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We will intoduce ourselves and our businesses, share challenges and celebrations, and have some time for learning. The initial question for the learning session is: What is web 2.0 and how does it interact with your business? If those attending want to explore another topic for learning, we are open and flexible and will go with the decision of the majority.

This is a great opportunity to start building or strengthen relationships with other business people in the Annapolis area.

Due to all the activities associated with the Inauguration (and those of us that will be recovering from the big celebration), we will not be holding our Meetup Meeting on Wednesday, January 21, 2009.

Edsel M. Brown Jr.
Organizer

The holidays are upon us. As we continue to move forward with our respective business interests, we also must take pause and give thanks! With this in mind, our December meeting will be more informal. We will take time to go around and highlight our businesses and then mix and mingle and share in light refreshments and holiday music. Be sure to come by and network and share some holiday good cheer.

Edsel M. Brown Jr.
Organizer

Be sure to mark down your calendar for October 15th and be sure to carve out time in your schedule to attend our next meeting. Our guest speaker will be prominent Washington, D.C. business attorney, Mr. Peter M. Bloom, Esq., The Bloom Group, LLC. Mr. Bloom has several years of experience in acting as general counsel to emerging and mid-stage companies, providing strategic advice as well as guidance regarding corporate law, contracts, tax, intellectual property protection, financing, and labor & employment law. Mr. Bloom also has extensive experience as a member and key advisor to the Board of Directors of many companies, advising them on corporate, finance, and fiduciary issues.

Mr. Bloom is also a highly skilled transactional lawyer, having handled mergers and acquisitions, stock and asset purchases, technology transfers, recapitalizations and other corporate reorganizations, venture capital investments, as well as bank debt transactions and other financial and strategic transactions.

Mr. Bloom is a frequent author and lecturer on various aspects of corporate law and transactional matters, such as on business planning and mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Bloom is also a member of Washington VentureMentors, an executive peer group providing advice and counsel to early-stage companies seeking venture capital funding and strategic guidance.

Mr. Bloom is a magna cum laude graduate of Duke University, and has law degrees from Georgetown University and the University of Connecticut School of Law.

Don't miss this opportunity to have your unique small business legal questions answered by a leading edge professional.

Edsel M. Brown Jr.
Organizer

Our May meeting is shaping up to be an outstanding opportunity to learn more about marketing. New clients are our lifeblood and our guest speaker this month will show us how we can utilize telephone and internet advertising to create greater prospect traffic flow to our businesses.

Darryl Murphy, Account Manager, Yellowpages will give us an "inside view" on using the Yellowpages and other technology to increase the flow of prospects to our front doors.

Here are a few words from Darryl on how Yellowpages can assist your business...................

"Yellowpages Listings ? With over 150 million unique visitors per month, Yellowpages.com is one of the most visited sites on the internet. Quantcast.com currently list Yellowpages.com as the 21st most visited site in the U.S. We connect buyers with sellers through targeted, specific category and local geographic search. We customize each listing so that the advertising is sending the most effective message possible.

Click Packages ? Yellowpages.com also makes you visible on the internet through search engines. There are two main ways a buyer finds your business. Through yellowpage directories or search engines. Yellowpages has special click packages which exposes you at the top of the search engines for you vertical category thus expanding your advertising quotient.

Website Development ? Yellowpages has a dedicated team of website creators that ensure that potential customers know where to find you when they are looking for your products and services. Yellowpages.com creates, hosts, services and consultants you through the entire process. Our websites start as low as $49.00 per month.

The above is a one-stop online advertising solution that will truly allow you to expand your business without the associated costs of expanding your business. Yellowpages.com is truly focused on helping you grow business."

So make sure you carve out time on May 21st to sit in on this informative marketing session...........

Edsel M. Brown Jr.
Organizer