Business Networking

A Quality Business Relationship Starts With You

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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Lunch and Learn: On-line, Off-line Marketing

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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The Power of the Positive Sandwich, Delivering Difficult Discussion

“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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Power of the Profile

“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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