There seems to be confusion in the business world around networking and referrals. Most people believe that if they netork more they will get more referrals, so they spend more and more time running from one event to the next looking for more referrals. The act of networking is
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Guys If You Want Her to Refer You Build Her Confidence In You
In our survey of more that 12,000 men and women, we learned that knowing a person’s level of competency was the most important characteristic for referring someone for women.Women more than men felt that they needed to try the persons product or service prior to giving them a referral, this allows them to know first…
Building Your Network Takes Work
Somehow people believe that if they just go to networking events theyare bilding their network. While they are buiding thier database theyare not necessarily building their network. It is important to take time with your network and build strong relationships. How much time have you invested in the relationships in your network? Do you know? …
Have You Niced Someone?
So this Smallbox Thinkkit challenge was to tell about a time that we NICED someone. I love to do nice things unexpectedly, a little gift, a surprise, a kind word, whatever. The unexpected nice thing actually makes me happier than the person I do it for. Recently, I found a big chocolate arrangement, it was…
A Tweet Note To A Friend
The challenge from SmallBox Thinkkit was to send a Tweet to a friend. I made a commitment several years ago not to buy useless stuff for Christmas. Considering this holiday season and the crazy amounts of money that people spend on mostly useless stuff I thought this was the perfect tweet to help me keep my…