Work Your Network

Are you finding that your networking efforts are wearing you out - and your network does not seem to be growing? Here are the myths that must be disspelled so that you can spend quality time - not quantity time - on building your professional network.

Identify Your Ideal Clients and How To Reach Them

If you expect to succeed as a professional solution provider - coach, consultant, etc., you first have to last. Just last long enough and you'll be the only person who got started when you did, who is still around.

Make a Friend Everyday, Network!

Most people are very lucky if they have two or three truly close personal friends in a lifetime. Do not confuse personal friends, friends and acquaintances. An acquaintance is a person we see from time to time, know in passing and have some basic knowledge of their background. A friend is more likely someone we socialize with, invite into the home and make an effort to schedule onto our social calendar. The rare personal friend is that person to whom we will divulge innermost secrets, trauma, joys and fears. You will never have a personal friend, social friend or acquaintance unless you perform some type of networking. Remember the first day at a new school. You want to be accepted, avoid rejection at all costs and meet someone with your values and interests. At first this is an intimidating circumstance, confronting new surroundings and lack of any familiarity can be daunting.

Effortless Networking: Finding the Right Networking Group or Event

Learn how to find the best networking event or group to suit your business and your personality. Find out how to get the most out of every event you attend.

Effortless Networking: What's the Best way to follow up with Leads and Referrals?

Leads and referrals are two different things. Do you know how best to follow up with each?

Should You Travel to a Christmas Party?

Christmas parties are usually affairs where the event is planned around a specific location each year. That location is usually nearby the office, if it’s not the office itself. But... is it the only possibility?

Networking: Why You Should Take Advantage Of Any Opportunity - Whenever ... Wherever ...

This article summarises why it is important to take advantage of any opportunity to network, whenever and wherever you are! Readers will learn not only why this is important, but also why there are more opportunities to network than they would previously have realised.

The Art of Schmoozing and Winning Friends

Five easy-to-apply tips on breaking the ice and establishing strong contacts with people that are critical to your success!

A Moment of Clarity

Are seminars and conferences really all they're cracked up to be? Can you actually learn from these events, or are they nothing more than a place for big time marketers to pitch their consultation services?

Associate Yourself to Success and Increased Sales

Association is a powerful tool in helping you influence and persuade your audience. If used correctly, you will be able to create the desired feelings, emotions, and behavior in your prospects. It is in this way that you can use association to bring about the best experiences and create a persuasive environment. Whatever your subject is drawn to, impressed by, or desirous of, seek to incorporate it into your message, your product, or your service.

What To Do If You Forget Someone's Name

What should you do if you run into someone, and just can’t remember their name? This article gives you 4 time-tested techniques you can use to get their name.

Casual Selling Through Sensitive Networking

Networking communities differ distinctly from each other in their behavioural patterns. In some communities members literally throw bananas at each other trying to make a sale. Others conduct a more civilized and sensitive approach to business.

How to Build Better Business Alliances

Judging by the popularity of instant message programs, chatrooms, and discussion forums, it would seem logical to conclude that people enjoy interacting with one another in an almost anonymous, virtual environment.