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April 29th Network Plano Meeting

We had a light attendance this morning with only 15 attendees which is a big change. We certainly missed Cindy Korenman of Loveable Smiles Dentistry and Tom Pritchard of Stonebriar Business Advisors.

Thanks to our three visitors this morning:

Brandi Grosvenor ~ Metrocrest Coffee News ~ www.metrocrestcoffeenews.com
Kevin Tuggle ~ Owner of Inphase Audio
Jan Wells ~ LandAmerica Commonwealth Title ~ www.landam.com

Overheard during the 60 second commercial

1. "People think the low electricity rates are going to be there but yesterday there was a 10 cent raise per unit which is a huge increase" Karen O'Bryan of Ignite



2. "This is a very important time for Texas businesses due to the franchise tax changes and we are spending a lot of time planning and deploying strategy with our clients" Joseph Cusumano of Joseph Cusumano, CPA



3. "The Coffee News is family-friendly and you can read it out loud to your children, even the jokes" Brandi Grosvenor of Metrocrest Coffee News

The 10 minute presentation this morning is provided by Kim Boyko, Realtor, with the Keith Dobbs Team of ReMax. She is speaking on 6 reasonswhy Dallas is still a strong real estate market. Read her presentation here

Looking to connect your business to other business professionals? Visit our next meeting of Network Plano.com and see if a professional business networking group is a fit for you. We meet every Tuesday in Plano, TX at La Madeleine restaurant in their private room at the Preston Road and Park Lane location. Contact us at info@networkplano.com for more information.

6 Reasons Why Dallas is Still a Strong Real Estate Market

Kim Boyko, Realtor, with the Keith Dobbs team of Re/Max gave the 10 minute presentation at Network Plano during their weekly meeting. Her presentation gave 6 reasons why the Dallas market is still a strong real estate market:

• Stability
  
  Home prices in the Dallas area continue to rise and are a steadily increasing market. While unlike the coastal markets that experienced extreme appreciation, they are also now suffering extreme depreciation. Since 2000, Dallas home prices have averaged a 3.3% increase and since January 2008, area home prices are down 2% while nationally they are down 11%



• Affordability
  
  The median home price is $158,000 which is in line with median household income of $60,300 so this continues to be an affordable market and one of the MOST affordable in the US.

Network Plano.com April 22nd, 2008 Meeting

Welcome to the Network Plano professional business group from Plano, TEXAS. This is our weekly business referral meeting at La Madeleine restaurant at Park and Preston Road. Meetings start at 7:30AM and are over in time for you to get to work by 9:00AM. Come Join us!

What a wonderful turnout this morning at our meeting. We had 16 regular members today and we express our sincere THANKS to the 5 guests who joined us!

• Tana Mossa ~ Personal in-home Athletic Trainer ~ www.tanamossa.com
• Beverly Daniel ~ Fashion Coordinator ~ www.weekendersusa.com
• Catherine Harvey ~ Sales for 5linx a global phone company ~ www.5linx.net/kuolcat
• Jan Wellls ~ Escrow Officer for LandAmerica Commonwealth Title ~ www.landam.com
• Daphne Lee ~ Client Link Cards ~ www.clientlinkcards.com

Overheard during the "I HAVE" portion of the meeting:

Top Ten Most Common Mistakes Business Owners Make

Deidra Graves, attorney with Graves Hawkins LLP, provided the 10 minute business presentation at the April 22nd, 2008 Network Plano Meeting. Deidra is a business attorney in Plano, TX and helps clients grow their business in a compliance and strategic manner. Below is her list of the "Top Ten Most Common Mistakes Business Owners Make":

1. Not forming a legal entity for your business
   
   Not just forming an entity but forming the appropriate entity for your business, cash flows, taxation and liability protection.

The 2008 TAX DAY Meeting of Network Plano

Another high-energy meeting of Network Plano. La Madeleine in Plano, TX was full of passion and motivation today. We appreciate our 5 visitors this morning:

• Jan Wells - LandAmerica Commonwealth Title Company - www.landam.com
• Janie Orr - Pack & Mail Shoppe - www.packandmailshoppe.com
• Bob Grizzle - American Success Stories
• Daphne Lee - Client Link - www.clientlinkcards.com
• Brandi Grosvenor - Metrocrest Coffee News - www.metrocrestcoffeenews.com

We had 15 members this morning as well. The tax due date may have been the culprit behind some of the absences....most notably Joseph Cusumano our CPA.

Today's 10 minute presentation was given by Ken Stampe, Retail Sales Manager for Wells Fargo Home Mortgage:

Why Wells Fargo and Ken Stampe?

At the 4/15/2008 Network Plano meeting at La Madeleine in Plano, TX I was offered the opportunity to give the 10 minute presentation:

After opening with a list of far-fetched biographical data such as " winner of a hot dog eating contest with 24 hot dogs in 5 minutes" and " holder of a Guiness World Record for continuous square dancing of 7 days, 9 hours and 22 minutes" Ken closed his list of dubious (and false) accomplishments with a claim that he can get you a loan for "5% interest with no closing costs and no money down"

The point is that if something sounds in the neighborhood of truth or at least nearly what you would believe you are inclined to accept it as factual if the person speaks it with conviction.

However, that does not make what they are saying any more true or accurate.

There are 4 key things that Wells Fargo Home Mortgage and I provide clients to assure them that...

Ignite Now Offering Service In Georgia!

After much anticipation, Ignite has blasted on the scene to make it's debut in the state of Georgia for gas.

That's right, gas, not electricity.

We're in the electricity market in Texas, but are working the gas market in Georgia. This is still a ground floor company, in that we've been in business just three years, but for those joining the company in the Georgia market it's like getting in on the basement level.

The opportunity to generate residual income in the electric and gas field is incredible. Take a look at what the Dallas Business Journal had to say about Ignite in a recent article:

"[Ignite] is on track to hit $1 billion in sales in 2008, just three short years after it was founded"

We're currently looking for motivated people who want to make a difference in their lives and the lives of others by referring a handful of customers. Find out what the buzz is all about and why well over 1,000 people a week are taking a look at this company in Texas alone.

Don't be left in the dark.

Feel The Power!

Karen O'Bryan
972-596-0050
www.TheEnergyGame.com

The 5 C's of Influencing People

21 attendees at the April 8th meeting of Network Plano heard a great presentation by one of our members. The 10 minute presentation was given by Mel Williams of Fuel Freedom International. Mel and a business partner offer sales coaching seminars on cruise ships to provide a relaxing environment to grow your sales skills and enjoy a vacation at the same time.

Mel’s 10 minute presentation focused on the power of influencing people:

People follow people who influence them.

How do you get people to follow your influence?

The biggest way to influence people revolves around building trust.
The following is the 5 ‘C’ s of building trust:

April 8th Network Plano Meeting

At last week’s meeting we voted to change our networking group’s name from Plano Business Accelerators to Network Plano! (In truth, that’s partly due to everyone’s inability to spell accelerators on a consistent basis), but it also makes us consistent to our website domain name www.networkplano.com

As always, we give a BIG thanks to our visitors this week:

Margaret Reedy – sales –
~ was unfortunately laid off recently and is looking for a new job in sales.

Bob Grizzle – America Success Stories –
~ providing insightful radio profiles of interesting people on the Word 100.7 FM

Jan Wells – LandAmerica Commonwealth Title – www.landam.com
~ providing title and escrow services and personal service

Linda Velasquez – Owner/Operator – www.howdyallgreeters.com
~ personally visit new homeowners to greet them and promote your business

21 total attendees at today’s meeting made for a full house and a lot of energy.