Who Are You and What The Heck Do You Do?

A few years ago, I was attending a family function when I ran into a cousin of mine. Having not seen her in more than three years, she told me that her son had graduated from law school and had passed the bar examination and was now a lawyer at... Read More

Why Cant I Remember Your Name?

You're terrible with names. You forget someone's name within ten seconds of their introduction, and it embarrasses you. In fact, it's possible you won't even approach someone whose name you have forgotten. As a result, you will miss out on a valuable business contact.If you go out of your way... Read More

Unforgettable First Impressions Part 2: Its All About Them!

Jean de la Bruyere said, "The great gift of conversation lies less in displaying it ourselves than in drawing it out of others. He who leaves your company pleased with himself and his own cleverness is perfectly well pleased with you."Every conversation, interaction and encounter has some kind of emotional... Read More

The Five Step Formula For Getting Prospects to Call You

Are you tired of prospecting for new business?Are you sick of networking, begging for referrals, or spending a small fortune on advertisements that produce little results?Wouldn't it be nice if you could just sit down at your desk and have the phone ring knowing that new business is on the... Read More

Which Networking Events Should You Attend?

How does one determine which are the best events to attend based on one's best customer?Customers are not a dime a dozen, especially in today's economy. So it is best to follow the rules mentioned before on how to define your best customer before attending an event. The customer definition... Read More

Strategic Networking: Take the Shortest Path to Success

Do you use Ryze or LinkedIn to promote your web based business? If so, you may have noticed that everything is linked to everything else. Here's how to take the shortest path to networking success: use keywords and a targeted linking strategy.On Ryze and other major networks, connections are happening... Read More

How to Organize a Successful Bad Sweater Party

"Hey Scott, would you like to go to a Bad Sweater Party this weekend?""A what party?!" I said."A Bad Sweater Party. Wait a minute?you mean to tell me you've never been to a Bad Sweater Party before?" asked Amber."Guess not," I admitted.A Bad Sweater Party is exactly what you think... Read More

How to Collect Business Cards

Why the business card grab is not why you are there? So how do you obtain the card and show interest that gains confidence?One of the things I am also always asked is, "How do you collect cards?" and "What do you do with them when you get them back... Read More

Jump Start Your Network

Networking is often identified as a key business building activity for small business owners, especially those just getting started. Often we think of networking as meeting as many new people as possible. However often, as was pointed out to me following a recent presentation I gave on networking, we overlook... Read More

How to Make the Most of Those First 30 Seconds

Did you just meet the most important person in your career/business? Tongue tied and not sure what to do about it? With advance planning and creative thinking you can be confident you will know how to handle this situation should the opportunity present itself.We all have had the juncture when... Read More

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10 Steps to Successful Networking

"It's not what you know, it's who you know."This old... Read More

Networking for Wallflowers: How to Profit from Getting into the Crowd

The two most common complaints about networking are: 1) I... Read More

People Know People

I recently entered the keyword "networking" into Google. In 0.13... Read More

Sharpen Your Business Networking Skill To Grow Your Small Business

Most people become lax at maintaining their professional business network... Read More

Where to Find a Cash Windfall of $10,000 - $1,000,000 - You Never Knew You Had

There is a rather famous true story called "Acres of... Read More

How to Announce a New Product

How can the introduction of new products affect the way... Read More

Powerful Networking: Focus on Building Connections, Not Closing Sales

You can find numerous references in the business literature about... Read More

Lesson 15 - Meeting the Prince with More Reputation than Power

The StoryBusiness has a habit of testing us as individuals... Read More

Networking in the Change Room: 5 Ways to Network Effectively While Getting Undressed

There's a time and place to network with people in... Read More

Are You in the Relationship Business?

Are you in the relationship business? Of course you are.... Read More

Network Your Way to Success, and Remember: Its Not About You!

Quote of the week"The answer is always no...unless you ask."... Read More

5 Ways to Wow People Who Wear Nametags

People wear nametags more often than you think. The majority... Read More

How To Make Your Next Networking Event A Success

There are people who are natural born networkers - those... Read More

Networking and Trade Shows

The most important reasons people exhibit at a trade show?... Read More

Alcohol & Events

Many people associate alcohol with relaxation and fun, so it... Read More

Community Involvement Networking

It is important for you to join at least one... Read More

Five Best Ways To Build A Network

I have been working from home on the internet for... Read More

The Quest for Passive Income

Passive Income, residuals, royalties three ways to get paid multiple... Read More

Should You Offer Commissions For Customer Referrals?

As a small business owner you may find yourself in... Read More

Discover Your Own Source Of Business Leads

Generating new business leads is critical in your success, no... Read More

Growing Your Network of People Can be Easy and Fun!

A few years back when I moved to Charlotte, NC... Read More

Land the Ideal Job Using Social Networks

With at least 60% of job-seekers finding employment through networking,... Read More

Increasing the ROI on Your Networking

Networking requires an investment of time, money and effort. Here... Read More

How to Keep from Sounding LIKE Totally Stupid

June is reality check month. Lots of the resolutions have... Read More

Develop a Great Network - Pay It Forward for Maximum Success

Who needs a network of people to talk to about... Read More

Networking: Breaking into the Buzz

Breaking into conversational groups is one of the things people... Read More

Practice Makes Pefect

What is the problem when people try to describe what... Read More

Good Manners Mean Good Business

Good manners, good networking and good business all have the... Read More

How to Create an Interest Story for the Press

What makes a good interest story?An interest story is just... Read More

Networking to a New Life

Research shows that talking to strangers -- not people in... Read More

Make Money on the Internet - The Lifestyle Advantages of Professional Marketers

Some of the most successful businesses in existence today started... Read More

10 Effective Ways to Remember Names

Sigmund Freud says "a person's name is the single context... Read More

Is The Company You Keep Hurting Your Business?

When you look at your friends, it's like looking into... Read More