Showing posts with label united chamber exchange. Show all posts
Showing posts with label united chamber exchange. Show all posts

Thursday, July 11, 2013

Networking

Everything we do is through networking.  Whether you are looking for a J-O-B, offering a service or building a business pretty much everything involves networking. I’m always invited to networking events, I don’t really go to too many but just yesterday I went to a networking event that I was invited to. I am so glad I went, it was a full house. So many great things I learned & great things will happen because of this One networking event. First, let me start with the company that invited me to the event. I found this company back in May through craigslist. Through this company I was able to promote my Motives business with my own booth at the Miami Beach Beauty Show this past May. Best of all I didn’t pay $1000 for the booth I paid a $60 for a transaction fee thanks to the United Chamber Exchange. Cool huh? I got an instant credit line of what is called trade dollars & I paid for my booth with trade dollars.  When I first heard the idea I couldn’t believe it but sure enough it was legit I got my booth & participated in the show. So now I’m a member to the United Chamber Exchange & I get these perks. They just opened up an office in North Miami & they hosted this networking event just to expose their services and open up to the community about trading. I know it’s a little confusing but I think the idea is ingenious, I love it! I keep saying to myself that this is better than the lottery ;). The offices are fantastic it’s a great location with that warehouse midtown look, concrete floors, great space with an art gallery feel. I loved the place & the girls I invited also were impressed with the place.
The event was already going great, then I ran into a friend I haven’t seen or heard of in over 20 years! The last time I saw her I was 19....that was a LONG time ago. Can you believe it??? OMG it was like a Kodak moment. She recognized me I would of never recognized her I thought she would of been still 15. I’m soo excited that I found her just like that. Just the other day I thought about her & wondered wow whatever happened to that little girl Anacelis. Anacelis is a grown woman just like me I was shocked. Isn’t that funny to run into someone after so many years & too see that they too got older lol. Duh right I’m such a dummy of course everything is happening simultaneously. Anyway the moral of the story is really that networking is fantastic. I’m so excited about the United Chamber Exchange membership because I believe that this network of business people is really going to boost my business & I ran into a long lost friend that I will be hanging out with this weekend so we can talk about soooo many things. So networking is really important!