Has 4N Opened More Meeting In Your Area Have Numbers Dropped Off

So what I can make out, and what I have been told.

Are Groups are lead by a team and that 4N would Like the team to have a minumium of 2 new visitors per meet. (members can also bring visitors)

There is another post on here (look back the last few days group name E something) about a group closing  and it was a heated debate but did highlight all the issues Andy Raised.

But if groups stay at low numbers it is not value for money for members and if new vistors do not come in then 4N will just fade away.

On a personal note I deal mainly in domistic customers, so it is hard for me to find vistors, I was told this was not a problem as the MA does that.

I have today started to see if I can get visitors along to the Bedford Morning Meet.

Stefan Thomas, has phoned me going back to the topic, and says it is more to do with visitors, than more groups that leads to numbers dropping.

Martin

I think you may be doing yourself a disservice ~ everyone in business also has a home and I suspect that a significant majority will have a PC/laptop for home as well as business use; so you might want to think about the businesses that you come into contact with on a wider level and what they might gain out of networking for their own business rather than just about what you can get out of networking.  That person who you introduce to the networking group will remember you and when they or someone they know are looking for help with their home PC...

Also, please remember that if you feel nervous or uncomfortable about inviting a visitor along - you can pass their details onto the MA who will do the actual inviting for you...

Have a great weekend and I will see you at Bedford next week...

Thank's for your comments Helen,

I have sent an e-mail today to Stuart Warwick, this afternoon asking about getting the MA for Bedford to help me invite 2 people I know to come along to the Bedford morning.  They are people I have known for years and are my customers too.

I think they not being networking people may like to Jion.

I would not be doing this for myself, but for them and the Group.

I will aso be going Twickenham to take my brother to 4N there.

Derek Story from the MK Group who I have intoduced to my brother in Twickenham will start to work with each other soon.

I am trying to contribute in my own way.

I still think that this post Fielded a good question see title.

Off to MK in the morning.

Martin, personally speaking if I was in your position I'd do the inviting myself as they're people you've known for years.  I appreciate we're all different so it may be that you're not comfortable doing this but if I was being invited by someone I've used for years then I'd feel more comfortable than the MA giving a call out of the blue especially if they go and find you there.

David, no your right I have already primed them and I have spoken to the MA today.

I'm not even sure it's the team that drives the numbers as with the same teams we have fluctuated from 45 to 15 to 28 and 22 and that's just Norwich. I think there are other issues too.

Norwich alone has over 50 networking groups and yes, that dilutes the membership as often the grass is always greener. Using the passport is not simple in Norfolk either as the minimum between any group is 45 minutes.

So, I don't feel it's entirely due to the team.

Big numbers arent everything to a group

I met a 4N member at an event which had about 10 people (bad weather two years ago) but all of my other regular groups floated around the 30 mark, but this person linked me up with one of their clients, who is still recruiting through me now and has spent about £90k in the last two years on temporary recruitment

Its not the numbers, its the people that do attend, and how you utilise the time you have with them (by not selling mainly!)

Fully Agree Paul. Quality not quantity is what counts in my book. R.I.P. Hyde!

Smaller meetings can be great, and all meetings will have ups and downs, but you don't want a group where every meeting just barely manages double figures.

Don't know if it's still part of the literature for teams but I've seen in the past it said that every group is 2 weeks away from success or failure, which is bang on - you can't take anything for granted in terms of how well a group is going, and it largely comes back to the teams in that just a little bit more work can make a group rock, whereas a little bit of complacency can send it spiralling.

I've seen groups for from 40 per week to 8 per week; and I've revived struggling groups simply by picking up the phone and spending a couple of hours calling members.

The group you're trying to recall is Edenbridge....and it's now risen like a phoenix from the ashes after being taken over by a neighbouring region...with a new RL and AL 

Susi thanks for that and let hope they rise well.