Katie Howard

Dear Members and Colleagues,

We have a winner!  Congratulations to Lauren Gregory of Lauren’s Elite Massage Therapy.  Lauren won a FREE membership because she brought a friend to an event this summer, thereby earning an entry into our contest.  See how easy it is to get a payoff from your SSWBN membership?  Thank you to all of our contest participants, who brought prospective members to one or more of our events this summer.

Have you signed up to receive our blog posts yet?  Go here to sign up and you will receive event recaps, new member postings, community event updates and more.

As always, my goal is to provide our members with Contacts, Coaching and Collaboration.

Interested in making the most of your membership? Contact me!  I will create a customized plan for your business.

Interested in being more involved in our Network?  Reach me at 781-696-9901 or at khoward@sswbn.org.

Katie

Katie Howard

Dear Members and Colleagues,

Have you heard? You can WIN a Membership this Summer!
Bring a friend to any event in August and you will be entered into a raffle to win your next membership fee for free –  a $250 value!  Your guest will receive the member discount (first time guests only) for the event.

Please notify me — and introduce me to — your guest at check-in at the event.  I will then enter you into the drawing.  The winner will be randomly selected from the pool of entries at SSWBN’s August 26th breakfast.  You do not need to be present to win –  but why would you want to miss one of our great networking breakfasts?  Good Luck!

As always, my goal is to provide our members with Contacts, Coaching and Collaboration.Interested in making the most of your membership? Contact me!  I will create a customized plan for your business.

Interested in being more involved in our Network?  Reach me at 781-696-9901 or at khoward@sswbn.org.

Katie
Dedicated to the success of our members through Contacts, Coaching and Collaboration – our mission.

Debbie Anders

The Ripple Effect

Last week I took my kids to the beach. They are just learning to skip rocks across the water surface, an added talent to the single throw with the big splash they have been enjoying for years.  My daughter (four years old) said: “ Look Mom, it bounced!” My oldest (nine years old), never one to be outdone, said, “ I bet I can make it skip.”  Then all three of my children proceeded to skip rocks across the water and wonder at the ripples they would cause.  Some just washed away, others crashed and intersected with each other and yet others seemed to go on forever.

While I was enjoying their wonder at this small pleasure, I was reminded that all of our growth comes from just this kind of ripple.  Whether it be in our personal lives or in our businesses, it can be either the single stone that splashes and disappears, or the one that skips and grows beyond our expectations that keep things interesting.

What ripple effect are you creating today? Are you even throwing the stone to begin with?

The South Shore Women’s Business Network provides lots of opportunities for you to grow your business.  If you are contemplating ways to increase your exposure and credibility with other members of the Network and the business community at large, please keep in mind that all of the staff at the Network works for you.  We can help you integrate sponsorship and partnership investments into your overall marketing plan, to help you drive more customers and clients to your business.  As a partner or sponsor, you align yourself with an elite group of South Shore businesses and professionals, and like them, you will most certainly see the results of the ripple effect.

We still have several opportunities available this year and we are beginning to plan for 2011.  Give me a call today to get started.

Deb

You’ll be in great company – our valuable partners include:
Gold Partner:
Eastern Bank – Providing investment, lending and other financial products to small businesses and individuals.
Silver partners:
Watch All Pest Management - Integrated Pest Management limiting the use of pesticides to effectively control pests.
Elizabeth Pineault CPA – A full service CPA firm offering tax and compliance services to individuals and corporations.
George Washington Toma - 100% customer satisfaction on appliances – locally in Brockton & Weymouth!
Professional Bookkeeping Services – Offering bookkeeping services.
Welch Healthcare & Retirement – Assisted Living Community/Skilled Care Center/Adult Day Center Senior Residential Care Community

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For more information on opportunities to expose your business by sponsoring an event or partnering with SSWBN, Contact Debbie Anders at danders@sswbn.org or at the Network Office: 781-749-8883.

Katie Howard

From the Director of Operations

Dedicated to the success of our members through Contacts, Coaching and Collaboration – our mission.Dear Members and Colleagues.

Happy Summer!

Have you signed up to receive our blog posts yet? Please do so at: http://www.sswbn.com/

Check here to see my latest post on our Celebration! event that took place on June 24^th.  Stayed tuned to our blog for event recaps, community resources and more.

As always, my goal is to provide our members with Contacts, Coaching and Collaboration.

Interested in making the most of your membership? Contact me!  I will create a customized plan for your business. Reach me at 781-696-9901 or at khoward@sswbn.org.

Katie

Katie Howard

Dedicated to the success of our members through Contacts, Coaching and Collaboration – our mission.

Dear Members and Colleagues,

On May 6^th more than 80 people joined the Communication Revolution with SSWBN at our 2010 Professional Development Day. From the results of the survey that we sent immediately following the event, it is clear that many participants walked away with, as one put it, “a very long to-do list.”  Others got inspired that they can now start to integrate their social media elements with their website properly, as a vital part of their overall marketing program.

Thank you for participating and for sending us the fabulous feedback. The event was a success and we are starting to plan for SSWBN’s 2011 Professional Development Day. Contact me if you are interested in participating on the team to create this fabulous day!

As always, my goal is to provide our members with Contacts, Coaching and Collaboration.

Interested in making the most of your membership? Contact me! I will create a customized plan for your business.

Interested in being more involved in our Network?  Reach me at 781-696-9901 or at khoward@sswbn.org.

Katie

Debbie Anders

Be the Elephant in the Network

When you are an elephant, you have power, wisdom and respect.  In his recent book, Be the Elephant. Build a Bigger, Better Business, Steve Kaplan attests that if you are not growing you are dying.

The same goes for our own businesses.  “The trick is to become an elephant — big enough to make a difference, healthy enough to withstand financial currents, strong enough to influence your market — smart enough to avoid the pitfalls of growth,” he writes.

Partners and Sponsors of the South Shore Women’s Business Network are elephants for sure.  They are building businesses that are as big as they want it to be.  They understand Mr. Kaplan’s 5 Principals of Success, as they utilize the Network to implement the third of these principals, “Expand Your Network.”

Are you ready to “Be the Elephant”?   If so, contact me to discuss ways to leverage your membership in the Network to create more visibility and opportunity to expand your network.

As always Let me thank our very own SSWBN “Elephants:”

Our valuable partners include:

Gold Partner:
Eastern Bank – Providing investment, lending and other financial products to small businesses and individuals.
Silver partners:
Watch All Pest Management - Integrated Pest Management limiting the use of pesticides to effectively control pests.
Elizabeth Pineault CPA – A full service CPA firm offering tax and compliance services to individuals and corporations.
George Washington Toma- 100% customer satisfaction on appliances – locally in Brockton & Weymouth! Professional Bookkeeping Services – Offering bookkeeping services.
Welch Healthcare & Retirement – Assisted Living Community/Skilled Care Center/Adult Day Center Senior Residential Care Community

Debbie

For more information on opportunities to expose your business by sponsoring an event or partnering with SSWBN, Contact Debbie Anders at danders@sswbn.org or at the Network Office: 781-749-8883.

Katie Howard

Dear Members and Colleagues,

In April at our networking lunch we celebrated VOLUNTEER APPRECIATION WEEK with Hershey Kisses & Hugs!  Our Network thrives because of our volunteers utilizing their many talents, and I couldn’t let appreciation week go by without pointing that out.

Thank you (you know who you are) for all of your hard work organizing events, running teams, making announcements … or just out there sharing the good things about SSWBN.  I appreciate you!

I am sending you a virtual hug right now!  Thank you.

Interested in being more involved in our Network?  Reach me at 781-696-9901 or at khoward@sswbn.org.

Katie

Katie Howard

Dear Members and Colleagues,

Our Professional Development Day on May 6^th was developed in response to the needs of our members.  Thank you for participating in our surveys and sharing your businesses challenges so that we were able to create a day of learning!

This day has something for everyone:  from Social Media to Marketing to Networking to Creating your plan to implement what you have learned … this day is for you!

Check here for more information and I look forward to seeing you there!

Interested in being more involved in our Network?  Reach me at 781-696-9901 or at khoward@sswbn.org.

Katie

Debbie Anders

Tips from Business Development

Janet Laberge of Dirty Deeds sponsored our March Breakfast meeting and was rewarded with a standing ovation from our audience at the completion of her presentation. Check out this link if you missed it.

Janet really demonstrated the best way to maximize your investment in the South Shore Women’s Business Network.  Thank you to Janet and all of our sponsors.

If you are considering ways to increase your exposure and credibility with members of the South Shore Women’s Business Network and the greater business community, please keep in mind that all of the staff at the Network works for you. We can help you integrate sponsorship and partnership investments into your overall marketing plan and help you drive more customers and clients to your business.

Align yourself with an elite group of South Shore businesses and professionals and you will most certainly receive positive results.

You’ll be in great company – our valuable partners include:

Gold Partner:

Eastern Bank – Providing investment, lending and other financial products to small businesses and individuals.

Silver partners:

Watch All Pest Management - Integrated Pest Management limiting the use of pesticides to effectively control pests.

Elizabeth Pineault CPA – A full service CPA firm offering tax and compliance services to individuals and corporations.

George Washington Toma - 100% customer satisfaction on appliances – locally in Brockton & Weymouth!

Professional Bookkeeping Services – Offering bookkeeping services.

Welch Healthcare & Retirement – Assisted Living Community/Skilled Care Center/Adult Day Center Senior Residential Care Community

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Debbie

For more information on opportunities to expose your business by sponsoring an event or partnering with SSWBN, Contact Debbie Anders at danders@sswbn.org or at the Network Office: 781-749-8883.

Katie Howard

Dedicated to the success of our members through contacts, coaching and Collaboration – our mission.

Dear Members and Colleagues,

My goal in 2010 is to make sure that you, our members and friends, are aware of all of the opportunities that we offer our members.

Are you interested in saving money on SSWBN events? Purchase a punch card for $200 and save $50 on networking lunch and breakfast events! You see, our breakfasts and lunches ordinarily cost $25 — but they cost only $20 to punch card holders.

Purchase one today by calling 781-749-8883 or go here.

Interested in being more involved in our Network? Reach me at 781-696-9901 or at khoward@sswbn.org.

Katie

Tips from Business Development

Debbie Anders

Make sure everyone knows what you sell.

Get your name in front of your prospects whenever you can.

Give a little and you’ll get a lot back.

Keep in touch.

Time and money well invested will build your business tremendously. Always look for new and better ways to do it.

If you are considering ways to increase your exposure and credibility with members of the South Shore Women’s Business Network and the greater business community, please keep in mind that all of the staff at the Network works for you.

We can help you integrate sponsorship and partnership investments into your overall marketing plan and help you drive more customers and clients to your business. Align yourself with an elite group of South Shore businesses and professionals and you will most certainly receive positive results.

You’ll be in great company – our valuable partners include:

Gold Partner: Eastern Bank – Providing investment, lending and other financial products to small businesses and individuals.

Silver partners:

Watch All Pest Management – Integrated Pest Management limiting the use of pesticides to effectively control pests.

Elizabeth Pineault CPA – A full service CPA firm offering tax and compliance services to individuals and corporations.

George Washington Toma – 100% customer satisfaction on appliances – locally in Brockton & Weymouth!

Professional Bookkeeping Services – Offering bookkeeping services.

Welch Healthcare & Retirement – Assisted Living Community/Skilled Care Center/Adult Day Center Senior Residential Care Community

Debbie

For more information on opportunities to expose your business by sponsoring an event or partnering with SSWBN, Contact Debbie Anders at danders@sswbn.org or at the Network Office: 781-749-8883.