This week there's so many networking meetings going on, but don't forget about the Women in Business lunch tomorrow! These lunches are a great way to form positive and long-standing business relationships and friendships and there's a very strong community which is great to be part...
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There are a number of networking events coming up over the next few weeks:
1. Business 1st Marbella Visitors Evening – 26/05/11
Business 1st is a networking group with bi-weekly meetings Mijas Costa, Nueva Andalucia and Estepona. They only allow one type of business per group so you aren’t promoting to your competitors and it’s a friendly group. Their meetings take place in the mornings so they don’t interfere with your working day. To find out more about the group, go along to their “Visitors Evening” sponsored by IBEX Insurance at the Alanda Club Marbella, Elviria www.alandaclubmarbella.com on Thursday 26th May starting at 7pm. If you want to attend please RSVP to info@business1st.es asap. Click here to visit their website
2. Costa Business Club Speed Networking – 30/05/11
Keith Spitalnick from BNI has asked me to spread the word about the launch about a new BNI chapter which is opening in Estepona and to invite you to attend their breakfast launch-meeting at 7-45a.m. on Thursday 7thApril at El Paraiso Country Club, Urb El Paraiso, Km...
Continue ReadingBusiness 1st is a networking group which holds weekly breakfast meetings at Mijas Costa (El Chaparral Golf Club), Nueva Andalucía (Terra Sana), and now Estepona at El Paraiso Country Club. I have attended a few of their meetings and found them very useful so it will...
Continue ReadingI can't believe it, but Christmas is approaching fast and with it a series of networking lunches to celebrate Christmas and wrap up the year. The Christmas meetings of these groups tend to be a more social and fun affair compared to the monthly meetings,...
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As you know, I’m a great believer in networking and I try to go to a wide selection of meetings to see which ones work for me. I am a member of Women in Business and 4B Networking and also regularly attend Tweet Marbella. I really enjoy all of these meetings and have benefited a lot from them, but if you’re not in the mood, it’s easy to simply speak to people you know and not take full advantage of the networking opportunities. Also, as I have become busier, I find it harder to fit in long and sociable networking lunches.
For these reasons, I was really keen to go to the inaugeration of the Costa Business Club at the end of September and try out their Speed Networking format. For those of you who don’t know, speed networking gives you the opportunity to meet loads of different people by restricting the time each person speaks to 3 minutes and moving people around when their time is up.
I've been told that the First meeting of the Curry Link Networking Group is taking place tomorrow (the 21st) at Saffron in Elviria, sorry for the short notice! It sounds like quite a nice idea, with a monthly curry for 20€ per head (including IVA)...
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I have been a bit remiss of late and have been missing some networking functions because I’ve just been too busy, so to make up for it (and to start distributing my new leaflets) I have booked myself in for a load of new networking over the coming weeks. Here’s a run down of all those I’m going to with their websites. Please comment on this post if you know of any more.
This week’s been super-busy, dealing with clients, doing loads of networking and getting our new leaflets and business cards printed which you can see in the picture here. Our re-brand has been a while in the making, but we’ve finally got everything ready to go. We’re very excited about our new look and we’re offering a free marketing brainstorm session to celebrate. This gives any company the opportunity to meet with me for half an hour to discuss their marketing needs and generate some new ideas and things to try. If you want to book your brainstorming meeting, please email me on info@shawmarketingservices.com.
I am a firm believer in the power of networking and would always recommend that networking is one of your key marketing tools.
This week there are 4 networking meetings that I’ve heard of and I’ll be going along to most of them. If you want to start marketing your business effectively, why don’t you come along too? It can be a little scary sometimes, but it’s a great way to build awareness of your business, build trust and make professional and personal contacts.
