Wow! What a day I had today. Been to two meetup meetings here locally, had my taxes done, played with my boy’s and got caught up with online advertising.  Boy am I tired. ;-)

I was at my first meetup meeting and it was going well. The organizer was sharing a video of Twitter which I already new about and so I watch just to participate. I noticed that many of the ladies there did NOT know what that was. Some even stated that they did not even want an internet presence so they felt like they wasted their time.

I feel for them because there are so many people offline that really are afraid of the internet and just want to build the old fashion way. It all works if you know what you want to do.

The second meetup meeting was this evening and it was more of a social meeting. We met at a local Mexican Restaurant and had a few cocktails and really got to know people. ( I see why now Tom “Big Al” Schreiter loves meeting over food) more relaxing.

This setting was relaxing and we spent time getting to know people and sharing business cards or emails. See local meetings are great. It is all about referring people to one another for products or services. It isn’t about going to meetings or hosting your own meeting just to recruit others into it.

I would suggest to anyone who is looking to begin marketing themselves offline to get to a local meetup meeting that helps to send people to you. Referral marketing. Have biz cards, flyers and a local meeting place that people will know you are there and attend regularly. Also have a blog for directing people to you and your local community so that the referral system works for you.

Just my thoughts on sharing your business with others and having others share theirs with you. There is no right or wrong way of building a business, you just have to be around people who have your best interest at heart.

Judith May