Are You Networking With Your Peers In Person?

I just have to share with you the wonderful experience I had this past Saturday. I had the opportunity to attend The Inaugural, Mentor Mama’s Networking Mixer. In case you’re wondering…”who is the Mentor Mama?” …it’s none other than Nancy Burke Barr.

I had the pleasure of meeting Mentor Mama earlier this year at another “live” event here in San Diego sponsored by The Empowered Tribe. She is truly a wonderful, warm, caring person that has it in her heart to help others.

To hear Mentor Mama tell it the idea for this event came from her experience in San Diego and a few other “live” events as well. The opportunity to meet and mingle face to face with other key players online is so valuable. In fact, she received so much value from these “live” events that she decided to host her own.

I don’t know about you but I’ve been to my fair share of Chamber Mixers. I’ve found some to be beneficial and others to be nothing more that a “pitch fest”. If you’re doing it right you make a couple of good connections. They might lead to business, they might not. Hardly ever is a great relationship formed where both parties come out in a win/win situation.

This is where Mentor Mama shone. She was brilliant in organizing an event that catered to a specific group of people…online marketers. This insured that everyone that attended had a common interest with all the others.

Many of us already knew each other from being connected online. Some of us made new connections that day. The beauty though, came in the form of face to face interaction. To sit and have a conversation with someone and really learn what their passionate about is incredible.

I can honestly say that I had a fair idea of what some of the people were all about. After spending a few hours together…what I learned…is what everyone is really about.

Face it, how many of you are really connecting with all your friends and followers? How well do you know them? Are you taking the time to get to know them and learn about them?

It’s an ongoing process and eventually we do learn a little bit about them…that is if we’re reaching out and making an effort to get to know each of them.

The beauty of attending Mentor Mama’s Networking Mixer is that it took those casual on the surface relationships and made them deeper. Deeper in understanding. Deeper in knowing. And this, my friends, is where great things are born.

This is where bonds are made and the future is built. The saying goes that people do business with people they know, like and trust. I’m thinking that there were some future business relationships born this day. Only time will tell.

So, here’s a shout out to The Mentor Mama…Thanks for creating the place where relationships are made and deepened. A place for learning and understanding to happen. A place for business to be born. I know the next one will be bigger and better.

Please leave me your comments about how “live” events and networking with your peers has impacted you and your business. Feel free to share this so that others may learn of the benefits and prosper.

Until next time, go out and Live Your Best Life!

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