Clarksville Networking Group – Not just for Networking

The Clarksville Networking Group’s primary goal has been to help business owners and professionals meet, develop relationships, and obtain new business leads.  While this is the primary goal of the Group, it isn’t the only area where CNG can help businesses and professionals.

Many of the members in CNG are really good at what they do, be it cleaning your home’s carpeting and flooring, to helping you get a great gift for your spouse, to providing bookkeeping & tax preparation services.  Still others can provide great advertising services and products, or even set your company up with credit card processing.  But we all need some help at some point in the running of our companies.  Therefore, the Group is also focusing on educating the members on administrative areas such as employees and payroll, compliance with local, state, and federal laws, and other managerial aspects.

This isn’t going to be the dry, boring kind of education, but rather taken from the experiences of the various members to help other members overcome their obstacles to greater success.  Together, the members of this group have a large amount of experience which can help the other members become more profitable, better organized, and ready to take on more challenges.

So if your company is interested in gaining clients, experience, and revenues contact any of the members, or better yet, stop on by on the first or third Tuesday of each month at the Regency Apartments on Madison Street across from Auto Zone.  You can also find more information on our website www.clarksvillenetworkinggroup.net.  Hope to see you at the next meeting!

CNG Meeting December 7th, 2011

The Clarksville Networking Group held it’s first meeting in December today. We had a great meeting with several new visitors and returning members.

On the Agenda was the topic of the CNG Holiday / Christmas Party which will be held December 13th. This is a fun time of year to come together with friends and business partners and CNG is no different. Our annual holiday party will be a lot of fun with great food, and gifts to be shared. Look for an update next week.

CNG members gave their 45 second presentation as well as passed leads. We also had a 10 minute presentation from Elaine Murray, Mary Kay Independent Sales Director.

Elaine has been involved with Mary Kay Cosmetics for over 13 years. She is a sales director and has won numerous awards. Her presentation today covered potential gifts for the holidays. Elaine also gave us her goals and plans for the next year and how we could help her achieve them. http://www.marykay.com/emurray/

 

 

 

 

 

 

CNG is excited to welcome Larry McFarland with Crye Leike Real Estate. Larry brings 16 years of real estate experience to the group. Feel free to visit his website: www.viewtnhomes.com/

Check out the photo’s from this weeks meeting

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The next Clarksville Networking Group meeting will be held on December 20th at 8:00. The location is still at the Riverview Inn downtown Clarksville.

 

Thinking of Starting 2012 Off Right?

 

A good way to start off a new year is to try something new or something different. If you haven’t tried joining a networking group, stop on by and see the Clarksville Networking Group on the 1st and 3rd Tuesdays each month. They meet at the Riverview Inn which is located downtown Clarksville Tennessee.

What can a networking group do for your business? Well first off, you have the option to introduce yourself and your business to other business owners in the group. In turn as you build a relationship with those members they will go out into the community and spread the word about your business. They become a business referral source for you.

Gain experience in public speaking. Does it terrify you to get in front of people? Do you forget what to say? With the help of the networking group, they can teach you how to give a 45 second “elevator pitch” as well as give a 10 minute presentation to the group.

Would you like more education on networking, advertising, social networking, website SEO, sales presentations and more? The Clarksville Networking Group has many experienced members that have been in business for years. Each CNG meeting has an education piece that is handed out to each member.

Are you having trouble getting found on the internet? CNG members get a free page about their business, plus help from group members on website design and getting found on the internet including Google.

If you are a business owner, sales associate, or other professional that would like to network, feel free to come and join the Clarksville Networking Group.

 

CNG Visits Clarksville Chamber Business After Hours

The City of Clarksville Chamber of Commerce holds a monthly “Business after hours” get together. This is a social gathering of members to have fun, and get to know one another better. Each month “BaH” is held at a different business. This September 15th 2011 was held at Legends Bank located at 2120 Wilma Rudolph Blvd, Clarksville TN. For more information please visit www.clarksvillechamber.com/

The theme for this event was Football. Members were encouraged to wear their favorite team jerseys and clothing.  Maybe Teams both pro and college were represented. The festivities also included activities that would make any “tailgate party” proud. There was Corn Hole, Football throw, hot dogs, chicken wings and of course cold beverages.

The Clarksville Networking Group is a member of the Chamber of Commerce and some of our members were there to network and be social. As part of the Clarksville business community it is encourage to meet new people as well as network with existing contacts. Besides myself, Michael Sparks with thosecardfolks.com we also saw CNG members George Rawlins with Rawlins Office Machines and Janese Cleary with A&S All Support as well as prior member Carol Low with Ad One.

Networking is about making connections and building enduring, mutually beneficial relationships. Ultimately, it’s not about who you know … but WHO KNOWS YOU!!

If your business could use a lift, come on down and visit the Clarksville Networking Group on the 1st and 3rd Tuesday’s of each month. Our meetings are held at The Riverview Inn, 50 College Street Clarksville TN 37040. Meetings begin promptly at 8:00 am and end promptly at 9:30.

The next CNG meeting will be help Tuesday September 20th at 8:00 am

 

Please check out our Gallery of Photo’s:
George Rawlings supporting University of Tennessee!

CNG Meeting September 6th, 2011

Here are the highlights from the Clarksville Networking Group meeting held September 6th 2011.

Meetings are held on the 1st and 3rd Tuesday’s beginning at 8:00 am. The meeting location is the Riverview Inn, 50 College St. Clarksville, TN 37040

 

Each month our meetings are held to help members grow their business through qualified referrals as well as education and member presentations.

  1. Open Networking and Coffee 8:00 to 8:30
  2. Members 45 second presentation
  3. Education handout and presentation
  4. 10 minute member spotlight presentation
  5. Announcements
  6. Passing of referrals.

This months member spotlight featured Minner’s Bookkeeping and Tax Preparation with Joel Minner. Watch the presentation on Youtube:

 

Our next meeting will be held on Tuesday September 20th. Please feel free to come as a visitor. We are accepting new member applications. You can also visit our Sphere’s page to see a complete listing of current members and possible available seats.

If you have any questions please contact us. 931-801-9401

Clarksville Networking Group Visitors Day

Please join the Clarksville Networking Group for a visitors day. Bring a friend or colleague and some business cards.

TN Senator Tim Barnes

Tim Barnes

Our Guest Speaker will be Tennessee Senator Tim Barnes. Senator Barnes is the District 22 representative at the Tennessee State Senate. For more information about Senator Tim Barnes visit his website at http://www.senatortimbarnes.com/ or the official State of Tennessee website: http://www.capitol.tn.gov/senate/members/s22.html

We are excited to hear about his hard work for the State of Tennessee and the communities surrounding Clarksville.

 

 

The Clarksville Networking Group (CNG) is a group of business professionals located in the Clarksville / Montgomery County area. We are dedicated to helping each other grow business through referrals.

Tuesday, Aug. 16
Meetings are held at The Riverview Inn
50 College St, Clarksville, TN 37040
8:00-8:30 Coffee and Open Networking 8:30-9:30 Structured Meeting

 

Clarksville Networking Group

Welcome to CNG. Please bear with us as we integrate to a new website.

We are looking forward to helping you grow your business with qualified referrals.

In the meantime please visit our social places: Facebook and LinkedIn