If you own a small business or are thinking of starting a small business this is the group for you. Small business is the engine that will lead this country out of recession.
Small business owners wear many hats and it is hard to do everything we need to do. By pooling our resources and knowledge we can leverage our talents to grow and make our businesses more profitable. From sharing experiences to investigating new technologies, this group shall be dedicated to forming networks amongst business professionals in closely related fields and not so closely related fields for greater market exposure.
Come to learn and come to share.
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Tue, 20 Sep 2011, 17:00 - 19:00 in Kirkwood, United States
Referral-based, word-of-mouth is the ultimate sales program. Those who train in it are Master Salespeople. There is no exception to this rule. Other marketing tools like traditional advertising, public relations and web sites are certainly of value, particularly when they reinforce the word-of-mouth process. The experienced sales professional recognizes that word-of-mouth is head and shoulders above all other sales and marketing methods.
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Tue, 19 Apr 2011, 17:00 - 19:00 in Kirkwood, United States
Will Hanke from is going to be sharing with us How SEO/SEM can bring your website traffic from Search Engines and more. And why your website needs Targeted Traffic!The average business owner needs to get more customers to their site - but doesn't know how. Come to this Meetup so this isn't your business.
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Tue, 15 Mar 2011, 17:00 - 19:00 in Kirkwood, United States
Facebook is one of the most important sites on the internet. Karen Fox, aka Karen the Connector, will show us ways to promote our business using Facebook. A lot of businesses have a Facebook business page but getting a following is what can turn Facebook into a lead generating machine.Karen Fox Is an expert social media consultant that specializes in using Facebook for business. You can find more out about her at
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Tue, 15 Feb 2011, 18:00 - 20:00 in Kirkwood, United States
Steve Kelley, founder of the Mobile Marketing Institute and MESSAGEbuzz will present at our February 15th event. If your customers are carrying mobile phones, if you use coupons, especially ones like Groupon to market or you consider repeat business beneficial, this discussion may be for you. If you have been reluctant up to this point for whatever reason to test mobile marketing you should not wait another day. You will leave with
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Tue, 15 Jun 2010, 17:00 - 19:00 in Kirkwood, United States
This will be a best practices roundtable discussion on how to network with a purpose!1. Overcome networking fears (who really likes it anyway)2. Learn what networking events we should attend (or not attend)3. How to "break the ice" to meet the people we really need to meet (talking to strangers)4. How to develop and nurture relationships with potential clients or customers (open the door)5. Turning relationships into business "partners" (achieving the goal)6.
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Tue, 18 May 2010, 17:00 - 19:00 in Kirkwood, United States
SARD Authentication markers can detect counterfeit products with 100% certainty. The Swiss Aunthentication anti-counterfeiting product is the only product that cannot be reverse engineered, forged, or reproduced by third parties and can be used on virtually any product.Tony Zafiropoulos will be our presenter. Tony is Director of IT at Swiss Authentication USA. The website can be found at is also President of IT consulting company Fixvirus.com.
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Tue, 20 Apr 2010, 17:00 - 19:00 in Kirkwood, United States
Rachel Boone from Tri-Leaf Designs LLC will be talking about creating a Facebook page for your small business. Rachel will also be talking about integrating Facebook as part of your social media strategy and extending it to your website.Rachel Boone is the owner of Tri-Leaf Designs LLC. TriLeaf Designs is an environmentally conscious design group that offers Graphic, Web and Industrial Design for individuals and companies of all sizes.
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Tue, 16 Mar 2010, 17:00 - 19:00 in Kirkwood, United States
This will be an overview of intellectual property covering trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets and patents. This meetup should be very helpful to many of the entrepreneurs in this group.The presentation will be given by Sanjay Agrawal. Sanjay Agrawal is the Principal of The Agrawal Law Firm, LLC, which recently opened in January 2010. The Agrawal Law Firm represents clients in the areas of Intellectual Property, Criminal Law, and Personal Injury.
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Tue, 16 Feb 2010, 18:00 - 20:00 in Kirkwood, United States
Marketing in a Tough Economy will be presented by Mona L. Grelck of Marketing Xperience LLC. Mona brings a high energy presentation with action steps for any business to implement. You can find out more about what Marketing Xperience does at their website at
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Tue, 19 Jan 2010, 18:00 - 20:00 in Kirkwood, United States
Cloud computing seems to be garnering a lot of press. The most often talked about benefits are cost and scalability. With new liability laws going into effect at the beginning of the year security has to be a top priority for small businesses who retain confidential client information.This meetup will be a discussion format with lots of opportunity for business owners to exchange ideas and tips for using cloud services.
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Tue, 15 Dec 2009, 18:00 - 20:00 in Kirkwood, United States
This session is going to be on how to use the meetup website to market and grow your business. Social networking is all the rage in business and Meetup is one of the best sites around to accomplish this. Meetup is a great way to expand your online presence so come and participate. Since we now have a sponsor in Trend Micro, we will have an attendance prize!
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Tue, 17 Nov 2009, 18:00 - 20:00 in St Louis, United States
If you are a small business owner or self-employed you can beat the high cost of healthcare. This will be a roundtable discussion focused on a two prong strategy for beating high healthcare costs. First I will cover how you may be able to use the tax code to make healthcare more affordable by using pre-tax dollars.
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Tue, 20 Oct 2009, 17:00 - 19:00 in Kirkwood, United States
Ron Lares of Gift Incentive Programs will be presenting. The focus of his presentation will be- 1. How do Gifts establish trust relationships to further you business. 2. How do you increase your 2009 business volume between now and Dec 31. 3. Stats on why gifts work in business. 4. Why are family and friends important to all of us. Ron will have a drawing for a $32.00 gift card, to be donated to someone in the group at lunch.
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Tue, 15 Sep 2009, 17:00 - 19:00 in Kirkwood, United States
Jim Brasunas has 28 years of entrepreneurial, management, marketing and sales experience with technology-based companies. He has been involved with numerous start-up ventures, including telecommunications, information technology, retail, manufacturing and a number of non-profit organizations. Since 2006, he has served on the board of the St. Louis IT Coalition. Since April of 2008, Mr. Brasunas has served as Director of the St. Louis Information Technology Entrepreneur Network (ITEN).
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Tue, 18 Aug 2009, 17:00 - 19:00 in St Louis, United States
I am excited to announce that Phyllis Ellison from Innovate VMS will be presenting on how Innovate VMS helps to launch new businesses with the help of industry professionals and 6 local universities. Innovate VMS is the venture mentoring service of Innovate St. Louis. Their mission is to promote entrepreneurship education and leadership through team mentoring of innovative new ventures at no cost by experienced serial entrepreneurs and business persons within the metropolitan St. Louis area.
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Tue, 21 Jul 2009, 17:00 - 19:00 in St Louis, United States
Eric Meyer from the Weiss Insurance Agency is going to be our speaker. Eric will speak about identifying and managing risk and protecting assets. Eric's presentation will focus on small business insurance but I have found Eric to be very competitive on home and auto.If you have not made it out to a meetup yet, I encourage you to do so. This website and the LinkedIn page are a great way to network but cannot replace the ability to make a face to face connection. Hope to see you there.
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