People do business with people they know, like, and trust. Being known happens when people become familiar with you through repeated exposure. While being referred by others and advertising helps, being known in a way that leads to being liked and trusted is best accomplished through personal interaction. That means you would be well served [...]
When you look around what do you hear? What I hear everywhere is “I’m looking for a job.” That’s right looking for a job.
It could be time to reach out to help a friend or a friend of a friend. Just as we are now starting to realize it is not just the big banks, [...]
We all know that as a professional within a professional services firm you are expected to be able to work the room. Let’s face it, face-to-face networking can be very daunting and if not done properly a waste of your valuable time. There are many simple ways that you can achieve more with your networking [...]
I just ordered a new set of business cards through VistaPrint.
Before I designed the card, I perused a few books on designs and read a few articles on EzineArticles. In other words, I did a little bit of research, although it was just a business card.
Or is it?
When I looked at many of the designs, [...]
The 5 Reasons why a Leads group works:
Social media is truly all the rage. It is actually making a lot of people, a lot of money, but have you ever wondered, why not me? I know that in most cases, people become really good at their passion. Writer, Chiropractor, Marketer it really doesn’t matter what [...]
We have all been there…at a party or a group gathering when you meet someone new. Whether in a business or social setting, this question is bound to come up: “So, what do you do?”
When this question is asked, you have but a short window of opportunity to grab the asker’s attention and really [...]
People form an opinion of you within the first 7 seconds of laying eyes on you. Notice I did not say meeting you. Once that opinion is made by someone, the rest of the time is spent by that person trying to find evidence to support that opinion.
Terrific news, right? On the one hand, we [...]
In today’s economy, we are all awash in a sea of uncertainty, and there is no end game of which we can be sure. Things are changing in our social and work environments: the rules, the process, and the structures. Where the old frameworks emphasized the capacity to sell our product, our service or ourselves [...]
I’m in the midst of some big transitions in my business. Have you been there? It’s scary and exciting all at the same time and it’s got me thinking a lot about social equity, the strength of my network and quality of relationships within it.
Social equity is one of my favourite topics to teach and [...]