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NETWORKING GROUPS; LEADS GROUPS

HOW MANY OF YOU ARE ACTIVE IN NETWORKING GROUPS?

I know your active to some degree or you wouldn't have clicked on the title of my blog. But how many of you belong to networking groups where you meet once a week or once a month and share prospects?

Would you say that it has increased your referral business and bottom line? I know that many local groups exist across the country and I just wanted to get some inside on how it has affected your business.

I believe that most groups have a fee to join and only allow one professional per industry. Is this correct?

Please share....

Tino

Posted by Tino Muratore Illinois Fha, Va, First Time Home Buyer Mortgage Professional on 09/25/2007 05:10 PM

Comments (4)

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4 Comments on NETWORKING GROUPS; LEADS GROUPS

Tino - Check out Buffini and Company for their coaching and mentoring program. If you run a search on here you should find quite a bit of info. You can google them too. They're not a networking group at all. Instead you'll learn the art of relationship building and networking...it's more of a long term process. I happen to know that several folks in the lending industry have found great value in the program. Of course it's not for everyone.

Jackie

09/25/2007 09:56 PM

by Jackie Peraza, Home Stager - Framingham, Massachusetts (Perceptions AdverStaging(TM), LLC)

Jackie,

Thanks! I will definetly check out Buffini and Company. It sounds interesting.

I haven't used the search tool on the site yet, so thanks for pointing that out too.

Good stuff!

09/25/2007 10:17 PM

by Tino Muratore Illinois Fha, Va, First Time Home Buyer Mortgage Professional (Allied First Bank)

I was in one and it seemed like people where not really there to help each other. I am not a person that likes to get up at 6:00 AM to be at a place that we can not work with each other. If I had a good one I would go to it.

09/27/2007 01:07 PM

by Dave Cheatham (INC Financial )

Dave,

Were you in a group sponsered by the Chamber of Commerce? or? Did it cost $ to be a member?

Tino

09/27/2007 01:11 PM

by Tino Muratore Illinois Fha, Va, First Time Home Buyer Mortgage Professional (Allied First Bank)