Posts Tagged ‘Relationships’
Yes, You Should Care Whether Your Employees Like You
Some leaders will say that they don’t care about being liked, but I can tell you from personal experience that making an effort to win over your employees, earn their trust, and make them happy can make a huge difference in your company.
Read More Business Cards: What You Need to Know
Business cards offer a first impression of your small business to potential clients and contacts. They are one of the most important marketing tools you can have and their significance cannot be understated.
Read More Developing Natural Audience: Lessons from the Creative World
You’re an entrepreneur. You’ve identified a need that aches to be filled, and you’re building a business designed to fill the gap. The question is, how are you going to connect with the people who will become your allies, champions, loyal customers and clients?
Read More 8 Ways to Grow Positive Word-of-Mouth About Your Business
Small businesses around the world say that “word of mouth” is the most effective marketing tool out there. A study by Infusionsoft tells us that 62 percent cited it as their best marketing tactic—almost two times as effective as email, which was ranked as number two at 34 percent.
Read More Personal Referrals—Keep Them Personal
A personal referral is just that—personal. The only reasonable follow up on a personal referral is personal. The best follow up is a conversation.
Read More Stop Networking and Start Building Authentic Relationships
Commonly with networking, people use this old fashioned method of going into every interaction with the intention of seeing what they can get out of someone else.
Read More The Thrivers
I’ve been studying David Neagle’s amazing book, The Millions Within and I think this passage from near the end of the book is one of the most terrific I’ve ever read:
Read More 5 Habits That Impress Your Clients
Impressing a client is not just about landing a single sale, it is about turning them into a long-term customer that becomes a walking, talking advertisement for your business.
Read More How to Deal with Negative People
An unfortunate side effect of becoming successful in what you do, is people talking badly about you, criticizing your work, or even making fun of you.
Read More Be an Adaptive Business Leader
Seek out a roundtable organization if you can, to find a group of fellow executives ready to share and solve your problems of the month, or share theirs with you to better inform you of those you might otherwise miss in your management life.
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