Weekly News 
 
30 January 2012

From: Lee Schearer,
To: My Fellow Chapel Hill Leads Group Members

"Nothing is more powerful than a person who has made a decision to achieve something."

So it is with each one of you who has made the decision to become an entrepreneur and to start your own business, to chart your own course, to choose not to fail but to endure, to succeed.

We, as members of the Leads Group have the privilege of witnessing such actions and the opportunity to get to know such individuals that have made the decision to achieve. Each week we have an opportunity to experience that can-do spirit that has made this group the most powerful business referral group in the triangle area.

I invite you to share the experience of success with a friend or business colleague. I hope to see you this Wednesday morning with a smile on your face, a song on your mind and an attitude of success.

Respectfully,

Lee Schearer

Calendar:

CHLG Meeting EXPO OPPORTUNITIES - Each week arrangements have been made for you to show your products. Two (2) tables available for this "mini-expo". Do not miss the opportunity to display your wares so that your fellow Leads members can see what it is you sell!

Our regularly scheduled weekly meeting will be held Wednesday morning at Extraordinary Ventures, Inc., 200 South Elliott Road, Chapel Hill from 8:00 a.m. until 9:30 a.m. Meeting Dues are $5.00 per week.  Place your business card and $1.00 in the Optional Drawing. One card will be selected and that person will receive the week's kitty. For Express Check-In, please arrive with a $5.00, a $1.00, and a business card and we will check you in. We greatly appreciate your bringing correct change. We cannot change large denomination bills ($10, $20, $50, etc.) and cannot accept checks.

This Week's Speaker

Tom McQuarrie of AllOver Media will present this Wednesday.

Speaker's Schedule for January / February 2012

8 February – Nate Brown, Epicrealm Productions
15 February – Vivienne Carrosso, Cookie Lee
22 February – Open
29 February – Michelle Castle, Isagenix International

Keep It Simple - Attend the Leads Group meeting at least 50% of the time for 3 consecutive months. Ask Lou Umscheid to place you on the speakers schedule. Continue to attend at least 50% of the Leads Group meetings until your presentation. Continue to attend the Leads Group meeting to strengthen your new referral network.

Did You Know:

Leads Meeting on Lower Level, Wednesday, 1 February 2012

The Chapel Hill Leads Group will meet this Wednesday in the lower level of Extraordinary Ventures.

Small Business Roundtable, 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., Wednesday, 1 February 2012

Get prepared for the next great marketing revolution – mobile marketing. Presented by David C Pratt.
In the coverage

  • Social Media on mobile devices
  • Surfing the web on mobile devices
  • How Smartphone apps are changing the way both are done
  • How mobile marketing can be simply and easily deployed
  • Three steps to ensuring success with mobile web
  • Best practices to take for your mobile marketing campaign

Economic Development & Public Policy Committee Meeting, 8:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m., Thursday, 2 February 2012

Roger Stancil, Chapel Hill’s Town Manager will talk about the town’s budget process. Chamber members are invited to participate in the Economic Development & Public Policy Committee of the Chamber, to discuss and shape policy around the pressing issues of our community, in addition to supporting expanded economic development in our community.

Ribbon Cutting - Buffalo Wild Wings, 10:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m., Monday, 6 February 2012

Join Chamber staff and Ambassadors for a ribbon cutting for Buffalo Wild Wings, located at 6709 D Fayetteville Rd. in Durham.

Young Professionals Network presented by DSI Comedy Club, 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, 7 February 2012

Career coach and radio show host Kristin Hiemstra will present The Art of Creating Professional Opportunities - Why attending as many Happy Hours as possible is a great career move, at the first Young Professionals Network of 2012, at Studio 91, 1201 Raleigh Road, Suite H in Chapel Hill. Join us for networking, appetizers and a cash bar.

To register, visit www.carolinachamber.org/events.

Networking In Your Neighborhood

There are several other Triangle Area Leads Groups available. These groups meet on different days of the week and at different times of the day. They provide the business person a more focused access to the local market. Try one of these other area leads groups soon.