* Friday, June 25th Lunch and Learn details...a winner!
* Free Drawings on June 25th from Wisconsin Business Owners' Sponsors
* Instantly connect with other Members on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and more!
* Please RSVP

First, a message from our 60-day Sponsor, Windows 7 Professional:

Whether it's from home, the bus or the airport, working on the go is part of owning a small business. That's why Windows 7 Professional was designed to help you get the job done wherever it has to get done.

If you're working from home or somewhere with a wireless network, use Remote Desktop Connection to access your office computer. Then you can open every file and run every program as if you were really in your office. Combined with Location Aware Printing, which helps Windows 7 Professional remember your preferred printer on each network, getting work done between sites is easier than ever.

But what if you won't have Internet access? Simply copy your files to your laptop before you leave, then make changes in offline mode. They'll automatically synch when you're back on your office network. Since Windows 7 Professional also improves the battery life of your PC, there's almost no limit to what you can get done.

Finally, Presentation Mode streamlines display settings and makes it easy to connect your PC to a projector. It's simple to turn off screensavers, decide what gets shown, and give more polished presentations.

Discover more ways Windows® 7 Professional helps small business work bigger by downloading the PDF and clicking here. Stay tuned for the next newsletter and thanks for using Meetup!

FREE DRAWING FOR WINDOWS 7 PROFESSIONAL AT THE JUNE LUNCH & LEARN

Personal Branding - Grow your Business through your Brand - Lunch & Learn - June 25, 2010

Our speaker is Michael Kuhlman, Owner of 123Smarket.com - a man with a passion for Personal Branding!

This presentation is intended for business professionals who are interested in learning how to leverage the power of the Internet to position themself as an authority in their field. Participants will learn how to define, create and promote their personal brand. As a result, they can bring greater value to their customers, differentiate themself from their competitors and stand out from the crowd.

1) Why is personal branding more important than ever and what has changed?

2) How does your personal brand work in conjunction with a corporate brand?

3) 4 Steps to defining your personal brand.

4) Personal branding tool kit

5) How to grow your business by promoting your personal brand.

About Michael Kuhlman:

Michael Kuhlman is a 25 year sales professional and entrepreneur. As a provider of high end enterprise hardware and software solutions, Michael has actively authors and produces educational tool sets to bring added value to his customers.

Michael has a passion for sharing his methodology and guiding others to understand the value in personal branding and how to leverage the power of the Internet to be more effective and efficient.

To help simplify this process Michael built www.123Smarket.com - The Ultimate Personal Marketing Platform - which pulls together essential tools needed to gain a web presence and market oneself as an authority in their field.

Michael authored the eBook "Smarket Yourself Now! 7 Steps to Build Your Personal Brand and Market yourself over the Internet".

Lunch & Learn with other Wisconsin Business Owners.

Business Owners & entrepreneurs only, please.

Cost is $30 (cash) at event , or $20 (credit card) with advance reservations at Meetup.com

Fee covers all-you-can eat buffet (delicious!) soft beverage, gratuity, & the speaker...in other words, everything.

Salad bar only, $20 (cash) at the event or $15 ($20 on credit card and $5 cash rebate at event) with advance reservations.

ITINERARY

11:15 - MEET AND GREET - NETWORKING This is the start of the Lunch & Learn

Early arrival allows more networking time

12 noon All-you-can-eat buffet, including salad bar!

or - Fish Fry 3 pieces, beer batter or broiled, French Fries, with New England clam chowder/or all you can eat salad bar - or - The Wisconsin Burger with sides.

12:15 - 25 Deliver your 30-second commercial during lunch

12:30 - finishing up with lunch...

12:35 - Prize Drawings & Speaker Introduction

SPEECHES ARE VIDEOTAPED - Your attendance means you may be shown on tape.

12:40 Speaker - 18 to 24 minute presentation, 6 to 12 minutes of questions.

1:15 End...or stick around....

The host plans to stay at Cali's Lounge on the last Friday afternoon of the month for earnest conversation with Wisconsin Business Owners who stick around. We've enjoyed the company of a good half-dozen+ who've earned a break for the last Friday afternoon of the month!

***SPEECHES ARE VIDEOTAPED - Your attendance at Wisconsin Business Owners means you may be shown on tape...and you're okay with that!

Please contact Keith, Kathy, Christian or Karin with suggestions or questions.

Business Owners and individuals seeking to start their own business and friends only, please.

See the message boards at http://www.meetup.com... for more resources for Wisconsin Business Owners. Visit the message boards to learn how to get your free videotaping of your elevator pitch!

*** PLEASE VISIT OUR SPONSORS***

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FREE drawing for a Reiki session, courtesy of Milwaukee Reiki Master Denise Gaetz. I've been there more than once and she's wonderful!
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----Thank you to our sponsors!----

NEW ON MEETUP - Social Networking Links!

Easily connect with other Meetup members on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and more!
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Promote your Social Networking links in our Message Board as well!
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You can always get in touch with me through the "Contact Organizer" link on Meetup: http://www.meetup.com...

Regards,
Keith Klein

Organizer, Wisconsin Business Owners

Owner, OnYourMark, LLC
http://www.OnYourMark...
22603 West Main Street - Hwy 74
Sussex, Wisconsin 53089
Office Phone: [masked]
Toll Free Phone: [masked]

Author of WebForging, A Practical Guide to the Art of Forging Your Web Presence http://WebForging.com...
Publisher of www.theBubbler.com - Wisconsin's # 1 Online Guide & Directory!

Producer of Videocracy, the video, photo and audio arm of OnYourMark, LLC. http://Videocracy.com...

p.s.: Bring handouts that we'll make available to everyone!

p.p.s.: Please RSVP even if you're not attending...that will save you from getting another email this month. Many people send me an email reply when they can't make it, but that doesn't register on the Meetup site, and I cannot RSVP on your behalf. We look forward to seeing you!