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Every year for the last 5 years I have set a goal to walk the Indianapolis Mini Marathon. Every year that goal went unmet. This year, it is no longer an unaccomplished goal. Saturday May 8th I walked the 13.1 miles in the largest mini marathon, with 37,000 other people. What made this year different [...]
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. So, grab a pencil and a [...]
If you are not growing you are dying! Part of growing is the act of learning something new, consistently. So, let me ask you, what are you learning that is new right now?
For years many of the Chamber’s of Commerce have considered BNI their competitor and in Indiana many people believed that Rainmakers and BNI were competitors, yesterday with Rave reviews from vendors, attendees, and speakers alike that myth has been busted.
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What can/does networking do for your professional reputation? By “professional reputation”, I mean how people view you as a professional both in the meeting room and outside the office. Your integrity, respect, intelligence, and impact on those around you. When you network through LinkedIn, how can professional networking relate to all these areas? Networking creates [...]
What is the difference between a contact, a referral source, and a referral partner? Do you know? What is not knowing costing you? There is a clear distinction between the three and most of the people out there networking today are working with contacts and referral sources, few have referral partners. What would you business [...]
There is a great deal of pride in the size of a man’s, er, uhm well, you know, their network or at least the number of people in their database. But, isn’t there an old saying about it’s not about how big it is but more about how…….um, well how well you know the people [...]
Do you remember the old country western song about the guy going from place to place lookin for love? “I was lookin’ for love in all the wrong places, lookin’ for love in too many places.” Frankly, this should be the theme song for many of the business professionals running from networking event to networking [...]