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SUMMARY:ThinkUp
DESCRIPTION:Attend Virtually OR In person! \nRainmakers ThinkUP is a uniquely organized networking event for business owners and those who serve them. Picture a room full of sharp\, entrepreneurial-minded professionals brainstorming challenges\, mentoring one another\, and identifying new strategic relationship opportunities. \nBring an idea\, a challenge\, or a discussion topic. You’ll have the opportunity to talk in groups and get feedback to help you move forward in your thoughts. It’s the “Place to Start and progress your ideas to actionable steps.” \nThese events will allow time for some open networking followed by the Hot Seat discussions in small groups. \n  \nStart this exciting new program with a business challenge that is affecting you or your business. \nExample questions: \n\nHow do I attract candidates to the open vacancies in this job seekers market?\nHow can I grow profits in this economy with high inflation?\nHow can I retain my current staff when there are many other business opportunities being offered?\n\n  \nCome and join us for this new and exciting event that will challenge you and change you and/ or your business for the better. \n\n_________________________________\n\n\nTHANK YOU to Our Host: \n\n\nApprentice University was originally created to reduce a talent shortage in the technology industry. However\, we have expanded since then to a diverse community of professionals and students. Our apprentices’ interests range from marketing to cybersecurity to entrepreneurship to media and digital storytelling and more. Our model has undergone a few iterations\, but throughout the changes we remain to guide our students through challenging\, real-world experiences that prepare them for their future. We plan\, arrange\, and manage apprenticeships in the quickly changed\, high-demand careers of the future\, offering professional certificates in marketing\, IT administration\, cybersecurity\, web design & UX\, and much more. We are striving to build the professionals of the future.
URL:https://gorainmakers.com/event/thinkup-8/
LOCATION:Apprentice University\, 6402 Corporate Drive\, Indianapolis\, 46278
CATEGORIES:Small Business,ThinkUP
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SUMMARY:How To Ask For Client Referrals Without Feeling Salesy
DESCRIPTION:Would you like to spend less time hunting for clients and more time helping your clients?  Would you love to have your sales pipeline full of people that are ready to buy from you? If you answered yes to one or both of those questions\, join Denise as she shares strategies and tactics that can save you time AND make you more money as you learn to build your business by referral. \n  \nFebruary Topic: How To Ask For Client Referrals Without Feeling Salesy \nEvery business would love to have more Referrals from their clients\, but few have a plan in place to ask for those Referrals. In this workshop we will cover:\n\n\n\n What’s stopping you from asking for Referrals\n The value of asking for Referrals\n The language of asking for Referrals\n\n\n \nFilling Your Sales Pipeline Series \nJoin Denise each month as she shares the components of putting together your own customized Referral Marketing plan for your business that when implemented\, will result in you filling your sales pipeline full of prospects that are ready to buy from you. \n  \n\n\n\n  \nOur Facilitator: \n \nDenise Praul \nDenise Praul is a Referral Marketing Strategist and the founder of Whiteboard Learning. She is committed to sharing practical real-world information to help business professionals create referral marketing strategies to grow their businesses. \nShe put her referral knowledge to the test in her own property tax consulting business and significantly and consistently grew the business year after year with no additional investment of money or time. Using that experience and knowledge she developed a duplicatable system to help other businesses have the same success. \nDenise has created a system called Roadmap to Unlimited Referrals that she now trains and shares with other business people to help them significantly grow and scale their own businesses. \nDenise Praul \nWhite Board Learning \n317-989-2222 \nwb-learning.com \n 
URL:https://gorainmakers.com/event/filling-your-sales-pipeline-3/
LOCATION:Online Event\, United States
CATEGORIES:Small Business
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20230217T110000
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SUMMARY:POW: Self Love
DESCRIPTION:Attend Virtually OR In Person!  \nFebruary: AUTHENTICALLY YOU\n\nHow to stand out in a busy world\nThree Authentic Ways to Increase Your Self-Worth\, Grow Your Confidence and Elevate Your Influence\n\n  \n*Light lunch\, appetizers\, coffee & water included \n \nPower of Women (POW) is on a mission to create a space where women can gather and be connected\, inspired\, and grow. POW will be a quarterly women’s event that focuses on current trends and challenges that women are facing.
URL:https://gorainmakers.com/event/self-love/
LOCATION:Nexus Impact Center\, 9511 Angola Ct\, Indianapolis\, 46268
CATEGORIES:Empowering Women Roundtable
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20230221T083000
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SUMMARY:LinkedIn Lead Share
DESCRIPTION:Attend Virtually OR In Person! \n  \nLeverage your LinkedIn account by sharing your needs with fellow Rainmakers and helping them with their ideal connections. Get the meetings you need to be successful in your business! \nEveryone who attends will have a chance to share the following:\nYour name\, The company you represent\, The service or product that you offer your clients\, and how you help your clients. Everyone else will search their own Linkedin connections for this criteria and make immediate introductions.\n\n_________________________________\n\nTo attend this session you must know how to: \n\nSearch and use filters on Linkedin\nHave an all-star profile\nKnow-How to share a profile with a connection\nYou must have a written intro for others to send on your behalf.  I have attached a variety of samples from other members that might be helpful when putting together your intro.\n\n  \nIn this session\, you will share the following: \n\nDescribe who is your ideal strategic partner/referral partner.  Who calls on the same person in a corporation that you do?  (CIO/CEO/CFO\, ETC.)\nDescribe who is your ideal client (it’s not“everyone”)\nYou do not need to have a paid LinkedIn subscription\, although it’s nice to have.\n\n  \nWhat to expect (how-to): \n\nRound 1 connect to each other before the actual session (I will send the list of people who registered for this event ahead of time)\nRound 2 explain keywords describing who you want to meet.  Other members will send you a person that fits the bill and you reply through messenger if that looks good.\nRound 3 members send a three-way email or LinkedIn message as a warm introduction using verbiage provided during the session.\n\n\n  \nOur Facilitator: \n \nJim Patton \nJim Patton is a Financial Planner with WestPoint Financial Group.  He provides objective and customized insurance and investment strategies to help meet the financial needs of his clients. \nJim is a graduate of Purdue University where he earned his Bachelor of Science in Economics.  He later earned his Master of Business Administration from Oklahoma University and his MS in Adult Education from Indiana University. Jim is also a graduate of the US Army War College. \nPrior to joining WestPoint Financial Group\, Jim was the owner of J Patton Consulting\, LLC. He also worked for Transamerica Financial Advisors as an Investment Advisor Representative. From 1970 to 2000\, Jim served in the United States Army as a Colonel. During his service\, he was stationed in Germany and Korea. Given Jim’s background\, he enjoys focusing on veteran business owners. \nJim is a member of the Society of Financial Services Professionals and a member of the Board of Directors of the Central Indiana Chapter of the Society of Financial Services Professionals. \nIn his free time\, Jim enjoys spending time with his family and friends. His hobbies include hiking and reading.
URL:https://gorainmakers.com/event/linkedin-lead-share-2/
LOCATION:Nexus Impact Center\, 9511 Angola Ct\, Indianapolis\, 46268
CATEGORIES:LinkedIn Roundtable
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SUMMARY:Business Credit: Avoid These Mistakes
DESCRIPTION:Learn how to get business credit for your company EIN that’s not linked to you personally or your personal credit. Secure HIGH-limit vendor\, store\, fleet\, and cash credit in your business name without a personal guarantee or personal credit check. No collateral or cash flow is required for approval. \n  \nYou will learn the following: \n\nWhat is Business Credit\nHow to get the credit you need\n7 Steps to EIN Business Credit\nYour SSN is not your business’s business\n\n \n  \nOur Facilitator: \n \nJerry Vaughn\, President \nJ. Galt Finance Suite
URL:https://gorainmakers.com/event/business-credit-avoid-these-mistakes-2/
LOCATION:Online Event\, United States
CATEGORIES:Small Business
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20230228T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20230228T193000
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SUMMARY:Eat + Drink
DESCRIPTION:Rainmakers Eat + Drink is our monthly social event. We travel all around the city to experience Indy’s best independent restaurant establishments.  Everyone welcome! Bring a friend or colleague and participate in a relaxed networking environment while enjoying the great tastes of Indy. \nJoin us in February at The Garage Food Hall! \n5:30-6:30 Cocktails \n6:30-? Dinner \nNote: We’re responsible for finding a great restaurant! You’re responsible for your food and drink! \nLet’s support a local restaurant\, get to know other folks\, and have great food and beverages all at the same time! \n  \n \nAbout the Garage Food Hall: \nCommunity. It’s in our DNA. Whether we’re rolling up our sleeves or rolling up our doors\, we believe that hard work and great food bring people together.  If you’re not at home or at work\, you’re here. The Garage is the true third place in Indy. \nPeople come to The Garage to get fed by the best the region has to offer: entrepreneurs who push boundaries\, shape tastes and put Indianapolis on the culinary map. We’re a marketplace for locals\, transplants\, visitors and everyone in between searching for an authentic taste of Indy. \nConnect. Discover something new. Get inspired. If you’re as hungry for experiences as we are\, come to The Garage. \n\n  \n  \nTHANK YOU to Our Sponsor: \n \nNathan Pfahler \nwith Weichert Realtors for sponsoring Rainmakers Eat + Drink! \nI am happily married to Jennifer Pfahler and we have 2 young boys who are fun and active! I have been a licensed REALTOR since 2005\, started the real estate team of The Pfahler Group\, in 2012\, and have owned my own brokerage since 2018\, purchasing the Weichert Franchise towards the end of 2019. To date\, I’ve been involved in over 700 real estate transactions and am pumped to think about how many families and individuals that means we have helped in their journey to homeownership! \nMy family and I reside in Brownsburg\, IN where we are involved in various school\, church\, and community activities! I am excited to lead a great team and a great brokerage! We would be honored to assist you in your residential or commercial needs. \n 
URL:https://gorainmakers.com/event/eat-drink-21/
LOCATION:The Garage Food Hall\, 906 Carrollton Avenue\, Indianapolis\, IN\, 46202
CATEGORIES:Networking,Social
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