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6 Innovative and Creative Ways to Network

Networking, can be one of the most exciting, and fruitful ways to grow your business! Additionally, it is a necessity and easier than ever before, in this day and age. Below are a few great…

4 Legitimate Reasons to Fire a Toxic Client

Business ventures are a give-and-take experience. Having a healthy relationship with your clients is necessary for your business to succeed. There’s the key word: “healthy.” Both you and your client have to establish a healthy…

Forget Business Networking. It’s a Hoax

Forget business networking. “Networking” as a business activity is a hoax. Business relationships that you build as business assets are meaningless. As soon as you use this vocabulary, it’s self-serving, superficial, and ineffective. The people…

We Always Make an Impression

There was an interesting comment in one of my latest rants, “God, Save Me From Clueless LinkedIn Prospecting.” The reader said, “At least he made an impression you will never forget.” He’s absolutely right! Every prospecting…

Learn Qualities of a Good Networker

At a recent seminar I was asked ‘What are the qualities of a good networker? What makes a good networker?” The short answer… look for new friends! The Business Network International, the world’s largest networking…

5 Tips for Attending an Overseas Business Conference

When preparing for a business conference overseas, first and foremost; know something about your destination either by reference or Internet research. You should also have the full details about the business conference that you are…

Transparency Leads to Trust

I really don’t like surprises. Granted, I’m anti-surprise to the extreme. I used to drive my mom crazy by ferreting out where she hid the Christmas gifts and then “guessing” what I was opening on…

Why Trade Shows Are Still Relevant

Marketers have a tendency to claim that rival fields are dying, and this has certainly been the case when writing about event marketing in recent years. With the rapid growth of digital marketing over the…

30 Proven Tips for Building Trust & Rapport with Clients

Twice a year we invite our clients to share their thoughts on how we’re doing and where we can improve as a company via a Net Promoter Score Survey. In our most recent survey, clients rated us 186%…

Press Release Partnerships: Worth the Effort?

Many of us make it a priority to find and partner with companies that can add to our offering or extend our reach. And we rightly celebrate each such pairing, often with a mutual press…

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