Member Resources

How to Get the Most Out of Your MPWN Membership

MPWN would like to have short write ups on all members on our website “Learn More” pages. The suggestion is that on the Members page there would be a link to a Landing Page for each member to provide more information about their companies and themselves.

Please write up a short description or if you would like please answer the following five questions AS WELL AS any and all URLs of websites, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, Twitter etc.

1. In one or two sentences, please describe your business (like an elevator speech, and certainly include “benefits” for customers.
   
2. Why are you doing what you are doing?
   
3. Give a brief narration of your experience that sets you up to be the Go-To Person for this product or service.
   
4. What are the 2-3 things that you like most about your business?
   
5. Do you have future plans . . . or is there another question you would like to answer?

Please e-mail responses to Susan Searway-Fertig  [email protected]

One-on-Ones Remember MPWN.BIZ

M – Motivation / Biz Goals

P – Proficiency, (e.g., public speaking, organizing, writing)

W – Wanted Referrals (e.g., good clients)

N – Networks (where else do you network, C of C, alumni group?)

B – Background /Accomplishments (school, work experience, publications…)

I – Interests (biz and more, e.g., reading, meditation, tri-athlete, programming))

Z – siZZle (If you never had to worry about time, $$, or ??, what might you be doing?)

MPWN Closed Business

Closed business inside the group:
You do business with another member in the group and receive payment.

What if it’s a contract situation? Depends on the business owner…

If you are in contract for a long-term project, but the client/member doesn’t pay until the end of the project, you are still in contract and are being paid each day that you are working on behalf of the client/member. The producer or project manager can then count that project time each time she comes to MPWN as closed business within the group.

Closed business outside the group:

 You do business and receive payment with a referral from the group.

Or

You do business and receive payment from a previous member.

Or

You receive a referral from a previous member/business/payment.

Think about: How did I receive this referral? Follow the money and who is paying you and how you got that business. If it has something to do with MPWN then it’s either closed business inside the group or closed business outside the group.