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I had a burgeoning internet Director of the Chamber of Robert: The first pillar of
marketing company back in Commerce also did what network together is gaining
the early to mid 2000’s. I had I did, and they would not confidence through the
four employees underneath let me join. So I asked him, power of public speaking.
me, and I was living life really “How about if I do graphic As members grow, we allow
great. In 2006, I was investing design?” And he said, “Well, pathways for members to
in real estate. I wanted to we do graphic design here gain confidence from local
diversify a little bit. I had as well”. Then I asked about chapter meetings to what we
some property in San Diego, web development and call Mashups, to what we call
so I could leverage and start e-commerce? And he said they our big stage events called the
buying some property in had those covered as well. Netmobs. And as members
Arizona. We probably know And finally I said, “It doesn’t gain confidence, they have the
what happened in Arizona sound like there’s a place in ability to be able to leverage
between 2006 and 2008. I this organization for me”. And themselves up to the point to
had three properties and then he said, “No, there’s not”. speak in front of hundreds of
I lost all of them. I had to eat a people.
lot of crow. And I was dumbfounded.
I didn’t know what to do. I For me, there’s no greater
My son almost passed away struggled hard for a year, and feeling of enjoyment than
because he was born in a tent at 40 years old, I moved back seeing someone grow in their
and had to be resuscitated for to my parents for a little bit to personal confidence that they
the first month of his life. try to get back. I sold part of tell the world who they are
my business, and I purchased and what they do because it
And then about three a place in Queen Creek and conveys into every marketing
months later, he had an tried to get my life back channel.
intussusception, and that’s together.
where the small intestine Brian: The second one
starts getting devoured by A really good friend of mine is offering personal and
the large intestine. They had from San Diego said, “Why business development
to cut him open, and we’re don’t you go to this leads workshops.
talking thousands upon group? It’s going to be a
thousands of dollars. In a 24 great place for you to meet Robert: We have over
month period, I went from some people and gain some 25 personal and business
living on top of the world to business.” development workshops with
really feeling like I was at the Network Together. They range
bottom of the world. I went I went to the leads group and I from how to leverage and
from having been the person walked through the door of the utilize LinkedIn, to utilizing
that had a lot of something to coffee shop, and the moment Facebook for business, to
being the person that really I looked into the coffee shop, how to create your own
had a lot of nothing. I saw the same person that professional bio. We also
was running the Chamber of have vendor partners that
I found myself in a place Commerce. We locked eyes, come into Network Together
called San Tan Valley, Arizona. and I knew at that moment I that put on other workshops,
At that time, there wasn’t a lot had to do something different like how to create greater
of infrastructure to get in and because that was not a place sales performance. What we
out, and I was also starting to for me. do here is we believe that the
lose clients. I decided to do people in our organization
the sensible thing, and that The initial moments of ourselves are the best
was to go join a Chamber of Network Together started advocates for other members
Commerce. right there. of the organizations.

And at that time I attempted Brian: Wow, that’s crazy. And by doing so, they can
to join them, but the problem Let’s talk about the five pillars complete a set of content and
was that I was an internet upon which your organization standards for members to
marketer and the Executive is built. learn from.
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