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Author :: Milton Paris  |
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| Article Title :: Build Your Business through Strategic Networking |
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| Networking – it’s the latest business trend. Or is it?Actually, business owners have always engaged in the art and science of networking.
Only years ago it didn’t have a name. Business owners would get together, shake hands, and smile and chat about themselves and their businesses. Same thing with “coaching.” I’ve been a sales trainer for 40 years, but it wasn’t until five or six years ago that someone said, “Milt, you’re not a sales trainer, you’re a coach.” I always thought coaching was leading your kid’s soccer or baseball team. Turns out I’ve been a “coach” for 40 years.The buzzwords, however, aren’t important. What counts is what you do. (read full article) |
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| Category :: Networking Articles |
Author :: Cheryl Haining |
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| Article Title :: Network Marketing |
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| Network marketing is the ordinary person’s best opportunity to make extraordinary income. Well known author, Robert Kiyosaki, says that most ethical network marketing businesses are like business schools. They teach people the power of building their own home business, and provide the tools to support that. You must choose the right business for you. Then, work to attain success.1. Find the Right Business for YouIf you are currently in an organization that you do not believe in 110 per cent then find something else. If you are not excited to get up every day and grow your business, then find another business. If you do not believe in the products you sell and are not using (read full article) |
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| Category :: Networking Articles |
Author :: Julia O'Connor |
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| Article Title :: Mother Said - Wash Your Hands |
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| Think health articles are boring? This one isn't, so read on -
it may save your life...Physicians and public health officials agree that the single
most important role you can play in your own health is to
wash your hands.Why is this old-fashioned idea coming to the forefront again
- and what does it mean to you and trade shows?WHY is it important now?Here are five very obvious tips to preserve your health that
have taken on new
importance:1. Travel is more global. Diseases, that may be more
prevalent in one country or world area, now get on the plane
and sit next to you. We know that when we travel to a foreign
country, we take inoculation prec (read full article) |
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| Category :: Networking Articles |
Author :: Julia O'Connor |
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| Article Title :: Networking and Trade Shows |
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| The most important reasons people exhibit at a trade
show? To see what's new and to gather leads - information
for future business.So, how do you that besides standing in the booth and
walking the aisles? The word is "Networking". It is much
more than a buzzword. Networking is a conscious, planned
effort to get the most of quick encounters, in. brief time
periods, and to develop a lasting mutual relationship.WHAT IS NETWORKING?The concept of networking got its start with job searches
and head hunting. Like a spider spinning a web, a job
seeker leaves a trail of resumes, going from point to point,
tying knots in the process, until the quest (the web) is
compl (read full article) |
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| Category :: Networking Articles |
Author :: Caroline Jordan |
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| Article Title :: You've Got Personality, Use It! |
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| For the self employed professional, nothing is more important than the image you project to your clients and potential clients. Napoleon Hill put it best when he said, “People buy your personality and ideas long before they buy your products and services.”Your image may be projected by the clothes you wear, the car you drive, and your posture. But, your image is also projected by the marketing contact points you make. What does your website say about you? What do your brochures or office sign say about you? Are you communicating the image you want to communicate?I worked with one self employed professional whose target market was other small business owners. Yet his webs (read full article) |
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| Category :: Networking Articles |
Author :: Caroline Jordan |
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| Article Title :: Lessons from the Wedding Mafia |
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| One of my clients shared a story with me from his networking group, a chapter of BNI. Ivan Misner, the creator of BNI talks about what he calls “contact spheres”.Here’s how it works: A group of related business owners work together to get referrals for each other. Here are some of Misner’s examples of contact spheres:*Business services: printers, graphic artists, specialty advertising agents and marketing consultants.*Real estate services: residential and commercial agents, escrow companies, title companies and mortgage brokers.*Contractors: painters, carpenters, plumbers, landscapers, electricians and interior designers.*Healthcare: chiropractor (read full article) |
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| Category :: Networking Articles |
Author :: Betty Mahalik |
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| Article Title :: How's Your Net Working? |
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| In recent weeks, I've had the opportunity to pass along no fewer than five referrals to other people in my network. I also recently received a very professional and non-pushy email from someone I've never met, who is a member of an organization I'm part of. He introduced himself briefly, mentioned how he knew of me, and asked about my ideal clients. He placed far more emphasis on finding out who I wanted for referrals than he did asking if I would refer business to him.It was clear that he's playing the "givers gain" game to grow his business. And a short time after receiving his email, as I was thinking about where to get a massage, I spotted a brochure and discount offer I had pi (read full article) |
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| Category :: Networking Articles |
Author :: Phillip Davis |
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| Article Title :: Marketing Essentials: The 15 Second Elevator Speech |
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| You're at a conference. Someone steps in the elevator, notices your name tag and asks, "So what do you guys do?" Quick -- what's your answer? You've got about 15 seconds before the doors open.For most business owners, getting to the crux of what they
really do is the hardest, yet potentially most rewarding, one-minute conversation
they will ever have. In that shortest of time spans, potential customers, vendors, and
employees will make a complete assessment, deciding then and there if your
company, products or services are worth pursuing. Why? Because it’s all the time
they have before the doors open – so make it count.Trap #1: The Laundry ListThe commones (read full article) |
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| Category :: Networking Articles |
Author :: Simone Kelly |
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| Article Title :: Work that Room, Baby! |
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| Networking, schmoozing, making connections. Call it what you want, it’s something that is a necessity if you want to do business today. Many of us either love it or hate it. Personally, I wasn’t too fond of it in the past. Although I’m a outgoing person, I just hated starting conversations with people I had no idea what to say to. Oh yes, my friends reading this will laugh out loud. "Yeah right, Simone, shy? She can talk anyone under the table!" Ha ha, very funny, but that is beside the point. Many folks, even extroverts, avoid networking for the simple fact that they don’t want to talk to strangers. Some feel that they don’t have anything to offer, or don’t feel like going to (read full article) |
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| Category :: Networking Articles |
Author :: Timothy Houston |
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| Article Title :: Who Are You and What The Heck Do You Do? |
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| 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 a very prestigious law firm in New York City."So what kind of law is he practicing?", I asked."Well....law, The American kind" she replied."Ok, but what area of specialization? Bankruptcy? Criminal?
Real Estate? Personal Injury?,” I inquired."You know, I don't really know, but I know he's a great lawyer, or at least he better be with all the money I spent on his schooling,", she said."Do you have his business c (read full article) |
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