ANN ARBOR, Mich., Oct. 27 /PRNewswire/ — One problem always facing the 40,000+ professional associations and organizations is getting more people to their meetings and events. In an effort to make life easier for association meeting planners, software developer RB Systems, Inc. launched EveryMeeting.com(TM), a place where associations can post their meetings and events, including speaker information and link to a contact person or website for further follow-through. EveryMeeting.com also allows for the posted meetings to be spread virally on over 150+ social media outlets. Individuals looking for meetings or events can easily search by profession as well as geography.

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RB Systems was supported by mentors in business development available through the Ann Arbor SPARK new business incubator, which is partially funded by the Michigan Economic Development Corporation. The launch took place at the Michigan Meeting and Event Expo this week in Plymouth, Michigan.

Today’s economic climate has put a lot of pressure on associations to retain members who might have had their memberships previously paid by their employers. Conversely, professionals who were in one career field that suffered job losses might be entertaining career changes and are now looking for the professional connections that associations provide at their meetings, events and trade shows. EveryMeeting.com will provide that connection from associations to professionals, who might not even be aware of a particular association, through an easy to use search mechanism that includes a geography search, Google Maps, links to the association home page and more. Even web based meetings and seminars can be included. And after posting, an association member can use various social media links to easily spread their meeting on Twitter, Facebook, Digg or over 150+ social media outlets.

For as little as $4.99, meeting organizers can post a meeting and attract new possible attendees. Annual memberships are only $29.99 and associations can list as many meetings as they would like for one entire calendar year.

About RB Systems, Inc.

RB Systems, Inc. is an Ann Arbor, Michigan based company started in 2004 as a contracting database firm. With over 25 years of software development experience, the principles in the firm continue to stretch their limits to increase database performance and security.

Since the economic collapse one year ago, many companies have changed their attitudes towards face-to-face meetings. The reasons vary but they are mainly due to internal/external budget cuts, downsizing and the overall impression it gives ether their stockholders or the general public.

With the economy starting to rebound things may are changing – and with good reason.

Just read what the Wall Street Journal had to say in a recent piece by Joe Mullich:

In a new study by Oxford Economic, a global research firm, provides clear evidence that business travel directly leads to an increase in both corporate revenue and profits. The study found that every dollar invested in business travel results in $12.50 in added revenues and $3.80 in new profits.

The article went on to state that “…Adam Sacks, managing director of Oxford Economics USA said “The research informs us that when a company reduces its travel budget, it loses both revenue and profits, giving competitors a real advantage.” The study indicates that if a company eliminated its business travel, corporate profits would drop 17 percent in the first year. “And it would take more than three years for profits to reach the same level as before the travel budget cuts,”

This is great news for the meeting and events business, not only in the United States but worldwide. That translates to good news for the independent meeting planners, agent and the industry as a whole.

It is nothing new to learn that face-to-face meetings are the most effective means to communicate with your customers. Survey after survey has proven that face-to-face meetings are most important when negotiating important contracts, interviewing for management positions, meeting new clients and networking. If you want to increase sales, improve your relationship with current or new clients, become educated on an industries product or service or close a sale – face-to-face meetings is the number one way to improve your chances in doing so.

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