Thanks for participating in Make a Referral Week
As of this writing we are at 600 referrals made – that’s an awesome number but there is still a lot of work to do to get to 1000.
* * Here’s today’s tip for those who have made referrals – contact the folks you referred – tell them [...]
INTERNATIONAL MAKE-A-REFERRAL-WEEK! March 9 -13, 2009
Let’s face it, in the world of business – any business, it’s not who you know, it’s who knows you.
Ask any successful business owner how they got to be so successful and right up there at the top is effective networking.
Networking is the ability to expand your circle of influence [...]
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 [...]
Continue Reading...Tonight I was spending some time on FaceBook – looking at the profiles of those that have either added me as a friend or who had accepted my friend request. All of a sudden, this post became crystal clear to me to come and talk to you about being respectful of your network.
As you know, [...]
Carol Deckert is one of my favorite people on the planet. I first met her through LinkedIn, then the group LinkedIn Power Women.
After a bit, we started chatting on Skype. After I was asked to join Carol as a co-moderator of LinkedIn Power Women, we found that we not only had a lot in common, [...]
Good morning everyone! Things have been a little quiet around here lately. What have you all been up to? Tell us about your latest networking event that you attended – online or offline – meet any new interesting people?
Netweaving is really a lot of fun and it is the latest, best way to utilize your [...]
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 [...]
Wow, I just listened to an awesome presentation by Debra Simpson, on WECAI’s First Fridayz event. Debra shared some great tips on increasing the visibility of your blog, how to make it more interesting and how to collect some “link love!” Debra Simpson says visit magicinblogging for some how-to videos! You can also find Debra’s podcasts at [...]
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