Conference and event season is underway! When you attend an event or conference, you are investing your time, your energy and your money. How do you ensure that you get a great return on that investment? Here are 3 simple ways that you can guarantee your event experience is positive, productive and profitable. 1. Get [...]
Let’s see if this sounds familiar. . . You attend lots of mixers, meetings, coffees and conferences. You collect tons of business cards and connect with hundreds, even thousands of people online. But what do you have to show for it? You’re “busy”, but not “busy” in a good way – with clients and [...]
Does walking into a room full of people at an event, conference or networking meeting feel intimidating or uncomfortable to you? You are NOT alone! (Confession time – it scares my stilettos off sometimes, too!) Nobody said that you have to network on your own. In fact, isn’t it more in line with what networking [...]
Your professional memberships, group participation and online activities in forums and programs can provide you with support, education and opportunities to meet potential clients and partners. They can also become overwhelming, draining, time and money wasters if you aren’t careful! You need to be selective and strategic – not only will this save you money [...]
We all fall down on our follow-up from time to time. We’re human. It happens. However, I’m calling “Foul!” on the “Big, Fat, Follow-Up Fail” that happens when people lose sight of what follow up is all about. A couple of weeks ago I received a call from a “nice chap” with a lovely [...]
There’s a question that the REALLY good connectors and relationship-builders ask of those they meet: “How can I help you?” The first time I heard it, I was caught off guard and didn’t quite know how to respond. I mean, really? You’re interested in helping ME? Wow — now that’s a different approach to networking! [...]
It’s simple. It’s polite. And it’s powerful. The phrase “thank-you” is more than just good manners, it’s an amazing tool that all of us possess, yet not enough of us utilize. And, thanking others is a way to strengthen our relationship with them. Whatever the “occasion”, a good old-fashioned “thank-you” note is as easy as [...]
Friends. Fans. Contacts. Followers. Subscribers. Whatever you want to call them, we all have a lot of contacts these days – both online and in “the real world.” But all the names, news feeds and email addresses in the world will do you no good whatsoever if you can’t answer “yes” to the following questions: [...]
There are some folks who seem to employ an interesting “rapport building” technique: Being Negative. From the moment they arrive at a mixer, a meeting or a luncheon, they complain about everything – about the weather, traffic on the way there, the temperature of the room, the taste of the food, the seats, the speaker, [...]
Finding the “right” business networking group is a lot like shopping for shoes. It can be fun, frustrating, and sometimes, downright hazardous to your finances. Here are a few “shopping guidelines” when looking for a networking group: You really have to try them on to see if they fit. Ever try on something that said [...]
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