Thursday, September 27, 2007

Making Business Connections: Technology Meets Old School

Welcome to the new business hub where old school meets technology. Our interactive business event portal brings professionals and businesses together.















Nothing beats traditional face-to-face interactions. Our BUSINESS ONLY event listings allow you to find local events and connections that make a difference for YOU. Our interactive on-line tools enable you to stay informed, network with other members, and much more...



We have integrated the physical & electronic handshake! Make new connections on-line and at local events. Relationships that matter require more than just an email introduction. We provide the tools to make your relationships successful.



Our dedication to listing only business and industry events in a local area like Boston has created a unique and growing niche of business professionals. We ensure high quality and volume of event listings in order to maintain and grow a savvy business professional audience.


Who is our audience comprised of?

They are a successful, savvy, and proactive collection of business professionals. Here’s a small sampling of our user’s affiliations in the Boston area:


Aramark
Blue Cross
Bose
Brown Brothers Harriman
EMC
Fidelity
Harvard University
JP Morgan
NE Baptist Hospital
Northeastern University
Price Waterhouse Coopers
Robert Half
Ropes & Gray
Staples
State Street
Sovereign Bank
WebMD
Weber Shandwick


What are they up to???

There are many diverse industries and high powered individuals that have different goals for making new connections. Our event listings allow them to find and make new connections. Here's a number of tasks our users have performed:

  • Promote yourself - find new career opportunities
  • Find new talent through connections
  • Promote and grow your business
  • Generate new sales leads & reciprocate business
  • Attend roundtables to solve business issues
  • Find job training & seminars
  • Find entreprenurial & start-up events
  • Locate industry events, Expos, and Trade Shows
What other benefits do professionals have???

Membership is always free!

On-line tools include:

  • Interact with other members on-line
  • Invite colleagues to join your network
  • Bookmark & email events
  • Download events to your own calendar
  • Set-up notifications - receive alerts when a specific event type is posted
  • Reminders - receive an email days or hours before your event happens
  • See profiles of others attending events - attending might pay off if the right person is there
  • Indicate if you are attending and rate the events you attend
  • Careers - upload your resume and even apply to jobs directly

How do we impact businesses???


We provide them a built-in marketplace of business professionals! By listing their event, they are reaching an audience of professionals already searching for new events.

  • It’s the perfect marriage - which is also fast, easy, and effective.
  • Associations & Non-profits can use most of our services for FREE!
  • Businesses no longer need to spend thousands of dollars in print or radio advertising in the hope to get returns on attendance.


What are our Business Event Services???

We are an integrated event solution. Market your event, register attendees, create surveys, upload presentations & content, and manage it all on-line. Our integrated tools eliminate your manual & administrative headaches.

  • Market: Publish and promote your event in just a couple of minutes and instantly reach your target market. Invite your contacts directly from our site and track the level of interest in your event.
  • Register: Set-up on-line registration and begin taking credit cards immediately. Manage your attendee list on-line, export to excel, and even print. Create a registration button to integrate into your website instantly.
  • Surveys: Our survey engine is fully customizable and provides both detailed and summarized results. Create a survey button to integrate into your website instantly.
  • Content: Upload your presentations, audio, and video. Make additional revenues by charging for downloads or simply allow your members to access it.

Where are we going???

National!

Once we’ve perfected our model here in Boston, we’ll be expanding into every major metro area. Stay Tuned!

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