How Conferences Can Connect Business Women Using Social Media Sites.

With each new year, big conferences are planned for business women seek out these events to attend to broaden their networks and increase the client base. Conferences in NYC are great places to connect, learn and share new business ideas. 

The conference quote:"For me, conferences are like little mental vacations: a chance to go visit an interesting place for a couple of days, and come back rested and refreshed with new ideas and perspectives. " Erin McKean

We can all learn more from reframing our brains through hearing and allowing new ideas and thought processes to permeate our sometimes clouded or one-way of thinking strategy. We strongly believe in the theory that no one succeeds alone and it is through fresh, new ideas and the shared best practices of others who've accomplished what you are trying to accomplish that will help facilitate your growth. 

Jane Fonda, advises us as business women to: "Seek women mentors. If you're a businesswoman, look at the TEDx conferences. There's a lot of businesswomen that speak there. I find them extremely inspiring." And we agree. Find conferences like ted that support you as a business woman and attend them. We not only attend events but we are the proud producers of the MACsWomen Connect Summit . An annual conference that  supports women business owners acorss the New York Tri-State area at-large; held in Westchester County, New York on the first Saturday in October, each year. 

How Conferences Connect Business Women Using Social Media Sites. 

As a business woman attending a conference, you can use social media sites to connect long before you attend the event. Here are a few ways: 

• Follow event on Twitter. This is great place to get real-time updates of conference happenings like new registrants, speakers and other special updates. Usually, the conference will have a dedicated hashtag to keep tweets organized. Our October, Westchester, New York Summit event hashtag is #MACsSummit
• Connect on LinkedIn, this robust business platform is the number one online business networking tool with over 332 million members and counting.  The professional users on LinkedIn expect to be contacted. You can take a look at a person's profile, determine if you'd like to connect with them and send them an invitation to connect. Here's a MACsWomen Success Tip:   don’t just use the standard text that LinkedIn auto fills for you. Personalize the message so you set yourself apart. Nothing lengthy, just a quick customized note simply telling them you're looking forward to hearing them speak at the MACsWomen Connect Summit or if they are an attendee, that you are also attending the MACsWomen Connect Summit and you are looking forward to meeting them in person at the Summit! You’ll be surprised how such a simple gesture will make a big difference.
• Friend Request or Follow Them on Facebook. Similar to connecting on Twitter and LinkedIn you can use a similar strategy on Facebook by sending a speaker or attendee a personalized note inviting them to connect. Or, posting something of relevance about them attending or speaking at the summit. If you are not 100% comfortable with sending a person you don't personally know a friend request on Facebook, then connect with them on the business page. The idea is to share something that you have in common, like the upcoming summit and use that as a warm introduction and common ground. 

If you have already registered to attend this October's MACsWomen Connect Summit, let us know with a tweet using the hashtag #MACsSummit and follow the summit's new Instagram page at http://www.instagram.com/connectsummitandexpo! We look forward to getting to know you well before the event. Registration is open, sign up here! 

Now tell us, are there business conferences in 2015 you know of that might be of interest to our readers of female entrepreneurs? Share a bit about the conference and a link in the comments below. Let's spread the love!