that it was a 40 minute drive, combined with the fact that my expectations were set so very high by their last event, really left me feeling a bit silly for spending a good chunk of my afternoon to, from, and at the event.
Now reading this, you might think, “Wow, Steve is being a bit harsh on the Chamber.” If so, let me clarify myself. The chamber did a nice job. They were clear in their advertising as to more or les what the event would be, and for what they had, they did a great job of doing it professionally. So no slight to the Chamber. If anything, this was a bit of a wakeup call for myself, and advice that I would give to others. Chambers, far more so than other groups, tend to have lots of events of differing sizes and shapes. It is very very unlikely that they will all be a good fit for your business.
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