COLUMBIA, Md., April 21, 2019 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/
-- Networking Maryland, the Howard County Chapter of LeTip and
the oldest and most successful business networking group in
Maryland, celebrates its 25th
anniversary on April 26, 2019.
"In the last quarter of a century LeTip of Howard County has produced millions of dollars
in new business for our members," according to founder Brian Jolles of Jolles Insurance. "While many
business networks just pass around glasses of wine and business
cards," he adds, "the LeTip system generates real business leads
that produce profits for our member businesses."
"We run Networking Maryland like
a business," says outgoing chapter president Ruy Garcia-Zamor, who owns a Howard County based Intellectual Property Law
firm. "We have cultivated a welcoming environment in which members
meet in a professional setting every week to pass leads and
exchange business growth ideas."
"I've never been a big fan of networking groups," he adds. "Most
are just social clubs that generate little or no business."
The LeTip system is based on creating "warm" leads for business
members. A warm lead is when one business member paves the way for
another member by speaking with a potential client on their
behalf.
"In the last 25 years, I can't tell you how many times I've
gotten a lead from another member and then called the lead to
discover that I've already landed the work," Mr. Jolles says.
"That's the real power of LeTip," according to incoming
president Mick Carbo of Carbo
Business Coaching in Columbia. "We
get to know each other's businesses so well that when we introduce
another member to one of our business contacts, we can endorse them
as a trusted partner, qualified to do the work we're recommending
them for," he adds.
"We like to say that the power is in the partnerships we form,"
Carbo explains, "and the trust we build with each other."
"We believe in giving first rather than looking only for what we
can receive," says Garcia-Zamor. "We teach our members the
importance of becoming connectors between all businesses and to
focus on helping all businesses grow."
Reaching the 25 year mark as a chapter is impressive milestone,
according to Kim Marie
Branch-Pettid, CEO of LeTip International, who will be
visiting the local chapter on April
26th to mark the landmark achievement. ""What an amazing
group of professionals. Not only have they been networking together
for twenty five years, they have built a true community of LeTip in
Maryland," she says. "They were
the first chapter in Maryland,
sharing with others what it takes to be successful and really care
about each other. I am thrilled to be with them at their
celebration."
The Howard County Chapter of LeTip, is part of a national
network of business professionals dedicated to building strong,
sustainable, lead-driven networking relationships between
businesses.
Founded in 1978, LeTip is the nation's original business leads
networking group and pioneered a program that embraced both
businesswomen and businessmen.
LeTip International's structured networking environment set the
standard in the word-of-mouth referral industry. Members are known
for their professionalism, dedication, and loyalty to one another,
and to the LeTip Program.
Chapters meet weekly to exchange qualified leads, build solid
business relationships, develop strong presentation skills and
become proficient networkers. Only one representative of any given
profession is accepted into a chapter, and members are chosen for
their occupational expertise.
SOURCE Networking Maryland