Drayton Valley Chamber of Commerce - over 130 businesses represented from Drayton Valley, Lodgepole, and Breton areas in west-central Alberta. Main industries in the Drayton Valley area include oil and gas, forestry, lumber, agriculture, trucking, and tourism.
The business sector is constantly expanding to meet the growing needs of the community in and around Drayton Valley, Alberta.
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Membership in the Drayton Chamber is based on the number of employees. Corporate memberships are also available.
In addition to being the voice of business in Drayton Valley, your Chamber of Commerce takes a positive and proactive part in our community in promoting free enterprise in our area, conveying policy issues to various levels of government.
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The first visitors in Drayton Valley were explorers looking for the fur trade. They ended up finding a splendid valley with tall and thick pines all around.
The Chamber offers economic development services that include business attraction and marketing of the community through the website and other materials.
The Chamber has programs to help small business owners, including our Chamber Cash promotion, top quality speakers, and links to assistance programs for small businesses, articles, resources, links, tips, and more.
Check out our calendar to learn more about upcoming events in the Drayton Valley region, as well as training courses the Chamber is hosting.
Business Directory - Click here to find the business that best suits your needs.

Corporate Sponsors in the Chamber receive free banner promotion on every page of the Chamber website.

The Ramada Drayton Valley is a brand new hotel that opened in September 2008. The hotel features deluxe complimentary continental breakfast, meeting room, business centre, fitness centre and guest laundry.

Intercon Messaging provides custom designed messaging solutions. Proud Corporate Sponsor of the Drayton Valley Chamber of Commerce.

Grande Tire is a locally owned and operated tire sales and service based company, specializing in medium, heavy, off road and agricultural tires. Proud Corporate Sponsor of the Drayton Valley Chamber of Commerce.

M&M Meat Shops is proud to be Canada's largest retail chain of specialty frozen foods with locations coast to coast. Proud Corporate Sponsor of the Drayton Valley Chamber of Commerce.

Services at The Business Centre in Drayton Valley range from completing a single task to complete office services. Proud Corporate Sponsor of the Drayton Valley Chamber of Commerce.

Today's Hot New Country & Yesterday's Favourites. Proud Corporate Sponsor of the Drayton Valley Chamber of Commerce.

Brazeau County is a land where industry and commerce join forces with outdoor recreation adventures and western culture, creating a vibrant and growing community. Proud Corporate Sponsor of the Drayton Valley Chamber of Commerce.

Drayton Valley offers a wide range of retail and business services, everything from department store chains to more family-oriented businesses. Proud Corporate Sponsor of the Drayton Valley Chamber of Commerce.

 The key to building customer loyalty is to find the right balance between the expected and the unexpected. This, and more business tips featured on this page.
Top small business experts share their insights on the important issues entrepreneurs face in today's challenging market. Check back each month for new business tips designed especially for small business owners.

Working Backwards to Create a Great Customer Experience
FEBRUARY 2, 2012
John Jantsch has been called the "world’s most practical small-business expert" for consistently delivering real-world, proven small business marketing ideas and strategies.

Marketing is pretty logical, really. It's simply the process of getting someone with a particular business need to know, like, and trust you. Of course, then you must turn that know, like, and trust into try, buy, repeat, and refer. It's like leading someone down a path.

To make this way of thinking work you must look at each of the seven stages listed above (know, like, trust, try, buy, repeat, and refer). You must intentionally plan products, services, processes, and touches that logically move prospects along each step in the chain.

Ultimately, you move them to the point where they become customers -- and then receive such a remarkable experience that they become repeat customers and referral advocates.

The goal is to turn your customers into committed partners. The best way to accomplish this end is to think about the process completely in reverse or even take a new look at your existing products from a reverse-engineering point of view.

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 If you would like to volunteer your time with the town's business organization, the Chamber of Commerce, please call the office at 780.542.7578.
Consider volunteering with the Chamber of Commerce. The best way to maintain the quality of work done by the Chamber committees, and to achieve the goals and objectives of the Chamber is to supplement our limited staff with an enthusiastic force of volunteers. If you would like to volunteer your time with the town's business organization, the Chamber of Commerce, please call the office at 780.542.7578.
Your chance to not only see what's happening in the community, so you can plan sales or open houses, but also post your own events or events for organizations you are involved in.

Top small business experts shares their insight on the important issues entrepreneurs face in today's challenging market.
Work backwards to create a great customer experience. How to turn "know, like, and trust" into "try, buy, repeat, and refer" ...
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To help stimulate the local economy and bolster community pride, an informal consortium of Central Alberta businesses, organizations and municipalities launched what’s known to many of us as the regions ‘good news’ campaign – Local: First.

A POSITIVE MESSAGE
FOR ALBERTA BUSINESSES

The Drayton Valley Chamber endorses a Shop Local campaign. Click this image for details. Logo designed by Frogbelly Printing and Promotions.
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