Nine Tips to Organize for a Networking Event

Prepared by Annabel Ascher

Most businesswomen spend hundreds or even thousands of dollars on networking events, and then fail to prepare sufficiently before the event, or followup in a timely manner afterwards.The "fly-by-the-seat-of-your-pants" approach costs both money and lost opportunities.

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Authentic Sharing Attracts Perfect Customers

Prepared by Julia Stege

Have you grown tired of the constant barrage of advertising messages bombarding you each day? The Union of Concerned Scientists estimates that the average American is exposed to about 3000 advertising messages a day costing corporations billions per year. In the old paradigm for marketing, businesses are instructed to target their audiences and inundate them until they are brainwashed into buying.

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(Magical Marketing) Attracting Perfect Customers is Fun

Prepared by Julia Stege

Do you wish you could attract perfect customers while enjoying life? Do you think it’s possible to have fun while marketing? Most of us consider marketing to be an unfortunate necessity, something we don’t understand or don’t like to do. Some of this is because of the "Dog Eat Dog" model of advertising we were raised with.

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The Importance of Having a Business Plan

Cynthia Riggs

Why Plan?
Take a look at these questions:
• Are you tracking your business progress?
• Do you have an effective strategic plan?
• Will you meet your sales and profit objectives this year?

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Fifteen Minutes to Better Meetings: Agenda Planning

Eris Weaver

Do you start every meeting with a long list of discussion topics - and end with only a couple of them completed? Does it seem like you talk and talk and don’t get anything concrete done?

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Simple Ways to Eliminate Toxins From Your Body

Michaela McGivern

As many of you are well aware, there are a multitude of sources for toxins that enter our bodies.Dr Gabriel Cousens,Diplomat of the American Board of Holistic Medicine, states that 70,000 chemicals are being dumped into our environment. In 2004 the Environmental Working Group identified 278 industrial chemicals in babies’ umbilical cord blood: 180 of these are known to cause cancer and 217 are toxic to the brain and nervous system.

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To Color or Not To Color? About Permanent Hair Colors

Kathy La Duca Gehrs

Do you or someone you care about color their hair? If so, there are some facts you should know about permanent hair colors.

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What the !$?BLEEP?*%! Should I Blog About and Why?

Julia Stege

It’s bound to happen sooner or later. You’ll find out everyone already has a blog and you feel two years behind! Believe me, it happens to the best of us. Denial may follow. It may present itself like this.

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Seven Ways to Build Strong Networking Relationships

Kim Isley

 

According to Dr. David Schnarch’s Networking is a great way to pro- mote your business, but to make the most effective use of your time and money you must invest in building relationships.Strong relationships within groups create trust, respect, and a sense of community, making members more likely to use your product or service and to refer people to you. Here are some ideas for how you can build your networking rela- tionships to serve others, the group as a whole, and your own business.

 

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Overview

An integral part of success is being involved in your own community and expanding your network. Connections raises funds to help support higher education re-entry scholarship grants for women attending Santa Rosa Junior College and Sonoma State University. We also encourage members to establish community affiliations and to volunteer within our organization.

Contact Us

Feel free to contact us with any questions you might have about Connections, the networking opportunities and our involvement in the community.

Address: PO Box 14957
 Santa Rosa, CA 95402
Telephone: 707-522-9399
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