[This post is an excerpt from my book, The Love Club: A New Approach to Networking. Click here to get your own copy.] The well-stocked pond concept definitely comes into play when it comes to networking and networking events. Say I want to catch a trout and I have a choice of going to two […]
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Celebrating Valentine’s Day last week with my family and friends reminded me of the fundamental element that encompasses what I teach my clients: It’s all about relationships, it’s all about love and it starts with you. Relationships: As we look back on our lives and what is truly important, it’s always about the people; those
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You’re Fired!. — Donald Trump on “The Apprentice” We’ve all been there – the pit in the stomach, the endless excuses, the countless delays. In our business lives, as well as personal, we often know we’d be better off if we could simply end a key, but troublesome, relationship. It’s time to say goodbye, but
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Don’t just do something, sit there! – Dr. Edward Frost Ever since a mid-day meal became a “power lunch” and a week off morphed into a “working vacation,” we seem frantically driven to pack more into every waking, and sometimes non-waking, moment. We eat breakfast over our computers and text message over lunch. We listen
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I teamed up with Social Media/Web Designer, Judi Knight of New Tricks to do an On-line, Off-Line Marketing Lunch and Learn. We had a wonderful group, and it was great to see people busily making new business contacts and actually getting new referrals. All that plus a tasty, fun lunch. Here are the slide presentations.
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“Life is like a sandwich – the more you add to it, the better it becomes.” ~Author Unknown Politicians know it. Salespeople really know it. Even new parents know it, or quickly learn it. What is “it?” To deliver something distasteful, wrap it up in something good! Martin Luther King, perhaps one of our era’s
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I am giving you the magic keys to fully activate your network. Now it is up to you to take the next steps. Let me know how it goes for you. What is easy what is hard? What causes you to say, “But Margo…….” Who? • Your current and potential ideal clients • Your current
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Formal education will make you a living; self education will make you a fortune.” — Jim Rohn, Entrepreneur, Author and Motivational Speaker For the last decade, I have counseled entrepreneurs in their personal and professional lives, helping them build businesses and maintain happiness and fulfillment. Being an entrepreneur myself, who built and sold a catering
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“The beginning is the most important part of the work. — Plato, Greek philosopher. “At least he wasn’t an axe murderer!” My friend’s assertion did little to sway my opinion. I asked, “Why do you keep accepting blind dates with unsuitable people?” Her eyes searched mine – for a reprieve perhaps, or forgiveness? Finding neither,
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