Claim a ready-made local event as your own.
Claim a ready-made local event your network and Durham residents actually want to attend. We handle everything so you can reconnect with your network and meet new residents without cold prospecting.
Testimonials
“We did 2 months worth of networking in 3 hours, which is super helpful for our team. Can’t wait for the next one!”
— ZURI HUNTER, URBAN DURHAM REALTY“This was a no-brainer for me. You guys have built something amazing.”
— Johnny May, Nest realty“I must say, it really does work the way you guys say it will. I even have inside jokes with people I’ve met now. And I’ve gotten a handful of referrals too.”
— Raymond HAMMOND, Hometowne realty
Reconnect with your network. Grow you local contact list.
Relationship-driven professionals and organizations need meaningful reasons to stay in front of people and build relationships. The hard part is doing that without awkward outreach, one-off events, forced networking, or constant content creation.
Bull City Discovery Society gives you a ready-made local event your network and local residents actually want to attend. You invite your network, we bring local residents, and new signups from your hosted Drop are clearly told they’ll be added to your contact list.
We handle venue participation, promotion, invitations, and on-site logistics. You just show up, welcome people, and leave with both real conversations and local contacts you can continue nurturing over time.
How It Works
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1. You choose from upcoming dates
We send you dates, locations, and time windows to meet people. You choose the ones that fit your schedule.
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2. Invite your network
We create a ready-to-send email so you can invite past clients, current clients, and warm prospects to try a local business on you.
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3. We bring the people together
We coordinate with the local business, invite local residents, and pair you with a non-competing local host so the room feels warm, natural, and active.
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4. You are the Welcome Host
You greet people as they arrive, reconnect with your sphere, meet new residents, and create natural conversations without having to force a pitch. On-site support manages logistics so you can focus on meeting people. You are the only realtor at the drop.
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5. Familiarity builds over time
With each appearance, you become more familiar to residents and more connected to the local businesses and professionals around you.
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6. Relationships turn into real business
As people get to know you, your network grows, your follow-up gets warmer, and relationships can turn into clients, repeat business, and referrals.
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7. We help you follow-up
Post-drop, we’ll send you the attendee list and provide a ready-made follow-up email to help you begin nurturing your new contacts.
A local audience worth meeting
Live in Durham or a surrounding area
96%
Are homeowners
68%
Aged 31 - 55
81%
Middle to Upper-middle income
75%
Typical attendees are families with young children, couples, & young professionals that want to support local businesses.
See how you’ll be respresented
Businesses want to know how they’ll show up before they commit. We built a preview page so you can see the resident-facing side: the invite, the positioning, the Welcome Host role, and how the Drop feels from the resident’s point of view. Take a look, then book a quick call and we’ll walk through what your first Drop could look like.
Pricing
Start with one Discovery Drop, or choose a 6-month presence plan to reconnect with your client/customer base and meet new residents regularly without having to plan or coordinate anything.
$800
One Drop
Try it once
Meet 50-100 local residents
Best for solo professionals or teams wanting to test it out or need one-time exposure to compliment other initiatives
Full refund guarantee, or credit your $800 toward a 6-month plan if you continue
Invite your client/customer base and meet local residents in a warm, casual setting
Planning, promotion, business coordination, and follow-up handled for you
On-site support manages logistics so you can focus on meeting people
Popular
$2,000
Recurring Presence
3 Drops over 6 months
Meet 150-300 local residents
Best for solo professionals or small organizations
Choose 3 upcoming dates over a 6-month period
Invite your client/customer base and meet local residents in a warm, casual setting reguarly
Planning, promotion, business coordination, and follow-up handled for you
On-site support manages logistics so you can focus on meeting people
$3,800
Monthly Presence
6 Drops over 6 months
Meet 300-600 local residents
Best for larger teams
Choose 6 upcoming dates within a 6-month period
Priority date selection
Rotate Welcome Hosts from your team that are best suited for the selected date, location, or audience
Invite your team’s past clients, current clients, prospects, and warm contacts
Meet local residents in a warm, casual setting
Planning, promotion, business coordination, and follow-up handled for you
On-site support manages logistics so your team can focus on meeting people
Try it risk-free.
Claim your first ready-made local event and see how it feels in action. We guarantee at least 50 attendees, or you can request a full refund. If the guarantee is not met, you can either keep the opt-in contact list generated from your hosted Drop or receive your money back.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Available dates are typically the first weekend of each month (unless it’s a holiday weekend), for a 3-4 hour window. You will know the scheduled dates & locations well in advance so you can make selections that best fit your schedule.
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Just business cards or other marketing material and a friendly presence. We’ll show you a simple way to greet people and introduce yourself. The planning, promotion, business coordination, resident invitations, and on-site flow is handled. by us so you can focus on meeting people.
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Each drop typically brings 50-100 residents.
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Each drop has 1 or 2 Welcome Hosts. Hosts are non-competing because they belong to different industries (for example, a realtor + financial planner). Both hosts are positioned in a flow that allows them to meet each resident.
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We personally vet each participating business location to make sure they have a good community reputation, they are pleasurable to work with, and have adequate space for a great experience.
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Try it once. If you are unsatisfied after your first drop and do not wish to continue, you may request a full refund. If you wish to continue, we will credit your payment to the next tier.
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You can have someone stand in for you or reschedule for another date.
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3 hours