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Welcome to a new way of networking. A new way of thinking. A new way of doing business. Motor City Connect is a collection of professionals banding together to help each other – and our community – succeed.
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grow your business and |
gain expertise and |
strengthen your community |
We don't have a lot of rules and rituals. We think business should be fun. We love a good laugh. We think business should be profitable. Our successes benefit the community. We think we're better together. There is no limit to what we can accomplish when we focus our ideas, talents and resources. We are optimists. We're making a positive impact every day.
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The ASKS from 1/10/12 MCC Live West meeting
: "BIG THANKS to Dana Fortier, VA Extraordinaire for capturing all of the ASKS from our first meeting of 2012. The more people that see these ASKS the more likely the folks doing the asking will receive what they seek. The more often that happens the more likely they will be to help you get what you want too. Fun how this works, isn't it???
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LA2M: The ABC’s of the Cloud
Bryan Beecher leads the technology team at the world's largest archive of social science research data. His team has been using "the cloud" for the past three years as a core part of the enterprise: disaster recovery planning, application hosting, archival storage for research data, and delivery of confidential data via virtual desktop computers....
LA2M: The Year Mobile Changed the World
When is it time to take mobile seriously? That was last year! It's 2012 and mobile has already officially arrived. The impact is being felt across all areas of business, online and off. Given all of its capabilities and its far reach into every facet of our lives, mobile could very easily become the most pervasive marketing channel we...
LA2M: Blogging & Curation, Business Lessons Learned
A choice in social media for business today is blogging or curation, or some of both, or developing a hybrid. How do you make smart choices among traditional and the newest social media tools? In today's discussion, Deb Nystrom, a local consultant and owner of the Social Media Learning Lab; and JT Pedersen, a product strategist and blogger with T...
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: "Are you interested in learning about how working as an energy broker (gas and electricity) can provide long-term supplemental income? We are looking for additional brokers in SE Michigan. Commissions are paid on the client's energy use, and are higher than most other alternative energy suppliers. If interested, send a quick note to rbuzard@comca.."
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Motor City Connect Founder Terry Bean's new book is available from Amazon. It's the business book for anyone involved in business development (hint: we're all in business development).
As New York Times best-selling author Chris Brogan writes in the forward "Terry Bean knows networking. What Terry's done here is really brought out the best of what to do with regards to building that most vital piece of your business assets. This book, when PRACTICED and really considered, will change how business happens for you. Are you ready?"
Show your support for Terry Bean while helping your business, pick up your second edition of Terry Bean's "Be Connected" at Amazon.com.