Meeting 11/17/2009

Leads Club Purpose opened meeting.

Discussion about the Holiday Stroll, December 3 from 5-9 in Riviera Village. A meeting place at the beginning and end was suggested. Cell phone numbers were collected so that we can keep in touch. People will have different interests so we need to allow for shopping, stopping to watch carolers, etc…maybe even a sleigh ride.

Marilyn will clarify the details.

We had four visitors:

Mark Johnson, who specializes in optimizing web marketing.

Ashley Hornbeck, a massage therapist in Rolling Hills Estates.

Connie Butera, who is passionate about web safety for children and other related products to keep our children safe.

Michiko Kojima, whose company offers a variety of translation services.

We missed Carlene, Rachelle  and Roy today. Roy was buried in paperwork, Rachelle was on vacation, and Carlene, while making steady progress on her recovery from surgery,was not quite up to attending today. She hopes for next week.

The trophy presentation was shared by Ally and Susie.

Our first speaker, as Chapter Consultant, Brie Scott-Wells traced the history of information sharing from one to many, as in tribe story-tellers and churches, to the next quantum leap with the advent of the printing press which allowed for a few to inform many. Control became an issue. Who could choose what and when?  This same mode carried into TV and radio until recent times.

Another quantum leap was exemplified last year during China’s earthquake. Before seismologists could inform the world of the earthquake, there were instant images from many broadcast to many. The control of information dissemination is a huge issue in China and this caused a level of chaos. Schools were the hardest hit,and, it was discovered that government officials had received bribes to downgrade the quality of school building materials. Because China has a “one child policy” for parents, families lost their hope for the future…their only child. Government officials crawled through the streets begging for forgiveness. The world was witness. Many captured the news and broadcast it to many. Brie compared this shift to the chaos caused by the advent of the printing press, perhaps shorter in time span, but very potent.

Brie brought this point home in the example of Leads Club public notices. In the past, we put a notice in the Daily Breeze. That no longer works. The idea, shared by Brie and Pat, is to write articles that serve people, that entice them to look at our club. She shared that a realtor in another club had sold 2 houses in a few months JUST BECAUSE OF HER PRESENCE ON FACEBOOK!

She shared a statistic that 9 friendly, sharing posts to 1 business post is a good ratio, otherwise people will tune you out.

She said that only she and Jerry have signed up on the fan page for Leads Club.

Brie is on twitter as BrieWells510 and has a blog on blogger with the same name. Check it out!

Social media is HERE! Marketing to Gen X and Y requires awareness of this medium.

Our next speaker, Kazue Fakuda is a former teacher. She became a client of PrimMerica and then became the owner of her own business. She is once again a teacher, involved in helping families to create financial security. To do this, Kazue uses a document that illustrated The Theory of Increasing Responsibility. When we are young, we have heavy financial responsibilties and fewer assets. At a “cross-over point” a shift happens where we have fewer financial responsibilities and more assets. She likes to help families reach that cross-over point as quickly as possible so that they can have money when they want to spend on whatever they want.

Kazue meets with her clients once a year to evaluate their investments. She looks at changing needs in regards to life insurance, seeing when it should shift to long-term care insurance.

Our financial foundation must be strong, just like it is in our houses. She looks at protection management in financial terms, including auto and health insurance. Emergency funds (not savings) should be on hand to tide us over for 3-6 months, readily available from a safe source.

Debt management is part of her assessment. Credit cards, etc.

Kazue teaches her classes at her spacious home office on Crenshaw Blvd. Her extensive financial evaluation is FREE! Call her.

Our third speaker, Dr. Dennis Kinnane, spoke about the history of Blood Pressure treatments and medication. Stress, which is the American way of life, can lead to high blood pressure. He states that BP medication is today readily prescribed during one visit to a doctor’s office after just one high reading, which can be brought on by a number of stressful circumstances, sometimes just the act of having your BP taken! He feels like a true test would be more like a full week, 3X/day.

In Chinese medicine, BP is balanced by Kidney/Liver function. He has special Chinese herbs that he uses for each individual’s needs.

When asked if Chinese medicine could help someone quit smoking he answered, “Yes, but ONLY if the person is truly ready to quit.” It takes 2-3 weeks for success.

The theme for the second 30-second promotional was INDUSTRIOUSNESS. John Wooden exemplified this quality. He took notes during every practice. He compared notes with previous practices to compare where his team might need more emphasis. He would meet with his assistant coaches for two hours each day to plan his 90-minute practices. There were no idle moments, every activity had purpose. He believed in balance. He stressed the two cornerstones of his pyramid: INDUSTRIOUSNESS and ENTHUSIASM. They worked together. INDUSTRIOUSNESS without ENTHUSIASM becomes drudgery. He moved other blocks around in his pyramid in the 14 years it took to develop it, but he NEVER moved INDUSTRIOUSNESS and ENTHUSIASM. Guess what next week’s theme is? You got it, ENTHUSIASM!

We passed 3 leads today, 2 inside and 1 outside. Panned out leads amounted to $10,401, $458,000 to date. We should reach our goal of $500,000. Bring in those panned out Leads!

The Creed closed our meeting and visitors were given packets.

Favor: I should have used the word “tester” to describe the bowl of mineral treatments that I passed around. They were meant to help you select the correct skin tone to purchase. If you happen to have the deep tone, please let me know!

Hit “reply all” for additions and corrections.

Susie

P.S.: I sent last week’s notes out to some former members and they enjoyed reading about what we are up to.