Posts Tagged as "Relationships"
Look at Networking Differently – Social 46
If you ask people to describe networking you will get a variety of responses, most often it sounds something like this, “going to events where business people exchange business cards and talk business with one another.” While indeed that is a good description of what a lot of “networking” events…
Flirting and Networking – Good or Bad?
Flirting: to court trifling or act amorously without any serious intentions Flirting is a basic instinct, part of human nature. This is not surprising: if we did not initiate contact and express interest in members of the opposite sex, we would not progress to reproduction, and the human species would…
McDonalds is Fast, Easy & Cheap, Referrals are Not
“In this economy, developing a strong referral strategy is a fast, easy cheap way to build a strong business,” Palzewicz said. “Referrals are more important than ever because people are more careful where they buy and the words of satisfied customers, especially customers that are their friends, can be very…
Make More Time for Your Network With a Strong No
Ladies we all know that building a strong business network is key to being the most successful in life and in business. Building a strong network requires two things, time and education, with the key requirement being time. After all it takes time to invest in our education. Here is…
Three Things that Women Do Better Than Men – When Networking
Business networking is about building relationships and who is better at building relationships than women. When it comes to networking there are a few things that women are just naturally better at then the men. There are things they can learn from us, just as there are things we can…
Five Steps of the Referral Process
There are 5 Steps to the referral process, as identified by the Referral Institute and Dr. Ivan Misner. Each step is important and no step can be skipped, if what you want are high level referrals that close into quality business. The biggest complaint that that I hear from is…
3 Tips to Get Better Referrals
Referrals are the holy grail of the business community. Every business wants them, every business person is out networking in hopes of getting referred prospects for their business. Referrals come in different shades, just like the color red. The higher you can move the quality of the referral the less…
How do you get connected to the decision maker of a company?
I did a presentation today for the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce, Business Growth Series. I was asked the following question, How do you get connected to the decision maker of a company? A good question and one that many people ask. The answer is simple, but it is not…
Relationships, Responsibility and Forgiveness
Friends who care about you are hard to find and should be held onto even when one screws up. There is always room for open honest communication and forgiveness. The hardest part is the open honest communication, and ASKING for Forgiveness then GIVING it! I wrote the above statement and…
What is Your Networking Plan?
One of the first things I work with my clients on is the proper use of “Networking”, as well as the best ways to use their time and energy when they are networking. Over the last 15 years, I have watched people spend many hours networking. As a matter of…
