Dominate Your Local Market!

When I was working in the New York/New Jersey Metro Area some years ago, we had an informal group of web designers, producers, artists, programmers, etc. who got together to have dinner, network and shoot the bull. We called the group the Dirty Dozen although the numbers varied (I still own the domain DirtyDozen.info from the website we had).

In 2003, my wife and I packed up and moved to Danville, Kentucky. I don't miss the congestion, but I do miss those dinner get-togethers. The dinner was far less important than the people - those were some great people, most of who I am still in contact with today, though not as often as I'd like.

At that time, I also belonged to the Garden State Real Estate Investors Association, which was a tremendous source of shared knowledge with investors at all levels of experience. It was a very well-run organization and grew exponentially. When I get their announcement post cards even today, I am really happy to see the group is still thriving.

OK, enough about the past. A few weeks ago, considering both of the above examples, I decided to start the Bluegrass Internet Marketing Association (BIMA) with a website at www.BluegrassIMA.com. Same deal. I visualize it as an organization that will foster networking, mentoring and simple information exchange - a mastermind group of sorts, where people interested in marketing on the Internet can get together and learn.

You hear the term "masters" thrown around a lot these days. We are all "masters" in some facet of what we do. And we are all in need of improvement in technique, ideas and strategies to broaden our base of skills. We can share what we are masters of with others. That will only serve to strengthen us.

There is no competition at the level of creation. When you learn to create you control your own destiny. Harness the Law of Attraction, couple it with your creativity and there is no stopping you.

There's a lot to learn when you begin an online business or begin to use online assets to promote your traditional offline business. But the old cliché of "How do you eat an elephant?" is appropriate here. Taken in steps it becomes a simple process.

We'll be holding the first General Meeting of BIMA in Lexington, KY on Tuesday, February 12 at 6:30PM. For more information, head on over to the BIMA website and join us if you dare.

And please sign up for the email list if you want to attend. We have limited space this time and I don't anyone to get shut out. If it looks like we have too many for the facility we have lined up, I'll look for more space.

Come on out to the meeting on Feb 12. When you take your sweetie out for Valentine's Day, you'll have something new to talk about.