Hi VAF Team!

I told you all I would share my thoughts and feelings about the Girl Power Hour event that I attended and here you go...

I arrived shortly before 5:30PM with a good friend. She and I mingled with each other until the doors opened. In the meantime, we were able to drop our business cards in a bucket for a drawing for door prizes, etc. Since my friend and I were one of the first 100 to arrive at the event, we both walked away with a bag filled with goodies like chocolate, lotions, mascara, magazines and so much more!

When we finally went into the event, we were both pleasantly surprised at how social all the women were! We started conversations and others started them with us! It was great. We shared business cards, brochures, funny stories and generally just learned about each other.

I had so much fun that I intend to go to the next one. I have not landed a new client yet, as I just attended last night but I have to say that the woman who founded this organization hit a gold mine. It's a very valuable way to connect with other women in business or to network and get to know people.

I collected quite a few business cards and plan on sending them emails today at some point to refresh their memory with my business logo, name and website.

If you're interested in starting up a chapter in your state/area, it never hurts to ask the founder to consider starting one! EVERY state should have one of these events...WAY too much fun!

December 2nd is the next event I'm attending and this time, it's only for the first 50 individuals who buy their tickets...so, my friend and I are going!

PM me if you have any questions. Ciao for now!

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Kathya Kalinine
http://www.emeraldvirtual.com

Thanks for sharing this information. This is one of the ways to market ourselves.

Ivette

Thanks Kathya for your review!
Sounds way interesting to me, going there now now to check it out.

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JoCarole
http://www.shoreofficeservices.com

Ivette and Jo-Carole--You're very welcome! Have fun on the website and good luck getting an event of this sort started where you are! :-)

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Kathya Kalinine
http://www.emeraldvirtual.com

Way to go, Kathya! That does sound like a lot of fun! I used to sell for one of the direct sell companies and went to one yearly conference and one regional meeting (our team never held regional meetings so we got invited to attend someone else's). It was a BLAST! I kind of miss doing it just because of those events...lol (I love the product but I just couldn't get comfortable doing those home parties ).

I just started looking into the IAAP and I think I just may join. It's really not that expensive for a yearly membership and there's a chapter nearby (which surprised me because of where I live). It says that they hold networking events so, if nothing else, I think it would be worth it for that alone. I'm really kind of excited.

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Stephanie
New VA in the research phase :daisy:

Good for you, Stephanie! Let us know if it was worth the joining fees! I hope it proves successful!

Originally Posted by StephanieP

Way to go, Kathya! That does sound like a lot of fun! I used to sell for one of the direct sell companies and went to one yearly conference and one regional meeting (our team never held regional meetings so we got invited to attend someone else's). It was a BLAST! I kind of miss doing it just because of those events...lol (I love the product but I just couldn't get comfortable doing those home parties ). I just started looking into the IAAP and I think I just may join. It's really not that expensive for a yearly membership and there's a chapter nearby (which surprised me because of where I live). It says that they hold networking events so, if nothing else, I think it would be worth it for that alone. I'm really kind of excited.

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Kathya Kalinine
http://www.emeraldvirtual.com