Well, my direct experience was with working with a leads group in Bouder a couple years ago, when I was involved with Pre-Paid Legal. Meetings were once a week starting at about 7:30AM. Members were limited to one profession in the group, so there was no competition. First, members introduced themselves and shared info abouit their business and then described kind of prospects they were looking for. Everyone exchanged quantities of business cards and members passed around the other members cards during the week. The group I was with was primarily business-to-business sales, so they also passed along relavent company information, but that probably wouldn't apply with holistic professionals. In addition to handing out cards, members would also pass along leads with the potential customer's information: name, phone, needs, etc (always with permission from customer, of course). After that, there was also general networking, talking, giving advice, support. I was looking for their website to show everyone here, but they have either disbanded, renamed, or I am losing my mind. I did find another site that is a fair example of what a leads group is about, Boulder BNI. They are also part of a large Business Network, Int'l . I can see HL as being a similar hub for netowrking groups, just with a holistic orientation, and not as expensive or as formal as BNI. . Maybe have some sort of networking kit available to members with a general outline for meetings, tips on organizing, sample leads slips, sample group marketing materials, etc. There could maybe even be a special "group" membership which includes one of HL's websites. That would be up to Andy, Jason, and Nick. I would be willing to help write some of the relavent materials, but I don't have experience *running* a group, nor running a *holistic* group, which would be necessary, in my opinion. Last edited: 26-10-2006 05:34:02 PM
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