LeTip Chester County East (CCE) is in full swing this Fall 2009! Our Quarterly Business Mixer on September 22^nd is shaping up to be a large networking event in the Greater Downingtown area. Continue to email your contacts about our Mixer!

Today we also welcomed Robert Lavecchia with Prime Pay Payroll and Business Services. PrimePay offers a broad range of payroll and business services which help to avoid employee compliance issues, increase productivity, uncover hidden tax liabilities and utilize under-leveraged IRS rulings.

Our Speakers today: Our first speaker was Craig Constable of U Financial which offers Life, Health and Disability Insurance. A good referral for Craig is couples with young children who are excellent candidates for a life insurance policy. Patrick Grace of Patrick J. Grace Carpentry Inc. was our second speaker. His business offers a variety of general contracting, home remodeling and customized cabinetry services. Patrick started his business 11 years ago and is especially interested in working with homeowners in Bucks, Delaware, Montgomery and Chester counties.

Showboaters:  Dieter Enz of SLCI Interior Design and Custom Color Creations and Finishes provides interior and exterior painting services to homeowners and commercial buildings. Dieter’s expertise was recognized recently by Sherwin Williams, the largest producer of paints and coatings in the United States, when they invited him to meet with key executives for a one-on-one meeting to get his opinion on their products. Sherwin Williams, as far as we know, has never sought out a painting contractor’s opinion in the same way they have with Dieter. Go Dieter!   And Susan Dykas of eBernie, Inc. specializes in IT consulting services. This includes Network Design, Software Implementations, Antivirus Installations, Backup Solutions, and more. A good referral for Susan is a small to mid-sized professional services firm – especially law firms, accounting firms, engineering firms, and architectural firms –

which are interested in upgrading their hardware or software and/or is opening up new offices or expanding their current space.

***Reminder:  Our Quarterly Business Mixer will be held on Tuesday, September 22, from 7:30-9:00am. Please be sure to follow-up with your invitees, and also work on your display materials and give-aways!***

Lots of excitement today as LeTip Chester County East (CCE) met with Greg Cazillo, Website Designer, in place as our newly installed President. Congratulations Greg! We had a great day today, with 12 members present along with 1 guest. George Scherbak of Harvey Insurance Group visited with us. Harvey Insurance Group is an Insurance Broker company providing services to businesses and individuals.

Our Speakers today included:  Mike Clark of the Wireless Zone, an authorized retailer for Verizon Wireless; and Greg Cazillo of DX Creative. Mike’s stores sell all the latest cellular/wireless phones, GPS navigation, wireless accessories, Verizon FIOS High Speed Fiber Optic Network, Wireless Data Devices and pre-paid cellular services. Stop by any one of his stores for a consultation or to upgrade your phone. Greg spoke about some of his goals as the new President of LeTip CCE including adding 4 to 5 new members to the group by year end, and up to 25 total by 2010. He also suggested that members link their business Websites to LeTip CCE’s – contact Greg and he’ll get you connected. He mentioned the number of monthly Internet searches performed around the world have increased to 113 BILLION – wow! This puts into perspective how important it is to establish strong keywords for a Website, which helps get a business at the top of organic search results and in front of prospective new clients.

***Reminder:  Our Quarterly Business Mixer will be held on Tuesday, September 22, from 7:30-9:00am. Each LeTip CCE member will have a table to “display their wares” and discuss what products or services you offer, while explaining why you joined LeTip and how it has benefited you/your business. Please be sure to follow-up with your invitees, and also work on your display materials and give-aways!***

Our Showboater today was Marco De Girolamo of Marco Electric , our unknown greeters were Dave Johnson, hardwood floors pro, and Dieter Enz, interior/exterior painting specialist. Our “Lucky Devil” was presented by Marco for Marc Bamford, our accounting guru.

Gary Siano, our financial advisor, has organized the next “Lunch Bunch “ as a “Happy Hour” – to be held on Wednesday, September 23^rd at the Iron Hill Brewery in West Chester, 5:30pm. Please mark your calendars, and bring a friend, family member or colleague!

Another great day at the Downingtown Country Club and the weekly LeTip Chester County East (CCE) meeting. We had a great showing on Tuesday, with all 16 members present along with another set of 3 guests.

Our guests included: Brandon Berger who recently joined LeTip member Mark Burkholder’s landscaping company as Sales Representative; Ron Carulli of Brandywine Graphic Associates which provides services in direct mail, print and graphic design – guest of LeTip member Susan Dykas, Computer Consultant; and Nancy Doane of Masterpiece Franimg, custom framer specialist and guest of LeTip member Scott Darling, Realtor extraordinaire. Welcome to all!

Two badges were presented today:  one white badge to our newest member - Patrick Grace of Patrick J. Grace Carpentry Inc., our general contractor and custom cabinet maker; and one green badge to Marco De Girolamo of Marco Electric and Master Electrician – for sponsoring Patrick as his first new member.

Congratulations to Scott Brown of James Brown Plumbing for being awarded the “Top Tipper” designation for the month of August, and to Mark Burkholder of Burkholder Brothers Landscaping for coming in second place.

***Reminder:  Our Quarterly Business Mixer will be held on Tuesday, September 22, from 7:30-9:00am. Each LeTip CCE member will have a table to “display their wares” and discuss what products or services you offer, while explaining why you joined LeTip and how it has benefited you/your business. Please be sure to follow-up with your invitees, and also work on your display materials and give-aways!***

Our Speakers today included:  Sue Bullock of Tuttle Marketing Services and promotional products specialist; and Mark Burkholder of Burkholder Brothers – landscaping, irrigation specialists and snow removal experts. Mark was accompanied by Brandon, the newest member of his team. Sue highlighted the ecommerce store offered by Tuttle Marketing, which services many local schools with this feature. Sue works with the organization to get their ecommerce site setup while also helping select and purchase the premium logo’d products to be displayed online. They also take care of fulfillment. Brandon discussed Burkholder’s proactive “Customer Relationship Management Process” which targets both commercial and residential properties, along with the company’s account management system to cater to clients’ needs. They can design, build and maintain any property.

Our Showboater today was Scott Darling of ReMax, our Unknow Greeter was Melanie Palubicki of Aflac, and our LeTip Drill was presented by Susan Dykas for Marco De Girolamo of Marco Electric and Master Electrician.

Gary Siano, our financial advisor from Next Financial Group, will provide us with the details for the next “Lunch Bunch “ or, should we say, “Happy Hour Bunch” – to be held on Thursday, September 17^th. Please mark your calendars for now!