Healing Practitioner's Group Kick-off Discussion - All bizniks Welcome

Won't be able to make this meeting, unfortunately. I have my Nia class every Friday am. I hope to hear what great things are generated, though!

This sounds like such a great idea Sierra, and I would love to attend, but I will be in a continuing Ed class that day unfortunately. I will keep my eyes open for the next one though!

Sounds like more great Biznik brainstorming is on the way!

I wish I could attend. I am definitely interested in future events with this group.

This sounds so wonderful! I'd love to be a part of this group (wish I had the time to make this meeting, but I don't). Please keep me updated!

This sounds so wonderful! I'd love to be a part of this group (wish I had the time to make this meeting, but I don't). Please keep me updated!

Want to Sierra, this is the group for me but I work Thurs nights til 6am, doula work, so I'll be sleeping at 9:45. Hopefully there will be another time option later? Thanks for doing this.

Hi Sierra, this sounds like such a wonderful event, I am hoping that you will be offering another one in a different time slot in the near future!

Sierra,

My sentiments fall close to the others who have commented. Love to be there but have a Mommy and Me Yoga class to teach at that time on Friday's. ~namaste~ yoga guide

Sorry to miss you Sierra - had to cancel: that turns out to be tax day:-(

DD

I would love to make it to this event, but I've got a meeting I can't miss. Hopefully there will be another one soon. I've got two events coming up, it would be great to see you there. What is your message?
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Hi Sierra, We met this morning at the Masterminds event,and I look forward to seeing you again and to seeing some of the faces and names I already recognize from your rsvp list... Rebecca

I'll be in class all day and won't be able to make it. Hope to see you all at the next one!

Sierra, I'd love to make the next one if possible. I'll be in production all day Friday for the Ballard Farmers Mkt on Sunday. I got cleaned out at the Green Festival.

Sierra,

Seems like a great group - unfortunately I have a client meeting and won't be able to make it. Hope to see you soon!

-David

Healing Practitioner's Group is an enlightening system on healing techniques with spiritual and psychological processes touching every aspect of your life.

Wonderful Healing Practitioners, I am thrilled to be part of this group and look forward to many events. Unfortunately I will not be able to make it to this for this event. Have a wonderful meeting, I look forward to hearing all about it. Light

Another great event! I wish I could have attended. Please have another one soon.

Great group we broke into. Ours was one of the referrals/marketing groups. We quickly discovered that marketing efforts are always a challenge for independent businesses. We all faced the same dilemma: what works, what doesn't, especially when marketing equates to systematically testing messages, mediums and target audiences. An idea that we grasped was a newsletter (electronic and/or printed) worked on co-operatively by the group (or some members) to share costs, input, articles, lists, etc. Potential advertising revenue could be garnered.

Good input from everyone. Sierra does it again. Thanks for including me.

This was a really useful meeting and a nice start for the healing practitioners group. Not just a one-time event, this is a group where, rather than having a speaker give a little bit of information as a segue to sell his or her services, there is the opportunity to brainstorm and pool resources so that everyone can benefit in the long-term. I encourage anyone who might be interested - who wants to help or who has something to contribute, to participate. Sierra wants to do this about once a month, so keep your eyes open.

Excuse me, typo correction: ...who "wants help" or who has something to contribute...

The themes that the group presented were on issues of competition and collaboration, and on marketing and educating both the allopaths and the general public.

There was the push pull of the idea of educating, selling and marketing being our job(s) and NOT being our job.

David Berkey described our small group discussion (see his comment above). He noted, and we agreed, that the one method of marketing that works best is Word of Mouth.

It was great to meet many of the health practitioners on Biznik face to face (hoping to meet the rest soon!). I just wanted to comment on the aspect that many biznik events are very problem-solving oriented. Many people are attracted to solving issues and overcoming challenges.

One thing I noticed for myself was that when I was in a supportive environment (this past healing practitioner meeting) I just wanted to share my challenge and get support, not necessarily advice or fixes. This actually helped me reframe my challenge by simply getting support and being heard and it inspired me to instigate a more support-style group (rather than a mastermind or marketing-focused group). Would anyone else be interested? Email me directly as well, if you would.