Archive for January 2011
#1 Secret to Building Relationships for Results with Everyone
There are lots of parallels between dating and business networking. In fact if you treated your prospects like you would a new romance with full on courtship, you’d probably get a lot farther and a lot faster. Whether you are a woman in business or a man in business doesn’t matter, what matters is that…
Read MoreAre you apologizing for your business?
Have you ever met someone at a networking event and when you asked for their business card they began apologizing? They made some excuse like they were waiting for their logo or they were new in business and didn’t yet have their business name confirmed? These are irrelevant factors to success. When I hear the…
Read MoreObstacles to Success: 5 Ways You May Be Strangling Your Success
With any new business venture there are going to be obstacles to success to overcome. There are ways you can start out ahead and avoid strangling your success. I had a really intriguing conversation with a person new to business a few months ago. She wanted me to walk her through crafting a business proposal.…
Read MoreBe Yourself, Now What’s the Question?
This is the answer to almost every question you’ll ever be asked, be yourself. I’m not kidding, it really is. Most of us spend the majority of our lives trying to be who we think someone else wants us to be (or worse who several someone else’s want us to be, resulting in split personalities…
Read MoreHow to Turn Off the Wall into Off the Charts Success
I bet you didn’t even know you could eat Spanish moss. Well I’m here to tell you can. I found out a few years ago when I went on a tour of the everglades and asked the guide what you could survive on if you got stranded. He said Spanish moss is entirely edible and…
Read MoreHow to Stand in Your Strength to Succeed
As I’ve been sharing the details of my friends and follower clean up, it’s been fascinating to get the support and feedback from my tribe. Generally everyone is not only for it, but inspired by it and motivated to take their own action. If you are or have, please feel free to comment on the…
Read More5 Ways to Tell a True Friend on Facebook (vs. the Not-So-True Kind)
Well if you read my recent post about dumping 50K followers on Twitter, it won’t surprise you that at the same time, I purged my Facebook Profile of over 2500 not-so-true friends. You see, originally, I’d been given the same advice about Facebook; friend everyone who invites you to. With my recent years of accumulated…
Read MoreSocial Media Savvy: Are You Internet Famous But Can’t Make Ends Meet?
In today’s age, visibility isn’t difficult to achieve, the question is “does it mean anything?” Be very careful about judging a person by their social media presence, it can be deceiving. I’ve talked with hundreds of business owners online who, by appearances, are successful, productive, in demand and profitable. The reality is that they are…
Read MoreSocial Media Savvy: How to Lose Friends and Alienate People
Having just purged my Facebook profile of over 2500 “friends,” and deactivated my Twitter profile at 50K followers and 2K lists, I’ve learned a lot about the definition of a friend. According to Webster’s (yes, I am old fashioned and use a real dictionary, get over it!), a friend is the following: One attached to…
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