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Networking Tips 3 - Be Prepared
Know what you want from an event. Again this sounds like an obvious one but many people turn up at an event and don't really have any expectations of what they want to achieve by attending.You're spending your precious time and resources on being there, so it makes sense to get the most from it.This doesn't mean pressing your business card firmly into the hands of everyone you meet.It doesn't mean giving a sales pitch to as many people as possible.It doesn't mean speaking to every single person in the room - you'll be lucky if you speak to half...
Thursday, 6 December 2012
Wednesday, 5 December 2012
Networking: It's Not What You Know, It's Who You Know
It's not what you know, it's who you know.You've heard that before, I am sure.I was asked recently on a job forum for my opinion on various job search apps - to which I responded in bewilderment, "Those exist?"Even if you don't consider yourself a people person, your odds are always better of advancing through the application process if you have a chance to meet your prospective employer in person. If you are looking for work, I suggest applying for jobs in the follow ways, listed in order from best-to-worst:In personBy phoneThrough email / faxComplete...
Tuesday, 4 December 2012
Your People Skills Are Important!
Your ability to ask good questions and present yourself positively is critical to winning the networking game. These qualities are largely reflections of how developed your people skills are.If you confidently present yourself with a positive attitude and show that you have good listening skills, the person you meet is more apt to listen to what you have to say.Remember that each new opportunity to meet someone is a new opportunity to build a new relationship-a relationship that, in time, could lead to greater business and personal growth.CONTACT...
Monday, 3 December 2012
Want to Grow Your Business? Use Your Rolodex!
Want to grow your network? Have you ever considered the advice of people you already do business with? If you hadn't, then you are really missing out on the benefits of knowing a person who already has a network.We don't go to social events or networking events for the food or the fun. We go to create a bigger and better network so that we can get more referrals. By accessing this group of professionals you are creating a super rolodex that in turn is actually an encyclopedia of networks.Let me tell you a story of a friend who was looking for...
Saturday, 1 December 2012
Video Production Business Tips: Improve Your Connection With Video Production Customers
I don't really promote free video production work to non-profit organizations if there is no effect on the marketing aspect of your business. If you don't know if you will agree to work with these people on a pro bono basis, here are some questions you can ask yourself.1. Are some of my best video clients part of this non-profit organization?If your clients are part of this organization, this is the best way to enhance your connections with them especially if you make thousands of dollars for their projects. It's a personal way to show them that...
Thursday, 29 November 2012
Help Me Change My Life And Be My Own Boss
Losing your job can be devastating but it can also be a prime opportunity to make the changes that you have wanted to change! It can actually be a positive.You can take the opportunity to create your own job. You can be your own boss and work from home. The internet has opened up a world of opportunities. If you want to be rich soon, working for someone else will not do it! People ask all the time "help me change my life around" the internet is the answer.If you are still employed and want to become an internet millionaire, you can start with...
Wednesday, 28 November 2012
Taking Your Offline Prospecting To A Whole NEW Level
Offline Prospecting - The Do's And Don'ts of How to Break the IceStriking up a conversation with someone in your offline prospecting for most seems to bring forward this enormous fear of rejection. "How will I approach someone?" "What will I say?" "How will they respond?" Blah, blah blah!!!Have you noticed that when it comes to offline prospecting, because it's being done with the intention of leading the conversation towards what you have to offer, becomes one of those tasks that you'd rather visit a dentist instead?Most people are intimidated,...
Monday, 26 November 2012
Business Networking - 9 Tips For Success At The Networking Event
You have prepared and planned for your networking event with almost military precision. You have arrived in plenty of time; you are relaxed and mentally prepared. Now what do you do? Do you rush in and hand out business cards to anyone who will take them? No! Don't do that. Here instead are nine great tips that will help you maximize your networking enjoyment and potential success.Tip One - Meet your pre-arranged contactsAfter you have been greeted by the event host, and if you previously arranged to meet with a sponsor or business colleague,...
Sunday, 25 November 2012
Actualizing Your Wise Business Mind
In order to actualize anything we need to be fully present. In business, especially, we must remove all blinders. We must pay attention to all thoughts we have about the potential opportunity in front of us, not just the positives.MONEY MAKING POTENTIAL IS GOOD BUT NOT AT THE EXPENSE OF USING YOUR RATIONAL MIND!Too many times we get so driven by the "money-making potential" that we set aside our rational minds, sweeping under the rug anything that doesn't feel quite right. If you want to not get burned you must stay grounded and centered and trust...
Friday, 23 November 2012
Business Networking - 5 Tips For Successful Business Networking Event Preparation
You have chosen your ideal business networking group and you have picked a suitable event date. You have designed a fabulous networking "pitch" that is chock full of benefits for your potential new clients and referral partners. Is there anything else you can do to prepare for success ahead of time? There are definitely many activities and tactics that can help. Here are five great tips for pre-event preparation that will help you maximize your networking enjoyment and potential success.Tip One - Get to know your event host.Every event will have...
Thursday, 22 November 2012
Network Marketing: Your First Step to Achieve Your Dreams
Everybody has a dream. A dream that gives you time freedom and financial freedom. But unfortunately our dreams involve money to reach it and the question is that, how can I achieve my dream?The answer is own a business. Having your own business will in fact generates income. But if we are talking about dreams, we are talking big dreams that will sustain your future financial security.The principle of having a business is that if you want to earn big money, you must invest big money and if you want small income, you just need to invest small amount...
Tuesday, 20 November 2012
Filling in the Blanks in "Tell Me About Yourself"
I'm standing on 42nd St and once again get stopped by a tourist. I guess I look like a local... or a nice guy! They ask me where they can find a good Italian restaurant. I look at them and I go blank. Even though, my favorite mouthwatering Italian meatball is right around the corner... I blank. My mind just goes blank. I try to say something witty like, "No, I really am a New Yorker!" as they walk away from me down the crowded street. Just as they turn the corner, it's back. Carmines!Minds can go blank at the most inopportune times. And if it...
Sunday, 18 November 2012
The Top 3 Tips for Organizing a Effective Business Networking Affair
Accept Walk-ins and Door Payments for additional guestsIt is always a good idea to have an online registration option. This makes it convenient for guests to sign up but you cannot stop there. Many people who host networking events allow for online sign-up and then have a cut off. When this is done there is no option to attend the event without preregistration online. If you're looking to maximize attendance as well as your bottom line, you must have a way to accept payments for latecomers who haven't preregistered. You must prepare in and dance...
Friday, 16 November 2012
The Benefits of Masterminding
Mastermind groups are nowadays common in various formats. Some groups are open for anyone to attend when they wish and others are closed groups, which engender trust and accountability.Its popularity has been growing since many people want to find their success by sharing inputs and ideas with other individuals, creating visions and goals, and encouraging a positive mindset. Being involved in a mastermind group is also a great way to offer and receive support as they work to attain a specific purpose and goal. It helps individuals connect with...
Thursday, 15 November 2012
The Most Notable 3 Guidelines for Presenting a Victorious Business Networking Mixer
Always Collect Business Cards From Your GuestsEven if you obtain attendee contact information from online sign-ups or even a sign in sheet at the door, collecting business cards is still an important practice. There are numerous purposes to collecting business cards that can prove useful. For example; they can be used as back up contact information if anything happens to your sign in sheet or registration software data. They can be used, if placed in a bin when of attendees enter your event, to be pulled out randomly when giving away door prizes....
Wednesday, 14 November 2012
3 Valuable Tips for Organizing a Worthwhile Business Networking Event
Adding Music for an Upbeat and Professional AtmosphereTypically, networking events can go well if they are simply run professionally and the guest's experience is seriously kept in mind. This is all possible with a stringent organization process. However, because your guest's experience is valuable you can add music to help create a pleasant atmosphere. Remember, this is an event that is designed to help professionals to network as well as give your business exposure. The music that you choose is only to be considered a good backdrop to help facilitate...
Tuesday, 13 November 2012
Become the "Commissioner" of Your Career Transition - Network Like A Champion
If you're like me, this is the beginning of your favorite time of year. It's football season! Autumn's colors and cooler temperature are almost here. You can feel your passions for your favorite college and professional teams building with each day of training camp. If you're a current or former player, the thoughts of the long, hot summer workouts are filling your mind. You're ready for the season to begin and you're going to actively follow your team's progress.However, if you're sick and tired of your current career and you have a strong desire...
Sunday, 11 November 2012
Ways To Locate And Make Use Of Superior Dentist Marketing
Superior results for dentist marketing strategies will ensure that your practice is not at risk of going unnoticed. With the results a professional advertising service will be able to provide, you will enjoy a better class of results. Attracting the new clients and patients you need to keep your practice successful is a very real challenge, with the right assistance it may be easier to overcome.With the apprehension so common to most patients faced with an upcoming appointment, it may seem a little more difficult than it needs to be to promote...
Friday, 9 November 2012
Success Formula for Networking Events
The most obvious thing as a networker I notice when going to networking events is that most event goers are not aware of how they can make networking work successfully for themselves and their business.I believe that there are four things you need to do and understand before networking will reach your expectations.The first being is to know what, where, why and who your niche market is. What are you looking to achieve when you are going to events? Are you aware of who you are needing to meet for your future success? Why do you want to be in that...
Thursday, 8 November 2012
Elevator Networking
What is the Elevator Pitch?Old school sales personnel were told to get in a lift with your prospective customer and tell him all about your products while they were stuck in the lift with you.It was also named this because sales people were too good at talking and would go on, and on about themselves before telling the client about the product. This still happens by the way, I experienced a sales manager pitching a $200,000 service to a client and had spent 10 minutes talking about who the company was and nothing about how they were here to help...
Tuesday, 6 November 2012
Website Prep 101 For Small Business
When a person is starting a new business, whether it is a small business, a medium sized business or a franchise, it is usually a fast realization that there are not enough hours in the day for the business owner to make the business a success. Marketing and advertising comes into play, and realizations that technical aspects of advertising and internet marketing will require, at least, the guidance of a professional.There are several services that offer online directory listings and micro sites, like a local chamber of commerce, or Yelp. It is...
Monday, 5 November 2012
Go to School, Get Good Grades, Go to a Good College, Get a Good Job? Not Anymore!
That's how the system used to work, right? You'd follow the same formula for success that your parents, teachers, and doctors followed because that's what worked for them. Were they ever rich? Did they make more than $2,000 or $3,000 per moth? Maybe your doctor did, but was he/she ever able to actually enjoy life outside the clinic?Not likely. And here's why... Paying bills, never getting ahead...That system is designed to keep money in the pockets of consumers. It isn't designed for the Average Joe to come out ahead and ever have any money left...
Saturday, 3 November 2012
7 Reasons Why People Fail To Make Money In Online, Multilevel And Affiliate Marketing Businesses
There are several reasons why many people fail to earn reasonable sums of money from their various online businesses. These reasons range from simple things like attitude to complex technicalities.In this article, I will discuss the common reasons why many people fail to earn money from internet marketing, Multilevel marketing, affiliate marketing and any business for that matter. Knowledge of the possible causes of failure will help the novice networker know what to avoid to prevent failure. We are all prone to these shortcomings and need to...
Friday, 2 November 2012
MLM Lead Generation - You Need a System!
No matter what business you're in, you'll need a good lead generation system to provide a constant inflow of new business opportunities. In the network marketing world, leads are your biggest asset in growing your business. So, you'll need a solid MLM lead generation system. In this post we'll discuss some of the things that make for a good MLM lead generation system.Years ago I was exposed to my first network marketing organization. The opportunity opened my eyes to a new opportunity and I immediately got excited.So, what happened?A few years...
Wednesday, 31 October 2012
What's The MLM Secret To Success?
Sometimes when things aren't going well with a person's MLM business, they sometimes begin to wonder, what is the MLM secret to being successful? Guess what, there is no MLM secret to being successful. As you read this article, you may ask, how do you know there is no MLM secret to being successful? Well, after being in this business for several years, after trial and error, and after having success and failure, I've come to learn that the only MLM secret to being successful is YOU!!! All the success and failures I've had in multi-level marketing...
