All right, welcome back. So throughout the morning,
we've been having different interviews with people that are attending broker
fairs. So Tom, I know who you are, but for those that are watching at home,
go ahead, introduce yourself and, uh, the company that you're with.
Uh, I'm Tom Fraga. I'm with I D I Q, and we provide credit monitoring services.
Uh, we have two brands, my Score IQ and Identity iq.
All right. So, so far throughout the morning, what's,
what's been the experience like here at Broker Fair?
So, um, I met,
I've met several people that I've never met before and already started striking
up potential partnerships and also like seeing people that I, I knew,
but I've never met face-to-face. Um, and, you know,
really get to know them even better and some people that I've known for a while.
So it's been a tremendous experience.
So what you do specifically for this industry is it's very niche,
it's very important and there's always gonna be people that are gonna need your
services.
So how important is it to build that relationship and to see the person face to
face versus just like an email?
Uh, it really helps because it allows us to like communicate more,
uh, effectively, like when we're like working on like projects together.
So like I'll send text messages to some people and, and, and vice versa,
and we sort of like get really comfortable with each other and I understand
their business even better cuz when you're face to face,
sometimes you ask questions that you might not if you're just doing like a,
a quick phone call.
So there's different topics that are gonna be going on, uh,
that are gonna be discussed today.
Is there anything one specific that you're looking forward to?
I'm looking forward to, um, uh, like industry trends is one.
Yeah. That's one of the ones that I'm really looking forward to. Yeah.
And then overall, I mean, for someone that's watching this, what would,
what advice would you give them if they've never been to an event like this?
Uh, I would say like, just make the leap and, uh,
just come out here and, um, you know,
the investment really isn't that much and you'll get like a lot of return on
that small investment.
So when, when you, you've, you've been here in, in, you know, in other years,
in previous events, uh, the networking, you know,
the return that you got. Kind of walk us through a little bit about that.
I mean, what did, what has that done for your business?
I can give you one example. One is a,
a funder that we have a really good relationship with. I saw, I,
I knew the CEO of like in the past, but then we, um, we didn't,
we didn't partner for a while and I saw him at one show and, and,
and he was like, we need to do something together. So I'm in another show.
We started talking more and then, and then,
and then we started talking on the phone after those conferences and we came up
with like a plan and it's executing and it's doing incredibly well.
Awesome. Awesome. Well Tom,
thanks so much for hanging with us talking with us about just how important of,
uh, the networking experiences overall. Uh,
is there anything else you're looking forward to just being here in New York
and, and being at the event?
Um, well one thing that I, uh, I wasn't really looking forward to,
but I'm glad it happened was I found out that you're gonna be having a San Diego
event. Yeah. And that's where we're located. So when I walk in today,
someone handed me a pamphlet, I was like, Sean did it. Yeah. So I'm,
I'm excited to do that.
So how, how of, how much of a game changer is that going to San Diego? Cause we,
we, you know, we, after Covid, we've gone to Miami,
we've gone to New York and now we're going to your backyard.
So kind of talk to me, how, how do you feel about that?
So, um, I feel like we're gonna,
we really should sponsor it number one because we're,
we're really close to San Diego and I also think that you're gonna pull in some
people from the west coast that maybe like if they have kids and things,
it's something that's hard to make a trip all the way across the country. So,
um, you know, cuz they have like responsibilities, but if it's,
if it's west coast, maybe it's easier for people.
So I think having that connection on the west coast in addition to Miami and
New York, uh, is gonna be really helpful. Awesome.
So for the people watching that are in the West Coast,
you're not gonna wanna miss out on that one?
Definitely. Don't miss de banked, connect San Diego in September. Awesome.
Yeah. Tommy, thanks so much for, I'll let you go. Enjoy.
I'll let you go walk around and kind of do your own thing. All right.
So thank you. No problem. Thank you Tom.