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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. [...]
I have been reading and working through Jack Canfields book, “The Success Principals“. I mentor a couple of people and we hae decided to work this book together, allowing us to hold each other accountable to actually implementing the principals in the book. So we have had a lot of conversation about Responsibility and how [...]
I went out into my backyard today to look at my crop of Indiana Tomatoes. I was quite disappointed to find that they still have not ripened. The weather has been very cool this year and that means the tomatoes ripen more slowly. I am losing my patience because I want vine ripe tomatoes NOW!
Ironically, [...]
Business people spend a lot of time networking, some times it is important to slow down and develop relationships with the people that you have added to your network. In the book “The 29% Solution” by Dr. Ivan R Misner and Michelle Donovan, they discuss tactics for building better relationships with your network members. The [...]
Linkedin, Twitter, FastPitch, BizNik, Ecademy, Plaxo, HiveLive, Facebook, MySpace, and any of the 500 different sites online are all available to you if you choose to network online. However, how many and which ones should you belong to?
I am often asked if I am able to track back any income from the social networking sites [...]
I have spent years networking with both men and women. In that time I have noticed a lot of difference between how the two sexes network. I have come to realize that Women are really very natural networkers.
Building a strong network requires that you nurture the relationships that you have developed. Women are very good [...]
You know how sometimes you get involved in a relationship and you are sure that it is one thing only to find out it is really something else? Women can certainly relate to this, they find themselves dating for a while and they believe they are in one kind of a relationship, headed down a [...]
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 event. [...]
I wish I had a nickel for every time I’ve heard the following scenario; “Gee, I visited that networking group and I didn’t see anyone in there who could really help me with referrals. Most of the members there are consumer businesses and I am business to business.” Surprisingly, it is most often said with [...]