What a way to start a day. Coffee and breakfast with local business men and women.
Started with announcements of some upcoming events which got everyone excited about the ‘happenings’ around Kyle. These included: Sip and Savor coming in September and Pie in the Sky coming Labor Day weekend.
Member Spotlight time today was spent discussing: How to invite people to the Hometown Networking Group and how do we build our businesses. The discussion was that we would like to add more mini-seminars and/or discussions to share business ideas of marketing, building business, client data management etc. More will come on that.
Education Moment: Celeste Messer with Adkor Group with Maxavenue piggy-backed on the Spotlight discussion to discuss using Fourth of July as an opportunity to reach out to our clients. As Trish Wilder with Edward Jones put it, sending notes and cards has become a lost art. Trish shared that she sends out one or two cards a day, finding ways to keep in touch with her clients, contacts etc.
Upcoming Events:
Sue Ferrill’s turning 90! She’s having a Birthday party on June 23, at 2pm (I’ll post location next week) save the date!
“Wet-working” on the river is coming up June 20th. We’ll be meeting in Gruene at 11am for a picnic then planning to get on the river about 1 probably ending around 4 or 5. Details will be forthcoming. It was agreed that each member can bring a guest (or two) significant other and/or potential networking members and HNG will pay the $15 ticket (for a tube and a ride back to the car).
This is the 3rd year that Ron and Stacey Martin have hosted the event and it’s a fun and wet way to get to know some people. 
Remember to hold open Labor Day weekend for the Pie in the Sky festival. Estimates are we may have 20,000 people coming in for the event.
The Rotary’s annual Sip and Savor is right around the corner in the fall so keep your eyes peeled for info regarding date/time/location.
Rob Oskins from Blue Crest Media, is still planning on having a training regarding easy ways (he promised even I can do it) to use videos to improve your SEO and position on Google. Date/Time and location is still up in the air.
Upcoming meeting, Member Spotlights:
JUNE
13th: Jim Collins Fire Light Laser Education Moment: Irene Melendez
20th: Everend Thorne ET’s Home Repair Education Moment: Rob Oskins
27th: Joe Wargo CPA Education Moment: Trish Wilder
JULY
4th NO MEETING Fourth of July
11th Paulette Sanford Kohler’s Crossing Dental Education Moment: Irene Melendez
18th Stephanie Murphree Republic Veterinary Hosp Education Moment: Rob Oskins
25th Courtney Dieckman US Health Education Moment: Trish Wilder
NOT A MEMBER AND INTERESTED IN FINDING OUT MORE HOMETOWN NETWORKING GROUP?
Come check us out. We welcome you to join us on Wednesday morning and meet some great local business owners. What have you got to lose? Your first breakfast is on us! Dues are $60/quarter or $200/year. If you’re not ready to commit or can’t manage to come every Wednesday but you would still like to connect? We have an option for you. You are welcome to come any time you’d like and pay $10.
The group meets every Wednesday morning at Kyle IHOP 5401 Kyle Centre Dr, Kyle, TX 78640 (I35 Southbound Access
Rd, just South of Kyle Expressway and I35 intersection). Informal networking begins at 8:15, Meeting begins at 8:30 and ends promptly at 9:30.
You can find out more about our group at: https://hometownnetworking.org