You’ve Gotta Be Seen to Be Successful

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“You need to meet Mindy…” Over the years many people have approached me to introduce themselves, relating that my name had come up in conversation as someone they should meet. Why? Because my name had become synonymous with networking in San Diego. I published the San Diego Networking Guide. Starting in 2002 with a few events in my client newsletter, The Guide grew until I had over two hundred monthly events, and a twice a month newsletter. This Visibility brought me speaking opportunities, workshop collaborations, business alliances and more…. but it was a lot of work to build & maintain alone. And I knew nothing about SEO.

Marketing experts will agree that one of the most important components to success is Visibility. You can be brilliant in your field, but if you struggle for visibility & prominence in a market where we are bombarded with hundreds of messages, how can you stand apart from the crowd? If you & your company rely upon a strong local presence, creating a unique brand is challenging. Would you like a proven platform that will strategically place you at the center of your community? Look no further!

Announcing: Networking Event Finders’ Sponsoring Publisher Program.

At the heart of each local Networking Guide is the Publisher. The publisher is the face & voice of the local community. We could merely print a calendar of events and not be bothered with installing a publisher in all our markets, but the community would miss out. Networking, after all, is a human connection, and we feel the human presence in San Diego was the key to its success. We want to create that personal connection in every market we are in. Being the publisher of the San Diego Networking Guide directly brought wonderful opportunities & people into my life.

Sponsoring Publishers will receive:

•  A turn-key, custom website for your geographic area, within the NEF Network of Sites: “Your City/Area” Networking Guide complete with branded blog and totally SEO’d. (For example, if you live in Akron, OH and you want your own Akron Networking Guide to be separate from the Ohio Networking Guide, we will create that for you.)
•  Publisher Spotlight page
•  Custom-branded Newsletter template & delivery 
•  Revenue from ad sales – national & local (could pay for maintenance)
•  A Networking Event Calendar populated with local, current networking events
•  Press Releases to local business publications
•  Branded Twitter account
•  Technical support from NEF
•  Admin Support from NEF
•  Membership in the NEF LinkedIn Networking Industry Professionals Group

Networking Event Finders is the nation’s premier community resource for finding & promoting networking events. As the local Sponsoring Publisher you are the face & voice of local networking. The Sponsoring Publisher reports on events, tells the community about NEF’s free resources & encourages people to enter their events in the calendar. Our excellent Google standings will mean more exposure for you. It will drive more traffic to your site and your name will soon begin to appear in Google searches for your community.

Your benefits for being the local Sponsoring Publisher included:

•  Your name/company name will become synonymous with business networking in your area.
•  You will be able access anyone in your business community (everyone loves free press) Editorial content is at your discretion as long as it is relevant to the networking business community.
•  You get the bragging rights to the best networking resource in your community yet we do the bulk of the work…You just meet the public, & write it up
•  You have a valuable free resource to share with everyone you meet

Who would make a good Sponsoring Publisher?

•  Coaching companies -
  •  One Coach
  •  Action Coach
  •  Accomplishment Coaching
•  Training/mentoring companies
  •  Sandler Sales
  •  CEO Space
•  Marketing/PR companies
•  Mortgage Brokers
•  Real Estate Brokers
•  Financial Planners
•  Any individual with good organizational skills, who loves to blog, loves to connect and is savvy enough to know how to leverage an extremely high-visibility position into business relationships and opportunities. If you currently have administrative support, that’s a plus. They would be the liason between us. You are encouraged to seek volunteer Ambassadors to submit event reviews.

This opportunity excludes anyone with a financial involvement with a networking organization, as it would be a conflict of interest.

Sponsorship fees range in accordance to the size of the area, plus a monthly maintenance & content fee.

Our team of trained assistants will do ALL the work, while you smile, network and tell everyone about your great resource…soon people will start telling others…”You really need to meet [Your Name Here]!”

Contact us for custom pricing details.