7 Steps for Networking with A-Listers Fast

This is a long post, but if you’re committed to networking with the people who can help your business grow faster, I know you’ll read it to the end.  Trust me, it’s worth it and you deserve it.( Plus, there are prizes.)
Networking isn’t an art or a science, it’s an experience – and it’s something [...]

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Your Contact Information is YOUR Lifeline

Hello, Happy October to all of you.  As my regular readers know, I love to share articles and tips that others send to me via email.  Today’s post is no different.  I think it bears repeating that we all need to be very conscious of how and where our contact information appears.  For the sake [...]

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Consistency: Breeds Familiarity

A major marketing secret is to make your marketing consistent.
Don’t change media.
Don’t change messages.
Don’t vary your graphic format.
Change your offers and your headlines and even your prices, if you wish, but do not change your identity.
Don’t drop out of the public eye for long periods.
Put your word out consistently. Consistently means [...]

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Tweet to Market to Locals

Monday Morning Marketeer, Tweeting for Local Marketing
Tweet to Market to Locals
The Twitter social networking and micro-blogging service launched just over two years ago, has rocketed in usage numbers quickly, and recently turned red hot. There are four million connections between twitter users. It seems that a vast number of people are trying twitter but not [...]

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How To Take “No” for an Answer and Still Succeed!

As I was reading through my emails today, I came across this wonderful offer and was asked to share it with my friends.  This is a FREE gift that will not stay free for long – price is soon (subject to the discretion of the author as to when it will happen) going to be [...]

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Special Teleclasses for April 2009

Dear Carol,

I have been invited to conduct a training class at a speaking platform like no other and wanted to invite you to listen. You can participate in as many classes as you wish from the comfort of your home and convenience of your telephone or computer.
At this platform you will be trained, [...]

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Contact Management Systems – What Do You Use?

Jim Sutton requested that I respond to his question about contact management systems in a blog post.  Jim, it is my pleasure to  try to explain how I use my contact mangement in my networking tasks.  First of all, I simply use MicroSoft Office Online Business Manager (version 2003).  Let’s begin with LinkedIn, as I am [...]

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What NOT to Do When Meeting Someone for the First Time

People are meeting new people all the time . . . in restaurants, at shopping malls, in movie theaters, grocery stores and more.  It’s amazing how many of us consider ourselves to be networkers, yet we don’t have a clue what to do (or not to do) after we meet someone!
Jason Jacobsohn, Networking Insight had [...]

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Why should I do business with you?

What makes you and your business different from your competitors’ business?  Tell me why you are unique and why you should be chosen over all your competitors to do business with!
As members of my weekly RUN group will tell you, this is a question I am constantly asking them as we give our referral requests [...]

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Networking with Skype Rooms

Networking with the use of Skype Rooms is becoming very popular.  Skype is a service that allows you to talk computer-to-computer for free, anywhere in the world!  If you would like to begin using Skype, download the software at http://www.skype.com – it only takes a few minutes to download and you can begin searching your [...]

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