Today, the Ann Arbor Chamber of Commerce is unveiling their new personality to the world - They are hip and ready to rock!

Who will be there: Local Michigan business leaders, politicians, and techie types growing companies just under your radar - like us! Based on networking with these people offline and online, I can say we are all helping force a change in Michigan’s economy and I think you need to do some offline social networking with these people!

Now we will be gathering to share stories, inspire business opportunities, seed an idea or two, share some laughter, and collect a pocket full of business cards. What happens next…we go to our computers with our business cards and perform a Google search, check LinkedIn or Facebook, read some articles to get more background information on the companies and connect with them using a social network device like LinkedIn. Can you see the cycle?

If you want to know if your networking event was successful, then go to your Google Analytics and check to see how many people came to your site based on your name and your company name that week…is there a spike? If so, you had a successful offline social networking experience!

So I will be at the Ann Arbor Chamber’s Open House from 4-6pm. I encourage you to drop in any time today to try out some face to face social networking!

Ann Arbor Chamber of Commerce - Open House
115 W. Huron, 3rd Floor, Ann Arbor
Friday, June 6, 11am - 6pm