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The Real Self-Leadership Challenge – Thriving in today’s challenging times

Posted on October 16, 2013 by Shalom Klein

The J2J Networking Group in conjunction with Jewish B2B Networking will hold their next program on Wednesday November 6th at 7:30 PM at Kehilat Chovevei Tzion, 9220 N. Crawford, Skokie. The guest speaker with be Phil Gafka, Certified Business Coach, executive coach and principal of LEAP Associates, Inc.

This informative program will provide valuable tools for both job-seekers and employed professionals. Join us for this excellent learning and networking opportunity, and please share this with friends and colleagues.

The Real Self-Leadership Challenge –

Thriving in today’s challenging times Presented by Phil Gafka

It’s a new day and new rules are evolving in these challenging economic times. “Business as usual” doesn’t exist any longer.

Whether your industry is down-sized, right-sized or capsized, where do you fit in today’s new economy? First and foremost, you must know yourself and you must know what you want life and your business to deliver to you.

This presentation will explore the self-leadership challenge and guide you to create a compelling vision of leadership for your business, your career and your life.

No matter what point you are in your professional journey, you need to know and understand how to develop your leadership possibilities.

In his presentation, Phil will explore:

Leadership definition/characteristics/ traits
Leadership Development
The Formula for Success
Seven steps to creating and achieving meaningful goals

Leaders get results – learn how to turn your potential into performance!

Register at: http://www.jewishb2bnetworking.com/business-event/real-self-leadership-challenge-thriving-today%E2%80%99s-challenging-times

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Posted on October 11, 2013 by Shalom Klein

SBA Deputy Administrator Marie Johns greets Jewish B2B Networking and the SBAC

Posted on October 10, 2013 by Shalom Klein

U.S. Small Business Administration Deputy Administrator Marie Johns provides greetings on behalf of the SBA to the delegation of business leaders in Washington DC from Jewish B2B Networking and the Small Business Advocacy Council on February 28, 2013.

Breakfast and Networking with West Ridge Chamber of Commerce on October 18

Posted on October 8, 2013 by Shalom Klein

How to Make Promotional Items Work for YOU!

Join the West Ridge Chamber of Commerce and the Jewish B2B Networking Group for an informative presentation. Promotional products are often thought of as “give-aways”, but they can be so much more! Have you ever wondered how to decide what to give to your clients that conveys how much you appreciate their business? Did you know that you could get measurable results from a business card magnet or the inexpensive pen that has your name on it? Discover some key tips and clues about how to make your promotional products into tools for business and gratitude you will never look at that key chain the same way again!

Speaker Holly Rotman-Zaid is A Woman of Substance who works in partnership with Creative Promotional Products of Skokie, IL.She helps her clients to discover how to Inspire, Incent, Reward and Recognize and has been doing this for over 25 years.

Creative Promotional Products is a promotional marketing and branding company that handles all the components of your promotional marketing campaign.Team Creative’s goal is to help our clients find unique and creative products that enhance identified branding objectives.

Register at: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/440016

Event date:

Friday, October 18, 2013 – 8:00am – 9:30am

Devon Bank

6445 N. Western Ave.

Chicago, IL 60645

Event Cost:

$10 in advance, $15 at the door

Israeli Startup Revolutionizes The Way Websites are Built and Updated

Posted on October 4, 2013 by Shalom Klein

Have you noticed how people never have enough time to build or update their website, but post on Facebook every day? Let’s admit it – Facebook is much more fun than tackling website design and coding. It’s easy to use and allows you to get immediate feedback about your business from real people.

Page2site, an Israeli startup, has set out to bring the simplicity and fun of Facebook to website building and updating.

The new website building tool allows anyone to create free websites based on their Facebook fan pages in one click. You don’t need to know anything about design or programming. Just go to the site, login with Facebook and select the page or profile you want to turn into a website. You will be immediately taken to your new website – ready to launch with all your photos, videos and posts already there.

Once the website is created, Page2site continues to deliver great value by automatically updating the site with everything you post on Facebook, ensuring your website is always up-to-date with fresh content. Gone are the days when you had to upload your news to the website, check that it shows correctly, play with the image sizes and then take a trip to Israel to rest and recover from the frustration. Never again will your latest blog post be two years old!

According to Omri Allouche, Founder and CEO of Page2site, it all started as he went to get a haircut. “I got to talking with my hairdresser about a website for his business,” he remembers, “he was considering paying a fairly large sum of money for a website building company who promised to do everything for him and wanted my advice. In theory, there are many free or inexpensive platforms catering to small business owners like him, but in reality he didn’t have the skills or aptitude to learn how to use them. My “that’s it!” moment was when my hairdresser complained websites were not as easy to set up and update as his Facebook fan page. It got me thinking – why not take the content people create so easily on Facebook and deliver it as a website?”

Research shows that 70% of the 20 million SMB companies in the US are using Facebook for marketing purposes, while only 46% of them have their own website. Page2site is trying to bridge that gap by offering small businesses, non-profit organizations, professionals and bloggers a quick and simple way to build their website.

The Best Networker I Know

Posted on September 18, 2013 by Shalom Klein

Thanks, Jeff Segal, for the very kind blog post. See the original blog here.

Ask any startup founders how they met, and you’ll probably hear something along the lines of “Well, I knew a guy who’d worked with her, then we ran into each other at TechCocktail and she introduced me to …”

The startup community is networking nirvana.

Yet the best networker I know doesn’t run a startup. He works for a Skokie-based family accounting firm. But—in his spare time—he leads a networking group that’s grown from zero to more than 18,000 members in just two and a half years.

The group is Jewish B2B Networking, and its founder is a soft-spoken guy named Shalom Klein, who claims, “Really, I can only take credit for setting up the coffee and cake at our events.”

That’s a lot of coffee and cake. Jewish B2B hosts events nearly every week, in the city and suburbs, with anywhere from handfuls to hundreds of attendees. New postings pepper their job board daily, and they’re busy planning for their second annual business leaders’ trip to meet with administration officials and legislators in Washington.

And it all started from a single lunch. Klein explains, “I realized many of our clients, friends, and family needed to meet each other, so I planned a lunch at Slice of Life restaurant in Skokie. While I expected 20 people to attend, 75 people turned out. I walked into my neighborhood Starbucks the following day and saw three meetings going on from the day prior.”

A startup that grew so quickly from 75 users to 18,000 would probably be in line for some serious funding, but Jewish B2B is strictly a non-profit enterprise. Many of their events are free, and, in case you’re wondering, you don’t have to be Jewish to join.

“Business owners and job seekers—both Jewish and people from all faiths—are finding out about our resources, educational programs, and events, and are taking advantage,” says Klein. “Tens of thousands of business connections have been formed, and hundreds of jobs have been filled.”

Like most successful entrepreneurs, he makes it sound simple, even inevitable.

But building a network with the size and impact of Jewish B2B, in just two and a half years—in his spare time—makes Shalom Klein a networker extraordinaire.

See the original blog here.

Save The Date! Jewish B2B Networking Holiday Party, sponsored by Mint Chip

Posted on September 17, 2013 by Shalom Klein

SAVE THE DATE!

Jewish B2B Networking Holiday Party, sponsored by Mint Chip

Mint Chip and Jewish B2B cordially invite you to save the date for an evening of food, drinks, music, and networking with other local businesses.

Thursday, December 5 from 6 to 8pm

Register online at: http://www.jewishb2bnetworking.com/business-event/jewish-b2b-networking-holiday-party-sponsored-mint-chip

In the Milwaukee Area? Join me at Tuesday's B2B networking event in Fox Point, WI!

Posted on September 15, 2013 by Shalom Klein

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