If networking just doesn’t seem to work for you or benefit you, you have to step back and ask yourself a few questions:
If you’ve joined groups or networks, do you participate?
Have you initiated contact with members?
Do you share your expertise [...]
Today, when I checked my emails, I found a very important message from one of my LinkedIn connections. I wanted to share her message and my response because I feel there is a very valuable lesson to be learned.
Here is the message I received:
Good afternoon,
Hoping and praying all is well. As I was sending out [...]
I hope you are enjoying reviewing these networking tips as much as I have. Many (really almost all of them) have been listed before, but it doesn’t hurt to be reminded of what we should be doing to not only become, but stay, successful!
Review each of the tips in both of these articles (yes, [...]
White I was spending some time today reviewing websites found on my followers’ Tweets, I came upon this awesome article that definitely needs sharing. I have included the entire article here for you to read, share tips with others and most of all, learn a bit more about networking! I hope you enjoy this and [...]
Continue Reading...I recently came across these statistics about how frequently sales professionals follow up with their prospects. When I read this, I was shocked:
• 48% of sales people never follow-up with their prospects.
• 25% of sales people make a second contact with their prospect and then they stop.
• 12% of sales people [...]
What Goes Around Comes Around
We’ve spent a lifetime committed to helping others. Whether it was while in the military or working in the fitness world. It’s what gives us the greatest joy, fulfillment and satisfaction in life. One of our biggest business lessons that we we’ve had holds up the [...]
Be Honest When Building Relationships or Else…
We all have heard stories of conmen and dishonest people. Remember the executives from Enron and Worldcom? How many times have you heard about people in your community who you thought were nice and then hear how bad they have treated people?
Well, don’t act like someone [...]
Yesterday morning I received a telephone call asking me if I was in London. Thoroughly confused, I said no, never have been to London, wasn’t planning to be in London – in fact, never have I been issued a passport! My caller, whose identity will remain private to avoid any retaliation from the guilty parties, [...]
Continue Reading...I remember hearing once that you should be the ‘general of your army’ and not a soldier (I think it was Mark Hendricks from Internet Success Systems that said that).
I love the phrase and it’s something that I ask myself all the time – am I directing my business, looking strategically and planning (being the [...]
Six Essentials for Networking
By Christine Comaford-Lynch
Networking is about creating an extended family. It’s about developing connections, caring about people, increasing the size of your “tribe.” Most of all, networking is not the awkward social ritual many of us think it is-networking is actually FUN!
Here are my top six networking [...]
