Hi Kelly,
I attend a monthly networking event in Dallas called Startup Happy
Hour, and their policy on this matter is very simple: No sales pitches
allowed. Small business owners and entrepreneurs are the intended
audience, but they must check their salesperson hat at the door and
enjoy meeting people doing interesting things without pushing products
on them. If you make that policy clear to your attendees before they
arrive, it will make enforcing the policy much easier. I've found that
people who are unwilling to meet people for the sake of building real
relationships are a drain on events, and should be asked to leave
anyway.
Hope this helps,
Chris
On Dec 1, 11:51 am, Kelly Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> We just held an event and got a pretty good turn out.
> We even got a couple solid leads out of it.
>
> BUT - invariably - when hosting an event like that we tend to attract
> people who have no interest in our service and are just their to
> pester attendees with their copier / insurance / answering service
> sales.
>
> I don't want to un-invite people and I've tried to embrace everyone
> one -- but am wondering if anyone has had success deterring these
> folks so it's really more about community vs. 'networking' when we
> have our events.
>
> Love any ideas that someone might have.
> But am guessing it's just part of the deal.
>
> -kb
> Office Space Coworkingwww.officespacecoworking.com
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