The Benefits Of Sbcn Membership

I want to share with you all via the Hub Newsletter the many benefits SBCN Members can enjoy. This is purely a reminder that all the benefits are there for you to take advantage of. We are all super busy and it’s easy to forget about some of the things that are not so obvious, that will help us grow our businesses.

Regular Membership costs $150.00 + HST for 1 Year! Value for money.

We have different membership levels, which you can check out here for more detail.

Benefits

  • Group support for Small and Medium-sized Businesses (SMB's).
  • Present at one of the monthly networking events
  • Member Directory Listing with Photo
  • One on one mentoring
  • Share your content via the SBCN Website Blog posts & the Hub online magazine.
  • Individuals have the opportunity to expand connections and build trusted relationships, within the business community.
  • Access to business education through our regular monthly networking events, PLUS special interest workshops conducted by outside speakers and internal group experts.
  • Social networking opportunities to promote yourself and your business.
  • Podcast Interviews
  • Video Chats
  • Relationship establishment amongst other business owners.

Most of the above speak for themselves but I want to share a few of the benefits in more detail. One of the benefits that stands out is the fact once you are a Corporate, Associate or Regular Member you may attend the monthly networking events at no charge.

  • Your Member Directory Listing along with your photo showcases your brand, your products and services. When you click on your name, which is situated above your photo, this will take you to your own SBCN Member Directory Page and to which you can add as much text as you wish. You have your own URL to copy and share with others which means people who want to check you out can come straight to your Member Directory listing where they can access your website URL and any other information you share.
  • Presenting at one of the monthly networking events offers you more visibility and people are made aware of you, your business, products/services and brand.

One on one mentoring, face to face twice a year with co-founder Linda Ockwell-Jenner and online mentoring once a month has many added benefits. Mentoring is also available with Steve Bentley, our Community Mentor. Contact Steve for more information:  steve@northernriverfinancial.ca .

  • Share your content via the SBCN Website Blog posts & the Hub online magazine.

SBCN Members post their articles on the SBCN Home Page and get full credit, links to their website and their social media sites are visible. This offers Members more exposure, and their brand becomes memorable.

A great example of this is below:

Check out an article from Verve Electric (Nathan and Holly Parsons): ENERGY SAVINGS WITH HOME CONTROL 

Once SBCN Members articles/blogs are featured on the SBCN Home Page they are shared via all our online platforms. We have a combined network of over 20,000 connections so this is quite a varied and diverse audience to share your brand with and become recognized as a leader and an expert in your industry.

Your article will be featured on the Home Page of the SBCN website, which currently has over 3,500 unique visitors per month, and this figure gets higher during the months January to June. Your articles are permanently featured on the Resources page of the SBCN website so can still be accessed time and time again. We do stress its YOUR BRAND that we are promoting, you may add your website URL, Social Media links, in fact anything that helps promote and showcase your business.

  • SBCN Small Biz Podcast chats offer SBCN Members a chance to share their expertise and offer tips, industry news and grow their brand. Check out the recent podcasts here: https://www.sbcncanada.org/podcast

The benefits are many and the link I shared above to the complete benefits page will help you understand how we assist our members.

Please check out this short video (credit to Skylight Productions) and you will get an idea why people choose the SBCN and how we help them in many ways.

The SBCN has been assisting people for the past 13 years. Your success is our goal. We strive to support, educate, mentor, assist and offer you the best business and social networking experience that can be offered. The SBCN is a relationship based organization serving business owners for the past 13 years. Based in Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada, we serve businesses Canada wide online, and the United Kingdom online. Locally we host monthly business networking events at Kitchener City Hall, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada.

Check us out and if you have any questions feel free to email info@sbcncanada.org for more information.