Hello everyone and thanks again to those who were able to make it to the April Open Meeting of the Manningham Business Network this morning. It was great to see so many consistent attendees; members, regulars and new faces alike.
Bob Adams from Great Investment Properties kicked us off today with a short piece on his ideas for investing in property, which coincidently tied in well with our Guest speaking spot winner, Jamie Wu who is a mortgage broker. Next month’s Mini speaker will be Alisha Dunsford from AJD Design.
Our Key Speaker for the day was of course Winston Marsh who gave a great, no-frills, cut through presentation on building your business through effect marketing. His entertaining presentation touch on some of the classic, time tested marketing concepts, re-inforced with some of the modern takes of marketing in the new millenia.
As a small business operator myself who takes a particular interest in the new ways technology is influencing how we promote ourselves and our businesses, it was very interesting to see how old, established tchniques can still be applied effectively through new technology such as websites and online social networking. I ended up dissappointed that we couldnt have more time.
Once again we had representatives from the Council and our Sponsors, the Bendigo Bank, attend and we continue to be appreciative of their ongoing support.
We announced briefly that the upcoming Gala Dinner evening has been confirmed for the 20th of May and you should be hearing more details later today as the first of our promotional communications start to go out.
Thank you again if you came along and sorry to have missed you if you were unable to make it. We hope to see you all again next month.