April 24th, 2024

Membership Matters: Spring Cleaning 2024
 
As many are embarking on their annual Spring Clean, don't forget to add a review of your the Member Portal to the check list!

It's important!
A lot can happen in your organization in one year.  Updates to services, locations, branding, etc.  And we're popular!  Our directory generated over 940,000 referrals in 2023.  So you'll want to ensure your member presence is up to date. 

Updating your profile is simple. 
All you need to do is log-in to your Member Portal and click on "Edit this Profile" (if the amber Welcome bar notes you are in your personal profile, be sure to switch to your business profile before you move on.)  Do go down the Profile Edit menu, but the most important sections to review are General Info, Directory Listing and Social Media as these are what the public sees if they view your listing. When reviewing your Directory Listing, you'll have a full suite of editing tools to play with including hyperlinks.  

If you've changed your logo or want to add pictures, return to Member Portal Home, scroll down the page to "Manage Files" to upload your new media.  You can find details on how to manage your listing in the attached user guide. 

Related Profiles
Don't forget to review the Related Profiles section from your Member Portal Home page.  Ensure that former staff are removed and new teammates are added in.  You can even assign other profile editors and billing contacts.  Please note that there can only be one Main Profile (the primary person in charge of managing your company's membership and recipient of all WSCC direct to member communications) and one Billing Contact (the person in charge of receiving and managing WSCC invoices).  The Main and Billing contact can be assigned both duties.

And finally, the EXTRA IMPORTANT part
We'll be using the content in our online directory when creating our 2024/25 Business Resource and Relocation Go2 Guide, which is distributed all over the WestShore, so you'll want to make sure your listing is up to date before May 31st.  All member company names, addresses, phone numbers and websites are listed in this publication by category as a member benefit, and advertising sales are on now until May 16th, 2024.

What do you want to learn about your membership?
Every month, we provide you with a membership e-mail on a new topic. Is there anything you want to learn more about? Let me know so we can schedule it in. Or sign up for our next Membership Matters session on May 7, open to existing, new or prospective members.

In the meantime, happy dusting!