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Come on Down to Rainmakers Downtown

Yes, Rainmakers is expanding to include downtown locations! Last week’s prelaunch meet & greet event marks the beginning of an exciting opportunity for our members, especially those who’ve expressed interest in seeing Rainmakers expand to downtown Indy. We’re excited to extend our facility relationship with Regus by utilizing their meeting space at their building at […]

2015 Prime Event A Big Success

A beautiful night with a gathering of great friends, Prime 2015 at the Stratford of West Clay was terrific fun. The members-exclusive event allows us to visit with each other and recognize the best of the best in the Rainmakers community. The BE, DO, HAVE, GIVE and RAINMAKER OF THE YEAR awards were announced. Here are the winners: […]

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Business Cards or Bonfire Material?

Guest post by Zach Taylor You should know what business networking is and what it isn’t. Per the Meriam-Webster Dictionary, networking is defined as the exchange of information or services among individuals, groups, or institutions; specifically: the cultivation of productive relationships for employment or business.  Conversely – Networking is NOT about how many business cards I […]

It’s Time for Prime: March 2015

It’s Time for Prime: March 2015

Rainmakers members, don’t miss PRIME on March 9th at Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse! REGISTER FOR PRIME HERE Many thanks to our PRIME partners, Mike Garofalo of Aura IT Consulting and Anthony Socato with RSVP

From Behind the Microphone at RYP

This is a guest post by Zach Taylor, chair of Rainmakers Young Professionals  Last Wednesday’s monthly event at our new Morty’s Comedy Joint location marked the 7 month anniversary for Rainmakers Young Professionals (RYP)!  While that is a feat in and of itself, as event chair, I feel the best is yet to come! Our new location […]

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Create Your Profile on Rainmakers Connect

You want to meet people but you can’t be everywhere. That’s why we’re proud to introduce a new intranet platform for members to use when they can’t meet face to face. Rainmakers Connect is our new members only platform that allows you to search the current member database, create a searchable profile for your business and […]

A View from The Chair: Rainmakers Young Professionals

A little over two weeks ago Tina Imperial (Rainmakers Marketing Manager) challenged the Rainmakers Leadership to create blog posts about events we are involved in at Rainmakers. I have never been asked to write a blog nor do I consider myself a writer but as any of you that have met me will attest, I am […]

How to Translate Networking Into Business

How to Translate Networking Into Business

Networking is frustrating if you don’t know what you’re doing. Sure, you have conversations and you harvest a stack of business cards whenever you go to an event, but do you actually get more sales as a result? If your answer is no, then learn to bridge the gap between networking and sales by following […]

Business Blaze is Here!

Over 65 people attended the inaugural meeting of Business Blaze, a new opportunity for Rainmakers members to learn and connect over lunch. Featured speaker Tina Jaynes of Jaynes Consulting LLC did a phenomenal job educating us on how to lead proactively while reducing barriers.  Post event, we asked Tina what she wanted people to remember most about […]

Be, Do, Have and Give Awards

By now you’ve registered  for PRIME taking place on October 27th. If you haven’t, stop reading immediately  and register (honestly, what were you thinking?). This year, we started a new tradition of recognizing members with BE, DO HAVE and GIVE awards (click here to see who was at the last PRIME). For the October PRIME, we’re going to do it […]