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JANUARY 2007 AGENDA
GROUP INFO
- Meeting Dates
- Prospective Members
- Group Benefits & Discount Cards
MARKETING AND ADVERTISING
- Marketing Plan
- Marketing Calendar
- Advertising Calendar
- E-Mail Campaigns
PRESS RELEASES
- General Business Info
- Specific Campaign Info - e.g. Mother's Day, Father's Day
- New Product Introduction
- Events
LOCAL GUIDE SITES
- Register your businesses
- local.yahoo.com
- About.Com
- detroit.about.com - e-mail guide about your business
REVIEW WEB-SITES
- Submit your business info or products - 1 per week
- Let's work on master list - everyone send me 10 review sites
- dailycandy.com
- motherhooduncensored.com
- coolmompicks.com
FEBRUARY 2007 AGENDA
Date: Monday, February 19th, 6:30pm, Pronto Royal Oak
Guest Speaker: Cindy Topic: Media & PR
Meeting Dates - Monday, March 19th
Prospective Members
MARKETING & ADVERTISING
- Review & Share Marketing Plans for 2007
- Review & Share Marketing Calendars for 2007
- Review & Share Advertising Calendars for 2007
LOCAL GUIDE SITES
- local.yahoo.com - complete your reviews
- do you know of any others that allow you to submit your business for free ?
ABOUT.COM
- detroit.about.com - e-mail guide about your business
- knitting.about.com - amy, e-mail guide about your business
- photography.about.com - melissa, e-mail guide about your business
- click on "sitemap" at bottom of page to see which sections are good for you
E-MAIL CAMPAIGNS
- mailermailer.com
- constantcontact.com
- gotmarketing.com
WEB-SITE UPDATES
- web-site name registration
- home page completion
- contact us completion
- calendar of events completion
BUSINESS PROFILES
- Answer Questions
- 4 Photos Needed
Thank You Notes
Referral Programs
MARCH 2007 AGENDA
Date: Friday, March 23, 2007, 6:30pm @ Hullabaloo, Royal Oak
MARKETING & ADVERTISING
Marketing Plans this is a working and evolving document
Marketing Calendars fill in your calendar of events
Advertising Calendar fill in your current advertising
E-Mail Campaigns who is doing this? what program are you using?
LOCAL GUIDE SITES
local.yahoo.com has everyone done this yet ?
cityguide.aol.com get your business info updated on this
detroit.about.com submit your businesses individually to this guide
FAMILY LIFE ISSUES
Meal Time Issues, Challenges, & Suggestions
APRIL 2007 AGENDA
Date: Friday, April 20, 2007, 6:30pm @ Ewenique Knits, Royal Oak
MAY MEETING
Date ? Time? Location ? Bravo Intimates ?
MEGA MOMS WEB-SITE
Mega Moms Events Page
- list any events that any of the Mega Moms are doing
Mega Moms Member Profiles
- submit your brief profile as you would like it listed on the web-site
Membership Rules and Requirements
- must have attended at least one meeting as a guest and filled out info form
- will discuss membership rules and guidelines and take on new members in
May
ROUND TABLE
go around the group and discuss each topic and then onto next topic
1. Tell us what has gone on in the past month with your business - anything
new, any special events like Melissa Leeper's Trunk show, and Lara
Galloway's Royal Oak event, and Amy's knitting classes, etc.
(5 minutes each)
2. E-Mail Marketing - who is doing this? what company are you using?
(2 minutes each)
3. What have you done this past month to market and promote your
business?
(2 minutes each)
4. What new relationship have you made that could help your business?
(2 minutes each)
5. Have you thought of what you are going to do in the next month?
(2 minutes each)
6. Give us one challenge you face right now
(2 minutes each - we all write it down and think about it this next month and
bring suggestions to the May meeting)
FAMILY LIFE ISSUES
Clothes & Laundry Issues, Challenges, & Suggestions (30 minutes)
JUNE 2007 AGENDA
Date: Friday, June 8th, 6:30pm - Location to be Determined
INTRODUCTIONS
Go around the table and do your 4 sentence 2 minute introduction
MEGA MOMS GROUP INFO
Mega Moms Events Page
- list any events that any of the Mega Moms are doing
Mega Moms Member Profiles
- submit your brief profile as you would like it listed on the web-site
Membership Rules and Requirements
- must have attended at least one meeting as a guest and filled out info form
- will discuss membership rules and guidelines and take on new members in
May
LOCAL REVIEW & GUIDE SITES
Let's go over the list again and make sure that we are continuing to review
businesses as they are listed on the review and guide sites. E-mail me a link
to your listing on these sites prior to the meeting. I will include a checklist in
your packets.
GROUP TOPICS OF INTEREST
TOPIC #1 =
TOPIC #2 =
GROUP CHALLENGES
Spend time on challenges that business owners are experiencing and
brainstorming suggestions and solutions. Also, take away any challenges
with us that we can think about and brainstorm further in the next month.
JULY 2007 AGENDA
NOTEBOOKS
Show us your Idea Books
Share one item from your notebooks
INTRODUCTIONS
10 second elevator introduction
Each do our own introductions
Then swap cards and do each other's introduction
FAMILY LIFE ISSUES
Daily ME TIME
Share each other's log sheets of ME TIME
Does anyone have any solutions and suggestions ?
SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION
What is a search engine ?
What are keywords ?
What are your keywords ?
Where do you put these keywords throughout your site?
Adding your URL to the top search engines
How often do you update your site?
How many IN-LINKS do you have?
How many OUT-LINKs do you have?
Guide Sites, Mommy Review Sites, Local Guide Sites
MEMBERSHIP
Guests can attend 2 meetings
After 2 meetings, feedback e-mailed to Melissa to make determination
Must be invited to 3rd meeting as member
MUST provide 15% discount on products or services to other members
MUST link to each other's web-sites within 60 days of joining
Profile and link on megamomsgroup.com site
Ad on the above site(s)
referrals - business card exchange program
formal and informal feedback on your business
reviews done by each other on local guide sites
AUGUST 2007 AGENDA
MEMBERSHIP
Current members
New members
New member forms and checks
New member binders to hand out - Amy and Michelle's
Any Fall Events to list on the MegaMoms Web-site ?
Business Cards, Postcards, Brochures, Etc
NOTEBOOKS
Show us your Idea Books
Share one item from your notebooks
INTRODUCTIONS
10 second elevator introduction
Each do our own introductions
Then swap cards and do each other's introduction
FAMILY LIFE ISSUES
Dinner Prep Kitchens - November 2007
entreevoustroy.com (local site)
August & September - your family budget
entreevous.com (corporate site)
October & November - your business' budget
SEARCH ENGINES
Is your site indexed worksheet ?
Did you complete it ?
What were your results ?
KEYWORDS
Keywords worksheet
Did you complete it ?
What were your results ?
http://inventory.overture.com/d/searchinventory/suggestion/
SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION
Search Engine Marketing by Mike Moran & Bill Hunt $29.99
What is a search engine ?
What are keywords ?
What are your keywords ?
Where do you put these keywords throughout your site?
Adding your URL to the top search engines
How often do you update your site?
How many IN-LINKS do you have?
How many OUT-LINKs do you have?
Guide Sites, Mommy Review Sites, Local Guide Sites
SEPTEMBER 2007 AGENDA
INTRODUCTIONS
10 second elevator introduction
Each do our own introductions
Then swap cards and do each other's introduction
* we need to do this every meeting, this exercise has come in handy for all of
us meeting new
people and having to answer the "what do you do?" question
KEYWORDS
Get out your worksheet: Keywords for other businesses
Go around the group and brainstorm keyword phrases for each business
Each business owner write down suggestions on your worksheet: Keywords
for your business
* remember - think local for local based businesses !
FAMILY LIFE ISSUES
Dinner Prep Kitchen - Friday, November 9th
entreevoustroy.com (local site) entreevous.com (corporate site)
* Mary Hickman to discuss
* please feel free to invite non-mega moms friends or family
* Mary to write down names of moms committing to this part of the meeting
to make reservation for us
* feel free to just join us and watch and or join us afterwards at
Carribou Coffee in Troy (there are multiple locations, we will chose one)
Family Budgets
Go around group and discuss how this exercise was and what
happened with your spouse
Also, give suggestions on additional categories we should add
to our budgets
Update our home budgets for October Meeting
Start outline of business budgets and bring to October Meeting
NEXT MONTH:
10 Second Introductions Practice
Bring list of keyword phrases for your business
Learn how to incorporate these keywords into your web-site
Bring worksheet (to be sent to you before Oct mtg) What sites have your
web-site linked to it ?
Have you filled out your Member Profile and given to Melissa?
Mega Moms Prospects - have you joined the group ?
Bring Updated Family Budget
Bring outline / starter Business Budget - what are all of your expenses ?
GROUP INFO
- Meeting Dates
- Prospective Members
- Group Benefits & Discount Cards
MARKETING AND ADVERTISING
- Marketing Plan
- Marketing Calendar
- Advertising Calendar
- E-Mail Campaigns
PRESS RELEASES
- General Business Info
- Specific Campaign Info - e.g. Mother's Day, Father's Day
- New Product Introduction
- Events
LOCAL GUIDE SITES
- Register your businesses
- local.yahoo.com
- About.Com
- detroit.about.com - e-mail guide about your business
REVIEW WEB-SITES
- Submit your business info or products - 1 per week
- Let's work on master list - everyone send me 10 review sites
- dailycandy.com
- motherhooduncensored.com
- coolmompicks.com
FEBRUARY 2007 AGENDA
Date: Monday, February 19th, 6:30pm, Pronto Royal Oak
Guest Speaker: Cindy Topic: Media & PR
Meeting Dates - Monday, March 19th
Prospective Members
MARKETING & ADVERTISING
- Review & Share Marketing Plans for 2007
- Review & Share Marketing Calendars for 2007
- Review & Share Advertising Calendars for 2007
LOCAL GUIDE SITES
- local.yahoo.com - complete your reviews
- do you know of any others that allow you to submit your business for free ?
ABOUT.COM
- detroit.about.com - e-mail guide about your business
- knitting.about.com - amy, e-mail guide about your business
- photography.about.com - melissa, e-mail guide about your business
- click on "sitemap" at bottom of page to see which sections are good for you
E-MAIL CAMPAIGNS
- mailermailer.com
- constantcontact.com
- gotmarketing.com
WEB-SITE UPDATES
- web-site name registration
- home page completion
- contact us completion
- calendar of events completion
BUSINESS PROFILES
- Answer Questions
- 4 Photos Needed
Thank You Notes
Referral Programs
MARCH 2007 AGENDA
Date: Friday, March 23, 2007, 6:30pm @ Hullabaloo, Royal Oak
MARKETING & ADVERTISING
Marketing Plans this is a working and evolving document
Marketing Calendars fill in your calendar of events
Advertising Calendar fill in your current advertising
E-Mail Campaigns who is doing this? what program are you using?
LOCAL GUIDE SITES
local.yahoo.com has everyone done this yet ?
cityguide.aol.com get your business info updated on this
detroit.about.com submit your businesses individually to this guide
FAMILY LIFE ISSUES
Meal Time Issues, Challenges, & Suggestions
APRIL 2007 AGENDA
Date: Friday, April 20, 2007, 6:30pm @ Ewenique Knits, Royal Oak
MAY MEETING
Date ? Time? Location ? Bravo Intimates ?
MEGA MOMS WEB-SITE
Mega Moms Events Page
- list any events that any of the Mega Moms are doing
Mega Moms Member Profiles
- submit your brief profile as you would like it listed on the web-site
Membership Rules and Requirements
- must have attended at least one meeting as a guest and filled out info form
- will discuss membership rules and guidelines and take on new members in
May
ROUND TABLE
go around the group and discuss each topic and then onto next topic
1. Tell us what has gone on in the past month with your business - anything
new, any special events like Melissa Leeper's Trunk show, and Lara
Galloway's Royal Oak event, and Amy's knitting classes, etc.
(5 minutes each)
2. E-Mail Marketing - who is doing this? what company are you using?
(2 minutes each)
3. What have you done this past month to market and promote your
business?
(2 minutes each)
4. What new relationship have you made that could help your business?
(2 minutes each)
5. Have you thought of what you are going to do in the next month?
(2 minutes each)
6. Give us one challenge you face right now
(2 minutes each - we all write it down and think about it this next month and
bring suggestions to the May meeting)
FAMILY LIFE ISSUES
Clothes & Laundry Issues, Challenges, & Suggestions (30 minutes)
JUNE 2007 AGENDA
Date: Friday, June 8th, 6:30pm - Location to be Determined
INTRODUCTIONS
Go around the table and do your 4 sentence 2 minute introduction
MEGA MOMS GROUP INFO
Mega Moms Events Page
- list any events that any of the Mega Moms are doing
Mega Moms Member Profiles
- submit your brief profile as you would like it listed on the web-site
Membership Rules and Requirements
- must have attended at least one meeting as a guest and filled out info form
- will discuss membership rules and guidelines and take on new members in
May
LOCAL REVIEW & GUIDE SITES
Let's go over the list again and make sure that we are continuing to review
businesses as they are listed on the review and guide sites. E-mail me a link
to your listing on these sites prior to the meeting. I will include a checklist in
your packets.
GROUP TOPICS OF INTEREST
TOPIC #1 =
TOPIC #2 =
GROUP CHALLENGES
Spend time on challenges that business owners are experiencing and
brainstorming suggestions and solutions. Also, take away any challenges
with us that we can think about and brainstorm further in the next month.
JULY 2007 AGENDA
NOTEBOOKS
Show us your Idea Books
Share one item from your notebooks
INTRODUCTIONS
10 second elevator introduction
Each do our own introductions
Then swap cards and do each other's introduction
FAMILY LIFE ISSUES
Daily ME TIME
Share each other's log sheets of ME TIME
Does anyone have any solutions and suggestions ?
SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION
What is a search engine ?
What are keywords ?
What are your keywords ?
Where do you put these keywords throughout your site?
Adding your URL to the top search engines
How often do you update your site?
How many IN-LINKS do you have?
How many OUT-LINKs do you have?
Guide Sites, Mommy Review Sites, Local Guide Sites
MEMBERSHIP
Guests can attend 2 meetings
After 2 meetings, feedback e-mailed to Melissa to make determination
Must be invited to 3rd meeting as member
MUST provide 15% discount on products or services to other members
MUST link to each other's web-sites within 60 days of joining
Profile and link on megamomsgroup.com site
Ad on the above site(s)
referrals - business card exchange program
formal and informal feedback on your business
reviews done by each other on local guide sites
AUGUST 2007 AGENDA
MEMBERSHIP
Current members
New members
New member forms and checks
New member binders to hand out - Amy and Michelle's
Any Fall Events to list on the MegaMoms Web-site ?
Business Cards, Postcards, Brochures, Etc
NOTEBOOKS
Show us your Idea Books
Share one item from your notebooks
INTRODUCTIONS
10 second elevator introduction
Each do our own introductions
Then swap cards and do each other's introduction
FAMILY LIFE ISSUES
Dinner Prep Kitchens - November 2007
entreevoustroy.com (local site)
August & September - your family budget
entreevous.com (corporate site)
October & November - your business' budget
SEARCH ENGINES
Is your site indexed worksheet ?
Did you complete it ?
What were your results ?
KEYWORDS
Keywords worksheet
Did you complete it ?
What were your results ?
http://inventory.overture.com/d/searchinventory/suggestion/
SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION
Search Engine Marketing by Mike Moran & Bill Hunt $29.99
What is a search engine ?
What are keywords ?
What are your keywords ?
Where do you put these keywords throughout your site?
Adding your URL to the top search engines
How often do you update your site?
How many IN-LINKS do you have?
How many OUT-LINKs do you have?
Guide Sites, Mommy Review Sites, Local Guide Sites
SEPTEMBER 2007 AGENDA
INTRODUCTIONS
10 second elevator introduction
Each do our own introductions
Then swap cards and do each other's introduction
* we need to do this every meeting, this exercise has come in handy for all of
us meeting new
people and having to answer the "what do you do?" question
KEYWORDS
Get out your worksheet: Keywords for other businesses
Go around the group and brainstorm keyword phrases for each business
Each business owner write down suggestions on your worksheet: Keywords
for your business
* remember - think local for local based businesses !
FAMILY LIFE ISSUES
Dinner Prep Kitchen - Friday, November 9th
entreevoustroy.com (local site) entreevous.com (corporate site)
* Mary Hickman to discuss
* please feel free to invite non-mega moms friends or family
* Mary to write down names of moms committing to this part of the meeting
to make reservation for us
* feel free to just join us and watch and or join us afterwards at
Carribou Coffee in Troy (there are multiple locations, we will chose one)
Family Budgets
Go around group and discuss how this exercise was and what
happened with your spouse
Also, give suggestions on additional categories we should add
to our budgets
Update our home budgets for October Meeting
Start outline of business budgets and bring to October Meeting
NEXT MONTH:
10 Second Introductions Practice
Bring list of keyword phrases for your business
Learn how to incorporate these keywords into your web-site
Bring worksheet (to be sent to you before Oct mtg) What sites have your
web-site linked to it ?
Have you filled out your Member Profile and given to Melissa?
Mega Moms Prospects - have you joined the group ?
Bring Updated Family Budget
Bring outline / starter Business Budget - what are all of your expenses ?
HOMEWORK Have you done yours ? Go to the Homework tab for the homework to work on between meetings |
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