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I regularly meet with prospects and help them understand how much business they are getting from their network and what is being left behind. It is very enlightening and they are always surprised by their results. Do you know your referral percentage? No? Don’t worry, most people don’t know. [...]
Have you ever ask someone for a referral or introduction to one of their contacts only to be put off or not introduced at all? Did you wonder why? You might be surprised to know that your referral source did not have the same level of credibility as the level referral you were asking for.
I [...]
When business people tell me that they do business with anybody, everybody or small businesses, I know that they have not spent time identifying who they want to work with and they are hoping that someone else will figure out for them. They are aiming at the sky hoping to hit a bird and [...]
In many sales-oriented networking books and course, people are taught that networking is a selling tool and part of that lesson is what’s known as the Three Foot Rule: “Anyone within three feet of you is an opportunity to make a sale.”
We feel that not only is this bad advice for the networker, one that seriously decreases the [...]
Aristotle said, “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence,then, is not an act, but a habit.
So, let me ask, what habits have you created around your referrals business?
Networking is a person to person activity, we meet, we talk and we share pleasantries with one another. When we meet and start the process of building a business relationship we are looking for people who energize us, people we want to be around. Now and then we meet people we wish we did not [...]
The world becomes a smaller and friendlier place when you network well. As a professional speaker I find there are times that I am gone for long periods from my home and office. When I am home it is only for a day or two to pick up a clean suite [...]
“Why do you do what you do?” Great question! People buy for emotional reasons, it isn’t about products and services or features versus functions. It’s about YOU and what keeps you excited about the business you’re building. It’s your story, your most unique selling position. Like snowflakes each person’s story is different and beautiful in its own way.
I love networking, I love networking with women, unfortunately it is not always possible to network with great women. They multi-task, balancing families and businesses. Fixing dinner and managing schedules. Fewer women network than men, they have jobs and families. So, the opportunity of be with successful women is one I could not pass up, and one I look forward to repeating in the future.
I had the opportunity to be at a BNI networking meeting this afternoon. Each person went around the room and did a great job asking for referrals. They were very clear about who they wanted to be connected to and very little rambling that I often hear when I listen to people ask for referrals. [...]