Just to let you know that meet-ups are not a waste of time. I actively belong to a large meet-up group in PA and have not only met many potentials but have gotten two awesome potentials.

One is going to start after the holidays and the other I am meeting with to discuss how we can work together as well.

Hang in there folks who attend meet-ups. There are great possibilities.

I also volunteer my services and knowledge rather than hard sell myself and I think this has opened many more doors since people can see how I can help them in their business.

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Lee Drozak
My Office Assistant

Meetups is a wonderful concept in social networking.

Thanks for that advice, Lee. I'm unfamiliar with business meetups (not even sure what they entail), and have been wrestling with whether joining would be worth the time and effort. It was encouraging to hear from you on that.
Janet

Good to hear your experience Lee, I'm considering attending some and possibly hosting meetups as well.

Janet, I think Lee is talking about Meetup.com. You can usually find lots of local meetups for your city if you're in or near a relatively large city.

Janet,

I was referring to meetup.com. The wonderful thing is most events are low costs and there are usually no membership fees for joining the groups.

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Lee Drozak
My Office Assistant

The majority of my clients right now are either people I met directly at a Meetup or were referred by someone from that Meetup group. The funny thing is I was just going along with my husband for support. The group is actually for speakers. But guess what? Many needed a virtual assistant!

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Sue L Canfield
AwesomeAssistant.info
My Blog

Sounds interesting, I will surely be looking into this. I am starting out new and am excited to get going!!

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