Join The BNC Small Business Owner Meetup Group

You'll get invited to our Meetups as soon as they're scheduled!

Past list view

Meetup Location RSVPs
Oct 09 29 2009 11:30 AM

23 attended (est.) – 5.00 5.001

Cary Police: Safety & Security Seminar

When: Oct 29, 2009 @ 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM

Where: BNC

What: Cary Police Department will be presenting a seminar on personal safety & security. Please RSVP no later than Tuesday, October 27, 2009 @ 5 PM as space is limited. A light lunch will be provided and we will have a drawing for a cash prize at the end of the seminar.

The BNC and Marketing Masters look forward to seeing you there!

BNC
Cary, NC, 27511

1 Yes
0 Maybe

Oct 09 29 2009 10:00 AM

24 attended (est.) – 5.00 5.002

The Cary Leads Group creates a warm, inviting and casual atmosphere where business owners and professionals can meet to build trusted relations, which could lead to business building opportunities between members as well as the generation or sharing of business leads.

If you want to connect with other friendly and motivated business owners and professionals who understand the power of business networking, we invite you to visit one of our weekly meetings

*** Remember, we are continuing to accept donations for the Food Bank. Please help us help our community. Barrels are located in BNC by the Clearwire kiosk.

Cost: $3.00

BNC
Cary, NC, 27511

24 Yes
0 Maybe

Oct 09 29 2009 8:30 AM

15 attended (est.) – 5.00 5.001

The Western Wake Leads Group will have its regular meeting on Thursday morning at 8:30AM at the BNC in Cary. This group is quickly growing into a premier leads group with new faces, including some people new to networking. Don?t miss this exciting new group! Come make new contacts and work to grow your business. Weekly dues are $3 with the optional drawing for the cash $1 and a business card. First time attendees are free and get an additional opportunity to stand up and tell us who they are and what they do. Don?t forget to bring something to give away as a door prize (1 item per week) as it give you another chance to mention your business. Also bring cards to put in the card books.


*** We are online at www.westernwakesleads.com. If you have attended at least three times you are eligible to be listed on the website. Go to www.westernwakeleads.com/signup to enter your listing. This is an exciting benefit for all regular members with listings for your business, links to your website, the ability to post announcements, and much more. It really pays to be a member of the Western Wake Leads Group.


*** Remember, we are continuing to accept donations for the Food Bank. Please help us help our community. Barrels are located in BNC by the Clearwire kiosk.


The group is an offshoot of the Chapel Hill Leads Group, www.chaplehillleads.com. Please note that the Chapel Hill Leads group is now meeting at a new location this week Wednesday 8:00AM. The new location is just a few blocks away at Extraordinary Ventures, 200 South Elliott Rd., across from Whole Foods.

Don?t forget the other leads groups:

APEX Leads Group meets on Tuesdays at 10:30 at Carrabba?s on Rt.55 in Apex. **New Location ** www.networkinginapex.com . Contact Christine Rhyne Johnson at 919-386-0567 mkchristine@nc.rr.com.

APEX ? Women meets the 2nd Monday afternoon of each month at 4pm ? La Rancherita Salem Street in downtown Apex. This is for women business owners who live or work in Apex. Contact Bonnie Kunath 341-1777 or Bonnie-Clare.Kunath@Axa-Advisors.com for more information.

Pittsboro Business Women's Group meets the first and third Tuesday morning of each month. Janet Wyatt (542-4222 or pittsborobwg@hotmail.com) is the facilitator. The PBWG meets at Chatham Mortgage (76 Hillsboro Street, Pittsboro, NC 27312 ) from 7:30 a.m. to 9:00 a.m.

North Raleigh Leads Group www.northraleighleads.com meets every Monday morning at the Percolator Coffee, 5039 Falls of the Neuse Road, Raleigh 27609. David Stoner of EnviroFix (919-847-5355) and Charlie Edinger of Second Chance Solutions (919-219-5264) are the facilitators. They meet from 8:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.

Holly Springs Leads Group meets Wednesdays from 10:30 to 11:30am at Java Divine (128 Bass Lake Rd, Holly Springs 27540) in Bass Lake Shopping Center (www.javadivine.com). Contact Barbara Petty for more information 919-662-5418 www.hollyspringsleadsgroup.com

Hillsborough Leads Group meets the second and fourth Thursday morning of each month. Ned Parson (493-0985) is the facilitator. They meet at the (Occoneechee Steak House) from 8:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.

Cost: $3.00

BNC
Cary, NC, 27511

15 Yes
0 Maybe

Oct 09 28 2009 8:30 AM

24 attended (est.) – 5.00 5.002

The steps to building a successful business are the same for every business. Business owners succeed when they perform each step well. Businesses fail when steps are skipped or not performed with care.

In this free seminar, you will learn the 15 steps to develop and build a successful business along with examples of how other entrepreneurs have executed these steps to grow their businesses, even in a tough economy.


Free, but prior registration required. To register, call Mark Brown at (919) 372-9196 or email him at mark@nextstepbusiness.com.
The Steps:

1.Create Your "Personal Strategy" Plan
2.Decide Whether to Buy or Start Your Business
3.Create Your "Value to Customers" Plan
4.Create Your "Get Customers" Plan
5.Create Your "Value Delivery" Plan
6.Create Your "Cash & Financial" Plan
7.Get Customers & Revenues
8.Deliver Value to Your Customers
9.Manage Cash & Profit
10.Hire & Manage Employees
11.Manage Key Elements
12.Increase Value of Business
13.Prepare Documents to Sell Your Business
14.Find Buyers for Your Business
15.Complete Sale and Cash Out


Meet Your Presenters:
Mark Brown

Mark is president of NextStep Business Solutions, a consulting firm that for the last 12 years has guided business owners through the process of creating a more rewarding business, from the start up phase to the growth phase to the eventual sale of their businesses.

Scott Cohen
Scott has comprehensive experience in the conception, development and implementation of business planning and strategies for single and multi unit operations across a variety of industries.

Breakfast is included with this workshop

BNC
Cary, NC, 27511

6 Yes
0 Maybe

Oct 09 27 2009 11:30 AM

10 attended (est.) – 4.50 4.504

10 Things You Can do Yourself in 24 hours to Increase Your Website Traffic

What you will learn in this presentation:

* Create Search Engine Friendly Pages (basic and easy to do)
* Learn what Google crawlers see in your site (Google Webmaster Tools)
* Why build links to your website & how to build links the right way - the do's and don'ts
* Learn what your customers and prospects are searching for (Using FREE Keyword discovery tool)
* Get Google's feedback about your site (on duplicate content, title tags etc.)
* Canonical version & Search Engine Friendly page redirects (301 - Permanent)
* Why have Web Analytics and how to install FREE Google Analytics (you need to have access to your web server and be able to edit pages)
* Start using Google Analytics data (I'll share a real website data)
* Pros/Cons of Pay-per-click ads
* Google insights
* Q & A


All the above will be approached from an Entrepreneur's view, and will focus on maximizing the ROI on the marketing investment.

About Pugal Natesan
Located in Raleigh. Pugal has over 15 years experience in the IT world, Pugal Natesan is a WSI Franchisee, an internet marketing company that specializes in helping small businesses growing their online traffic and converting the website visitors to customers, to be successful in the ever changing internet world. As a small business owner, Pugal Natesan understands the risks and rewards of being a small business owner, and focuses the most on increasing the ROI for your marketing dollars.

Pugal has a Master's Degree in Applied Information Technology from Bellarmine University, Louisville, KY and is a Search Engine Academy Certified Advanced SEO Professional.

My Website: www.wsiwebmagic.com <http://www.wsiwebmagic.com>


Lunch included with seminar.

Cost: $20.00

BNC
Cary, NC, 27511

10 Yes
0 Maybe

Oct 09 22 2009 10:00 AM

26 attended (est.) – 5.00 5.002

The Cary Leads Group creates a warm, inviting and casual atmosphere where business owners and professionals can meet to build trusted relations, which could lead to business building opportunities between members as well as the generation or sharing of business leads.

If you want to connect with other friendly and motivated business owners and professionals who understand the power of business networking, we invite you to visit one of our weekly meetings

*** Remember, we are continuing to accept donations for the Food Bank. Please help us help our community. Barrels are located in BNC by the Clearwire kiosk.

Cost: $3.00

BNC
Cary, NC, 27511

26 Yes
0 Maybe

Oct 09 22 2009 8:30 AM

18 attended (est.) – 5.00 5.001

The Western Wake Leads Group will have its regular meeting on Thursday morning at 8:30AM at the BNC in Cary. This group is quickly growing into a premier leads group with new faces, including some people new to networking. Don?t miss this exciting new group! Come make new contacts and work to grow your business. Weekly dues are $3 with the optional drawing for the cash $1 and a business card. First time attendees are free and get an additional opportunity to stand up and tell us who they are and what they do. Don?t forget to bring something to give away as a door prize (1 item per week) as it give you another chance to mention your business. Also bring cards to put in the card books.


*** We are online at www.westernwakesleads.com. If you have attended at least three times you are eligible to be listed on the website. Go to www.westernwakeleads.com/signup to enter your listing. This is an exciting benefit for all regular members with listings for your business, links to your website, the ability to post announcements, and much more. It really pays to be a member of the Western Wake Leads Group.


*** Remember, we are continuing to accept donations for the Food Bank. Please help us help our community. Barrels are located in BNC by the Clearwire kiosk.


The group is an offshoot of the Chapel Hill Leads Group, www.chaplehillleads.com. Please note that the Chapel Hill Leads group is now meeting at a new location this week Wednesday 8:00AM. The new location is just a few blocks away at Extraordinary Ventures, 200 South Elliott Rd., across from Whole Foods.

Don?t forget the other leads groups:

APEX Leads Group meets on Tuesdays at 10:30 at Carrabba?s on Rt.55 in Apex. **New Location ** www.networkinginapex.com . Contact Christine Rhyne Johnson at 919-386-0567 mkchristine@nc.rr.com.

APEX ? Women meets the 2nd Monday afternoon of each month at 4pm ? La Rancherita Salem Street in downtown Apex. This is for women business owners who live or work in Apex. Contact Bonnie Kunath 341-1777 or Bonnie-Clare.Kunath@Axa-Advisors.com for more information.

Pittsboro Business Women's Group meets the first and third Tuesday morning of each month. Janet Wyatt (542-4222 or pittsborobwg@hotmail.com) is the facilitator. The PBWG meets at Chatham Mortgage (76 Hillsboro Street, Pittsboro, NC 27312 ) from 7:30 a.m. to 9:00 a.m.

North Raleigh Leads Group www.northraleighleads.com meets every Monday morning at the Percolator Coffee, 5039 Falls of the Neuse Road, Raleigh 27609. David Stoner of EnviroFix (919-847-5355) and Charlie Edinger of Second Chance Solutions (919-219-5264) are the facilitators. They meet from 8:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.

Holly Springs Leads Group meets Wednesdays from 10:30 to 11:30am at Java Divine (128 Bass Lake Rd, Holly Springs 27540) in Bass Lake Shopping Center (www.javadivine.com). Contact Barbara Petty for more information 919-662-5418 www.hollyspringsleadsgroup.com

Hillsborough Leads Group meets the second and fourth Thursday morning of each month. Ned Parson (493-0985) is the facilitator. They meet at the (Occoneechee Steak House) from 8:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.

Cost: $3.00

BNC
Cary, NC, 27511

18 Yes
0 Maybe

Oct 09 20 2009 5:30 PM

10 attended (est.) – 5.00 5.001

This is a monthly social event to benefit the Food Bank of North Carolina.


Cost: $5 to attend this event(includes complimentary hors d' oeuvres and wine tasting) with a cash bar.


Please bring $5 worth of food to donate to the Food Bank.


You can also make a $5 donation(cash or check) to the Food Bank.

*** Remember, we are continuing to accept donations for the Food Bank. Please help us help our community. Barrels are located in BNC by the Clearwire kiosk.


*** All boxes of cereal will be matched by Dave Stoner of Envirofix.

Cost: $5.00

BNC
Cary, NC, 27511

10 Yes
0 Maybe

Oct 09 15 2009 10:00 AM

29 attended (est.) – 5.00 5.002

The Cary Leads Group creates a warm, inviting and casual atmosphere where business owners and professionals can meet to build trusted relations, which could lead to business building opportunities between members as well as the generation or sharing of business leads.

If you want to connect with other friendly and motivated business owners and professionals who understand the power of business networking, we invite you to visit one of our weekly meetings

*** Remember, we are continuing to accept donations for the Food Bank. Please help us help our community. Barrels are located in BNC by the Clearwire kiosk.

Cost: $3.00

BNC
Cary, NC, 27511

29 Yes
0 Maybe

Oct 09 15 2009 8:30 AM

18 attended (est.) – 4.00 4.002

The Western Wake Leads Group will have its regular meeting on Thursday morning at 8:30AM at the BNC in Cary. This group is quickly growing into a premier leads group with new faces, including some people new to networking. Don?t miss this exciting new group! Come make new contacts and work to grow your business. Weekly dues are $3 with the optional drawing for the cash $1 and a business card. First time attendees are free and get an additional opportunity to stand up and tell us who they are and what they do. Don?t forget to bring something to give away as a door prize (1 item per week) as it give you another chance to mention your business. Also bring cards to put in the card books.


*** We are online at www.westernwakesleads.com. If you have attended at least three times you are eligible to be listed on the website. Go to www.westernwakeleads.com/signup to enter your listing. This is an exciting benefit for all regular members with listings for your business, links to your website, the ability to post announcements, and much more. It really pays to be a member of the Western Wake Leads Group.


*** Remember, we are continuing to accept donations for the Food Bank. Please help us help our community. Barrels are located in BNC by the Clearwire kiosk.


The group is an offshoot of the Chapel Hill Leads Group, www.chaplehillleads.com. Please note that the Chapel Hill Leads group is now meeting at a new location this week Wednesday 8:00AM. The new location is just a few blocks away at Extraordinary Ventures, 200 South Elliott Rd., across from Whole Foods.

Don?t forget the other leads groups:

APEX Leads Group meets on Tuesdays at 10:30 at Carrabba?s on Rt.55 in Apex. **New Location ** www.networkinginapex.com . Contact Christine Rhyne Johnson at 919-386-0567 mkchristine@nc.rr.com.

APEX ? Women meets the 2nd Monday afternoon of each month at 4pm ? La Rancherita Salem Street in downtown Apex. This is for women business owners who live or work in Apex. Contact Bonnie Kunath 341-1777 or Bonnie-Clare.Kunath@Axa-Advisors.com for more information.

Pittsboro Business Women's Group meets the first and third Tuesday morning of each month. Janet Wyatt (542-4222 or pittsborobwg@hotmail.com) is the facilitator. The PBWG meets at Chatham Mortgage (76 Hillsboro Street, Pittsboro, NC 27312 ) from 7:30 a.m. to 9:00 a.m.

North Raleigh Leads Group www.northraleighleads.com meets every Monday morning at the Percolator Coffee, 5039 Falls of the Neuse Road, Raleigh 27609. David Stoner of EnviroFix (919-847-5355) and Charlie Edinger of Second Chance Solutions (919-219-5264) are the facilitators. They meet from 8:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.

Holly Springs Leads Group meets Wednesdays from 10:30 to 11:30am at Java Divine (128 Bass Lake Rd, Holly Springs 27540) in Bass Lake Shopping Center (www.javadivine.com). Contact Barbara Petty for more information 919-662-5418 www.hollyspringsleadsgroup.com

Hillsborough Leads Group meets the second and fourth Thursday morning of each month. Ned Parson (493-0985) is the facilitator. They meet at the (Occoneechee Steak House) from 8:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.

Cost: $3.00

BNC
Cary, NC, 27511

18 Yes
0 Maybe

Organized by

Our Sponsors

BNC Discount Wine Shop

10% off any wine for all BNC meetup group members

Dancing Elephants Achievement Group

We teach Effective, Ethical Sales Training.

Six String Cafe & Music Hall

“Where the Music Matters and the Food Rocks!”

SendOutCards

Send FREE REAL Greeting Cards from the Internet! 919-460-7576

Southeast Technology Management

Small Office and Home Business Computer Support