During the last millenium, business people attended conventions once a year to find out the latest advances in their field, listen to experts give a talk, and to connect with people from around the country who were in the same industry as they were. It was a time to get away from the office and catch up with old acquaintances.
Times have changed and things are very different now. People come from around the world several times each year to meet others who are also connecting with one another - but in a very different way.
Enter new media marketing for small businesses. Whether you have a brick and mortar business or work exclusively online, seminars have replaced conventions as the place to make deals, create joint venture opportunities, and generally increase your visibility and credibility in the marketplace. For people working on the internet, Armand Morin's Big Seminar is considered to be the most important event to attend. Global attendees
and speakers meet twice a year for three days in Atlanta, and several hundred successful marketers and newbies learn new ways to build their online businesses. Hundreds of other, smaller seminars take place throughout the year, including one I will also be attending this coming weekend, the Bridging Heart and Marketing conference.
I encourage you to find out more and get involved with these live networking events.
Hey Connie
Nice timing! I've just been thinking the same in the past couple of days - the importance of getting into the world and meeting people the old fashioned way...
In fact, I started my own networking group for fun - just to meet other small business owners in my town (Singapore). Doesn't make me any money, and certainly isn't a focus for my business, but I meet such great people. It's totally worth it.
Posted by: Andrew Lightheart | September 10, 2008 at 23:21