Networking 101 Aug 5, 2009
Topic: Open Forum
[8/5/2009 12:30:28 PM] Dreamcatcher Sandy says: am going out for anniversary. have fun (sun)
[8/5/2009 12:31:12 PM] Ginger Marks says: Happy Anniversary Sandy
[8/5/2009 12:31:42 PM] Ginger Marks says: Anyone else want to join me for Networking 101, I am here.
[8/5/2009 12:36:22 PM] Patrysha Korchinski says: wish I could...I have to be at the Chamber for noon my time...what time are you all meeting up?
[8/5/2009 12:36:44 PM] Ginger Marks says: 12:30 -1:30 EST Wed
[8/5/2009 12:36:47 PM] Ginger Marks says: :D
[8/5/2009 12:36:52 PM] Ginger Marks says: Have fun
[8/5/2009 12:37:03 PM] Ginger Marks says: I've loads to do too. So no prob.
[8/5/2009 12:37:57 PM] Patrysha Korchinski says: lol well then I actually will be around...sort of...I don't have to be there till 2:00 EST
[8/5/2009 12:39:52 PM] Ginger Marks says: Well, if it is just us I won't keep you.
[8/5/2009 12:40:06 PM] Ginger Marks says: Unless, you just WANT a break.
[8/5/2009 12:40:08 PM] Ginger Marks says: lol
[8/5/2009 12:41:06 PM] Patrysha Korchinski says: what's a break? LOL
[8/5/2009 12:41:22 PM] Patrysha Korchinski says: You know I love to chat :)
[8/5/2009 12:43:04 PM] Ginger Marks says: :D
[8/5/2009 12:43:21 PM] Ginger Marks says: Well, we are off to a slow start, but at least we are off!
[8/5/2009 12:43:34 PM] Ginger Marks says: So do tell, what are you up to these days?
[8/5/2009 12:44:25 PM] Patrysha Korchinski says: Well I am working on the local shopping promotion and currently looking at the viability of creating a program to scale it into other small communities...
[8/5/2009 12:45:26 PM] Patrysha Korchinski says: I think I would love to be in charge of just helping business owners tap into their local markets
[8/5/2009 12:46:29 PM] Ginger Marks says: I think you would do well with that.
[8/5/2009 12:46:52 PM] Patrysha Korchinski says: I would love to...that's my next big thing...feels like my thing...
[8/5/2009 12:46:53 PM] Ginger Marks says: How fun too.
[8/5/2009 12:47:22 PM] Patrysha Korchinski says: I have everything at my fingertips and in my head to do it...just a matter of finding the right tools to make it happen
[8/5/2009 12:47:29 PM] Ginger Marks says: Once you do it the first time, the next time is easier. Especially if you do it again right away.
[8/5/2009 12:47:41 PM] Ginger Marks says: You will.
[8/5/2009 12:48:00 PM] Ginger Marks says: What tools do you need?
[8/5/2009 12:49:17 PM] Patrysha Korchinski says: At this point I need to research a bit more and find the core values of small business owners so that I can reach them and market to them...
[8/5/2009 12:50:06 PM] Ginger Marks says: can you hire a VA that has market research experience to help?
[8/5/2009 12:50:11 PM] Patrysha Korchinski says: Really it's a matter of finding the best way to reach them and then create the marketing materials to do that...
[8/5/2009 12:50:57 PM] Patrysha Korchinski says: Yes, but they are an ethereal group online (small business owners) they don't congregate online as easily as some groups I have worked with...
[8/5/2009 12:52:46 PM] Ginger Marks says: gotcha
[8/5/2009 12:53:02 PM] Patrysha Korchinski says: but that is just technicalities...
[8/5/2009 12:53:04 PM] Ginger Marks says: What about a survey?
[8/5/2009 12:53:45 PM] Ginger Marks says: or host a mastermind luncheon. Pick their brains.
[8/5/2009 12:53:50 PM] Patrysha Korchinski says: Busy business owners tend not to take surveys...not without a solid and very clear what's in it for me...
[8/5/2009 12:54:46 PM] Patrysha Korchinski says: lol...well that works (mastermind luncheons) on a local level but not so great outside of the immediate area...
[8/5/2009 12:55:10 PM] Ginger Marks says: tell them what your plans are and how it will increase their...
[8/5/2009 12:55:19 PM] Ginger Marks says: I thought you said it would BE local.
[8/5/2009 12:55:53 PM] Patrysha Korchinski says: Local to their areas...lol...I've got local covered here but I want to expand into other areas that are not local to me...
[8/5/2009 12:58:01 PM] *** Ginger Marks added Helen to this chat
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[8/5/2009 12:58:24 PM] Patrysha Korchinski says: I can only do so much in my own backyard, but if I expand it to marketing in other areas then I can leverage everything over all of the communities I hope to serve
[8/5/2009 12:59:07 PM] Ginger Marks says: well, if you have a good idea what the business owner wants in your area it should be pretty much the same in other areas. Especially in this economy
[8/5/2009 1:00:08 PM] Helen says: bonjour everyone!
[8/5/2009 1:00:28 PM] Ginger Marks says: Hi sis!
[8/5/2009 1:00:36 PM] Helen says: fancy meeting you here!
[8/5/2009 1:00:36 PM] Patrysha Korchinski says: yep, my main obstacle at this point is getting known in other "pockets" - here people know who I am and it was a relatively easy sell...
[8/5/2009 1:00:42 PM] Patrysha Korchinski says: hi Helen!
[8/5/2009 1:00:47 PM] Helen says: hello Pat!
[8/5/2009 1:00:58 PM] Helen says: where do you live Pat? ( forgive my ignorance)
[8/5/2009 1:01:30 PM] Ginger Marks says: Ahhh, now that is something I can understand.
[8/5/2009 1:01:45 PM] Patrysha Korchinski says: It's Patrysha or Trish :) I live in a small town in Northern Alberta called Whitecourt http://www.shopinwhitecourt.com
[8/5/2009 1:01:57 PM] Ginger Marks says: getting a new person to accept your value and gurudom.
[8/5/2009 1:02:03 PM] Ginger Marks says: lol, is that a word?
[8/5/2009 1:02:08 PM] Ginger Marks says: gurudom. lol
[8/5/2009 1:02:19 PM] Patrysha Korchinski says: It's not a major obstacle...lol...but it is something to work on and develop a plan for...
[8/5/2009 1:04:25 PM] Patrysha Korchinski says: and while that is not a dictionary word...I see a place for it in the new-fangled dictionary's...lol
[8/5/2009 1:04:44 PM] Helen says: oh, you're canadian as well
[8/5/2009 1:05:44 PM] Ginger Marks says: brb
[8/5/2009 1:05:45 PM] Patrysha Korchinski says: you bet...Canadian to the core...
[8/5/2009 1:07:48 PM] Patrysha Korchinski says: where are you Helen?
[8/5/2009 1:08:51 PM] Helen says: montreal
[8/5/2009 1:09:17 PM] Patrysha Korchinski says: bee-u-ti-ful place!
[8/5/2009 1:10:38 PM] Ginger Marks says: I've only been to Toranto. I loved it!
[8/5/2009 1:11:12 PM] Helen says: well then you must come to montreal
[8/5/2009 1:11:22 PM] Helen says: not this summer though because it's horrible weather
[8/5/2009 1:11:32 PM] Patrysha Korchinski says: I'm a small towner myself...seldom hit the cities if I can help it...
[8/5/2009 1:11:53 PM] Patrysha Korchinski says: funny considering I grew up in the city...
[8/5/2009 1:20:05 PM] Ginger Marks says: Helen, Patrysha is trying to figure out how to open up the business owner's in unfamiliar areas to accept her as a marketing event planner. I think that's the gist.
[8/5/2009 1:20:13 PM] Ginger Marks says: Any ideas?
[8/5/2009 1:21:35 PM] Patrysha Korchinski says: Pretty much the gist :)
[8/5/2009 1:21:50 PM] Patrysha Korchinski says: So far I have been tapping some of my contacts in Northern Alberta in other small towns...
[8/5/2009 1:22:14 PM] Helen says: why aren't you going into the states?
[8/5/2009 1:22:34 PM] Patrysha Korchinski says: I think the thing to do is to set up the marketing materials, book a seminar in the towns I am targetting and marketing the idea through information...
[8/5/2009 1:22:41 PM] Helen says: with the internet, why would you stick around Alberta? the whole world is open to you
[8/5/2009 1:22:45 PM] Patrysha Korchinski says: Well I don't have contacts there yet...
[8/5/2009 1:22:53 PM] Helen says: why don't you start webinars on youtube
[8/5/2009 1:23:00 PM] Patrysha Korchinski says: I figure establish myself and let the people find me will work...
[8/5/2009 1:23:09 PM] Helen says: you don't need them, you need to let them know who you are
[8/5/2009 1:23:20 PM] Helen says: no, you have to go out there, they're not coming to you
[8/5/2009 1:23:24 PM] Ginger Marks says: ya, you tube wil make a guru out of you FAST!
[8/5/2009 1:23:34 PM] Helen says: use youtube, facebook and twitter
[8/5/2009 1:23:49 PM] Helen says: use these social platforms to get the world to know you exist
[8/5/2009 1:23:56 PM] Ginger Marks says: Then if you can get the media behind what you're doing... use the economy as your catalyst...
[8/5/2009 1:24:14 PM] Patrysha Korchinski says: Yes, I have been toying with the idea of video...
[8/5/2009 1:24:19 PM] Ginger Marks says: she want to work in person, so she can't go international yet.
[8/5/2009 1:24:30 PM] Helen says: be the most efficient and least expensive marketing planner out there
[8/5/2009 1:25:06 PM] Patrysha Korchinski says: Not neccesarily in person, I just have found that small business owners (if local perceptions are accurate) do not glom onto the online stuff as quickly as other groups I have worked with
[8/5/2009 1:25:57 PM] Patrysha Korchinski says: Well not least expensive though...affordable and doable but not the cheapest...there will always be cheaper writers and marketers out there...
[8/5/2009 1:29:10 PM] Ginger Marks says: going cheapest also is not the best either for then the preception is you may not be qualified.
[8/5/2009 1:29:18 PM] Ginger Marks says: Guru's don't come cheap!
[8/5/2009 1:29:20 PM] Ginger Marks says: LOL
[8/5/2009 1:29:39 PM] Ginger Marks says: Unless, like me, they aren't in it for the money.
[8/5/2009 1:29:41 PM] Ginger Marks says: lolol
[8/5/2009 1:31:28 PM] Patrysha Korchinski says: The great thing is that it is inexpensive compared to other marketing efforts because the costs are shared amongst several businesses...the overall cost is high, but the individual cost/investment is low
[8/5/2009 1:32:56 PM] Ginger Marks says: That is something they should be able to understand.
[8/5/2009 1:33:44 PM] Ginger Marks says: So video, and media are two ways to help
[8/5/2009 1:34:21 PM] Ginger Marks says: Be sure your video isn't you sitting in front of your computer. LOL
[8/5/2009 1:34:29 PM] Patrysha Korchinski says: yes, I should just quit being so vain and finicky and just do it...
[8/5/2009 1:34:42 PM] Patrysha Korchinski says: actually I was thinking of my stool in front of the fireplace...
[8/5/2009 1:35:26 PM] Ginger Marks says: much better
[8/5/2009 1:35:36 PM] Patrysha Korchinski says: I
[8/5/2009 1:35:43 PM] Patrysha Korchinski says: I've got the lights, the camera...
[8/5/2009 1:35:46 PM] Ginger Marks says: and check the ligh...
[8/5/2009 1:35:48 PM] Ginger Marks says: lolol
[8/5/2009 1:35:57 PM] Patrysha Korchinski says: just need to put the butt on the stool and talk to the camera...
[8/5/2009 1:36:19 PM] Patrysha Korchinski says: I actually have two cameras...a standard video cam and a flip...
[8/5/2009 1:37:11 PM] Ginger Marks says: what's a flip?
[8/5/2009 1:37:38 PM] Patrysha Korchinski says: http://www.theflip.com/
[8/5/2009 1:38:45 PM] Ginger Marks says: are they as good as the cam?
[8/5/2009 1:42:20 PM] Ginger Marks says: oh my! It's 12:45
[8/5/2009 1:42:36 PM] Ginger Marks says: thanks for joining me today. Hope it was helpful.
[8/5/2009 1:42:48 PM] Ginger Marks says: This is what WINning Sisters is all about.
[8/5/2009 1:43:00 PM] Ginger Marks says: Have a WINning Week ladies.
[8/5/2009 1:43:15 PM] Ginger Marks says: Enjoy.
[8/5/2009 1:48:32 PM] Patrysha Korchinski says: Have a great week too...sorry just jumped in the shower without saying toodles...
[8/5/2009 1:48:51 PM] Ginger Marks says: LOL