Small Business Owners & Entrepreneurs

...someone mentioned to me recently that they didn't get any business or referrals from members of the Chamber until they ran for one of the Ambassador positions within the Chamber, and they had been a member of over 5 years! I've not had any luck with the Chamber,,,and neither has my dad. Of course, your experience may be different than mine.

I have had more luck with smaller networking groups. As a female, we have a local networking org geared for women business owners and that has been more successful. Locally, there is a mail-marketing guy who has started monthly 'marketing' lunches where he gives a small presentation on some marketing info....maybe you could do something like that.

Everything I've read and listened to this past year in regards to marketing, they all say pretty much the same thing...it takes about a dozen times of seeing your name before they will think of hiring you, and you need to PROVE you know your stuff.