Don't Most Networking Meetings SUCK? Theres A Better Option

How many times have you heard "You have to go out and network...join as many groups as you can and hand out as many cards as you can"

Blah,blah,blah

How many of you have wasted time and money going to a networking group to find the following:
1) No one hardly shows up
2) Usually its a lot of the same businesses (insurance sales people,realtors,web designers and network marketers)
3) Everyone is trying to sell instead of buy (even though they will take your card and give you the obligatory line "Hey I may need your service...I will give you a call about it" . Then when they call its them trying to sell you something)
4) Any speakers they have basically regurgitate the same business ideas you have probably already heard a million times, but its a time filler because they are a member of the group and trying to promote something they have.

Now, I am not trying to knock the concept of network meetings because some actually do benefit the members (I just haven't found many) but I have stumbled on a formula for ovecoming all of the flaws of traditional networking meetings by doing one simple thing CREATING ULTIMATE VALUE.

How? Check out The Prosperity Business Project at www.meetup.com/prosperity-business-project Its part networking group, part mastermind group, part business endeavor and ALL fun. Forgot about exchanging cards...how about exchanging energy and ideas that will help you and your group prosper?

Author - Anthony Jones , Business Development Consultant for ABC Solutions. You can catch Anthony on the new internet radio show "Small Business Matters" at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Biz-Consultant/2009/05/15/Small-Business-Matters-Getting-Business-Credit