Notable Business Resources provided for members:
- COVID 19 Resource Page – updated with business initiatives, programs, and tools – launched March 10
- Now Serving Campaign – First in state to roll out open restaurant and take out list – launched March 17
- FanFare Program First in state to roll out essential & remote service consumer index – launched March 23
- LBI Region Report Radio – kept in production with new broad/podcasts every Monday on WBNJ
- Member and Partner Check in calls made daily by staff during Stay at Home orders
- E-blasts COVID- 19 Response Updates: info graphics, Funding and state news, calls to action
- Hosted Webinar with SBA Director Titone on CARES ACT Funding Applications- March 25
- Hosted Women in Business Virtual Roundtable COVID updates/Delights Artisan Café April 7
- Grow With Google livestream – Keep the Lights On – April 14
- Hosted Non Profit Forum Online with Stockton University Outreaching in Digital Times- April 16
- Non Profit Solutions Program activated to share online events/fundraising for member groups April 16
- Launch Refresh initiative – detail oriented approach for members to participate in messaging. Structured with updated COVID resources and Welcome Campaign playbook for members to receive amplified outreach through digital marketing, earned and social media. – May Small Business/Tourism Week
- The marketing campaign will be analyzed weekly to help stay current and responsive to consumer sentiment with new play tactics available to members to participate in the ongoing marketing.
- Grow with Google Manage Business remotely Live Stream- May 6
- Hosted Women in Business Virtual Roundtable Reopening with Congressman Kim and Southern Ocean Medical Center Update with Chief Officer Michele Morrison – May 30
- Launch visitLBIregion.com website with member profile newsletter – Memorial Weekend
- Hosted Hometown Security Webinar with NJ Office of Homeland Security Reopening, Covid disinformation and protest response – June 3
- Hosted SBA Guide for Loan Forgiveness Webinar – June 25
- Hosted December Meeting featuring updates with Southern Ocean Medical Center
- Member -NJ Business Coalition – signing on to key issues involved with funding, re opening and recovery
- Member – NJ Arts, History & Tourism Recovery Coalition – work towards future funding mechanisms
- Member – Ocean County Tourism & Business Advisory – Updates with Commissioner & county wide businesses
- Member- Jersey Shore Recovery Coalition – discussions regarding shore specific issues
- Panelist – May 6 Jersey Shore Cast regarding Shore 2020 and 2021 forecasts
- Speaker – Dec 3 NJ Conference on Tourism
- Boost Box Subscription – COVID edition – service featuring businesses and programs – sent April 6
- Hosted Virtual Wedding Road Show & Party Planning tour with video and interactive program – April 26
- Stand For Small Chamber SHOP LOCAL launch Welcoming by Land and Sea marketing- May 3
- Promoted LAND & SEA DIGITAL GUIDE- ready to download with live links right to the businesses that can assist them with future plans. This guide was an important quarantine resource to connect with consumers near and far.
- Created Mother’s Day online Gift and Dining Guide – May 5
- Beach Information and Badge Guide
- LBI REGION REPORT weekly radio show
- Virtual Visitor Center with porch pick up of vacation material on new visitLBIreigon.com website – Memorial Week
- Facilitated Explore the LBI REGION reopening summer Webinar with Stockton University – June 10
- Boost Box and Explore LBI Region Visitor News Letter subscription service- June 15
- Visitor Center COVID Cleaned, Walk up Window installed and porch pick up continues – June 15
- Launched TAPinto Little Egg & Tuckerton Accredited News site – July 10
- Social Media – Southern Ocean Chamber Facebook & Instagram News feed and Stories: updated multiple times each day with Now Serving, Fanfare and COVID 19 Time Sensitive information
- Social Media LBI Wedding Road Show Specific on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook
- Social Media – Chowderfest Facebook page, Now Serving and food oriented fund raisers
- Social Media – LBI Region on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook – Find your favorite member blogs, travel stories and information
- Fulfilling media interview requests, story suggestions, content creation and generating press releases
- Launched integrated Keep Summer Beautiful Anti Littering Campaign
- January 2020 State of the Chamber at the Mainland
- Winter Strategic Planning Sessions l & ll at Hotel LBI
- January Women in Business at A Sweet Memory
- February Spanish in the Workplace at Chamber Center with Ocean County College
- February Women in Business at Cindy Kelly Kitchen Design
- Winter Non Profit Forum at Stockton Manahawkin Campus
- March Innovate & Caffeinate with NJ DOHS at the Mainland
- March Google Work Shop at Chamber Visitor Center
- March SBA Cares Act Webinar with Director Titone
- March Women in Business Webinar with Delights Artisan Cafe/Tea Party to Go
- April Keeping the Lights on Google Livestream
- Spring Non Profit Forum Webinar
- Virtual Wedding Road Show April Event
- May Google Webinar Manage Your Business Remotely
- May Women in Business Webinar with Southern Ocean Medical Center
- May NJ Tourism Industry Update Webinar
- June Hometown Security Webinar with NJDOHSP and Ocean County Law Enforcement
- June Welcome By Land & Sea How To Explore the LBI Region Webinar with Stockton University
- June SBA Webinar Prepare for Loan Forgiveness
- July Grow with Google Summer School Webinar
- August SBA Loan Forgiveness Update Webinar
- August Summer Speakeasy Virtual Networking Event
- September Women in Business at Sassafras Hill Farm
- October Holiday Grow Sales with Google Webinar
- October Building Resiliency in Families Webinar in partnership with Cape May County and Greater Atlantic City Chambers
- Fall Non Profit Forum Building Bridges to Inclusion with Ocean County Culture & Heritage
- November Innovate & Caffeinate Eat, Drink & Buy LBI Holiday Guide Kick off with Ocean County Commissioner Vicari
- In Person Ribbon Cuttings: February, August and October
