Thursday's eWomen Network Luncheon proved to be exhilarating, inspiring and definitely a worth while venture! The luncheon was much more than the presentation by Jean Peterson and Mary Lower. Although, that was a treat to hear their presentation on "Heart Attack Marketing & PR."
The networking aspect of the luncheon was the truly amazing part. There was four round tables of women business owners all eager to network, expand their own businesses and help other women do the same with theirs. There were many women in the marketing field, some artists and many in the business of selling products, such as purses, jewelry, nutruitional products, and women there selling their own services, such as massage therapy, skin treatments, life/career coaching and . Plus, I am sure there were women there with other services that I did not even get to the opportunity to meet.
In the beginning, there was informal networking. However, the true networking came in when we were all seated, immediately following lunch, when each women at each table had the opportunity to speak for one minute to introduce herself to the others at the table, describe her business, what she was looking for from the luncheon and what she could provide the other women at the table. We did two rounds of this. One round was done at the table we originally sat at. Then, all of us counted off by fours and switched tables to then network with another group of dynamo women.
I met several women who I believe would benefit from strategic public relations and publicity, and I am hoping that I can provide that to them. I exchanged cards with several women and plan to follow up with them. I also feel as if I can provide several of them with contacts from my own network that can help them with other aspects of their business.
Overall, I left very excited about expanding my network, hopefully filling my pipeline and inspired to ramp up my own efforts to build my freelance PR consulting business. I would definitely recommend that other women check out eWomen Network. I plan to check out another networking event and then join eWomen Network. Membership and the events require an investment. However, the benefits seem to be many. I will have to report how things go as I move forward with follow-up.
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