Possible masterminding in Bellevue & Lynwood WA

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I mastermind informally with 2 marketers on the Eastside,
just east of Seattle, generally once every week or so. I also
meet with 1 - 2 other marketers just north of Seattle in
Lynwood, generally once a month. In both groups we discuss
our businesses and sometimes come up with ideas about how to
improve what we are each doing. We also set goals and make
ourselves accountable to each other. We also make ourselves
available to each other as much as we can via IM.

If you are interested in joining us the next time we meet,
PM me, tell me a little bit about yourself and your business
and which group you'd like to explore.

Hope to talk with you soon.

Regards,
Bal
#bellevue #lynwood #masterminding
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    Lotsa lookers; no takers?

    So I just thought I'd tell you about our last Eastside meeting which took place yesterday at a coffee shop in Bellevue, with a new 4th member (an attorney) - who I met networking elsewhere. Great synergy. In the hour and a half meeting we discussed, among other things, copyright infringement, my new brand (coming soon), one of our sites that is going live in the next 2 weeks with some significant fanfare in a very interesting niche market, and another website where the owner has just started a coaching service and got her first client.

    Like I said, very good synergy.

    So here's the deal. Four is a good number; so we have that. I think a group size of 4-8 is good; beyond 8 gets to be logisitcally more challenging. So I'm up for us looking to add one or two more for now. And once that stabilizes, then perhaps adding one or two more after that. The final number will be no more than 8 unless the group has a consensus that it should be bigger. So far, no one is pushing for a large group.

    Here's the way it'll work if you're interested:

    1 - You PM me.
    2 - You and I meet at a local coffee shop. It can be for lunch or sometime in the afternoon for coffee (or whatever you're having).
    3 - If the conversation is good, I'll talk about it with the folks in the mastermind group and suggest that we all meet. The answer will almost certainly be "yes."
    4 - We all meet. If we hit it off we'll talk it over and will probably invite you to join us. No promises - just talking about what I think is likely.

    There are no dues. If we meet for lunch, we generally pay our own way. There's no obligation for you to show up. But if you stop showing up, we'll stop including you in the meeting set-up discussions.

    Like I said, we've got a good mix right now. So I'm not promising anything. If you'd like to do a mutual check out, I'm game for that. PM me and we'll make that happen.

    One last thing... we round-robin the meeting location. One of us lives north of Seattle, another lives around Kirkland, another in Issaquah, and I'm in Bellevue. Next time will likely be in Seattle to make it easier for our newest member.

    OK - this is the "last call" message. Could be worth your while. Maybe not. We're good either way. The next step is up to you.

    Regards,
    Bal

    P.S. - I'm a guy. I know that if my wife were to say she was going to meet some guy she met on the internet, I'd be a little uneasy about it, what with all the nuts out there. I fully understand that if you're a gal you could be very reluctant too. If that's the case, I'll send you my Skype id, and put you in touch with the female member of our group so you can talk with her by phone and maybe meet with her instead of me. I have no inner need to be the one who introduces you to our group. Whatever works.
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    • You guys still meeting? I'm looking to start a mastermind group in Edmonds and Seattle.
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      • Profile picture of the author balsimon
        Originally Posted by elevatingyourbusiness View Post

        You guys still meeting? I'm looking to start a mastermind group in Edmonds and Seattle.
        Hi Maria -

        Yep - we just had a meeting last week.
        Met in downtown Seattle at the Fare First
        Cafe.

        One of us had a social site go live 2 weeks
        ago and has gotten a good deal of traffic
        for his business. He's tapped my writing skills
        to help with the "fluidity" of the experience.

        Another of us is an attorney who is helpful
        with legal information. I actually just hired
        him for legal services (different than legal
        information) to help me get my TOS, and other
        website protections in place.

        The meetings usually start at 11:30am and
        last about 90 minutes. Nothing hard and fast,
        and it has happened that one or the other
        of us has to cut out early.

        We don't have a regular meeting time, which
        is workable given that there are just four of
        us. We set things up about every one-two
        weeks using email and skype.

        If you would like to check us out, please
        PM me and let me know your interest there.

        (same applies to others who might have interest
        as well)

        One of us is a gal who has a Masters of Divinity.
        If you would prefer to be contacted by her
        for reasons mentioned in my earlier post, that
        can be arranged as well.

        We're a good bunch of folks; we nearly always
        meet in public - and certainly for first timers
        that will be the case.

        So welcome - if you're up for it.

        Kind Regards,
        Bal
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