The Referral Strategist
Following is a guest post from a friend of mine, Lorraine Ball, owner of RoundPeg she has been reading our book and doing some survey work of her own. Very interesting early results! Published in 1992, Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus has sold more than 7 million copies. It…
Remember when you were a kid and you would catch someone in a lie, all the kids would run around and sing “liar liar, pants on fire, tear your britches on a telephone wire”. I felt like tweeting that very thing to a tweeter this week. I was on twitter…
Going out for a drink with friends, playing golf, and hanging out at a cookout are all ways that we build relationships. It is the social aspects of our relationships that make for strong business relationships too. It is those times when I get to know someone personally that makes…
When I was a teen I would spend a lot of time with my grandparents. My grandfather owned his own business, JR Custom Floors and I learned a lot from he and my grandmother as they ran that business. Today as I was putting some dates and times on my…
One of the most popular business tools in the Web 2.0 world is Linkedin. If you are not on Linkedin yet, I would highly encourage you to get there, set up a profile and start connecting with your network. More and more business networking and connecting are happening using Linkedin,…
All things being equal people want to do business with people they know, like and trust. That includes Not For Profit Organizations. I am speaking a the AFP or Association of Fundraising Professionals on Friday. I am the opening act in a line up of highly professional speakers on the…
I am not a Techie but I do love technology and more than that, I love to network. When I can combine the two together I am really happy. Twitter has allowed me to do that! One of the keys to nurturing your network is to stay in communication. Communication…