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Referral networking and Dunbar’s number
Image via Wikipedia I have been thinking more about the networking butterflies and why I believe there is a need to concentrate on just a couple or so referral groups. We know that it is important to...
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Professional arrogance
Good customer experience Having recently been on the wrong end of a less-than-helpful experience dealing with a professional in another field, it made me think about the traps we can all fall into when...
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Come on, rabbit, don’t be shy!
Image via Wikipedia Quite often when I am taking my evening walk, I pass a man of about my age scurrying back from the rail station. No doubt he is a City worker. He does not meet my eye and scoots...
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Chasing the numbers or taking a gamble?
Having been networking on-line for quite a long time – eight years – I have quite a significant contact network out there. It is not the biggest network because I do not add people just to bolster my...
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Being aware of our surroundings
I always like to think I am a fairly tolerant kind of guy, but I guess we all have our Achilles Heels. Even on-line I am irritated by people who constantly sell rather than engage. Of course we all...
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Reputations, referrals and let-downs
If we get a referral from a colleague or fellow business person, it is very satisfying of course, but we have to live up to the recommendation. If we run our businesses as efficiently as we can and...
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The trouble with breakfast networking
An English breakfast (Photo credit: Riggwelter via Wikipedia). Hold the beans, please! Sleepy time A few days ago I went to breakfast networking meeting. It is several months since I last went to one...
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The trouble with referral networking
Where do I start? A colder climate Given that there are so many groups, not just the breakfast meetings, referral networking is hard work. As we said, there is a lot of dilution with people being torn...
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Promoting your start-up business – Part 5 – Networking
Don’t be a networking butterfly (Photo credit: Jon Stow) What is networking? What do we mean by networking? It means getting to know people. We are a social species, and of course some are more...
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Was it small business or the internet that changed my life?
Seafront bikes It is no secret that I started my own business after the world of employment left me, and I could not get another job. There was no grand plan. I just got “on my bike” to get some money...
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A dozen or so years ago when I set up my own businesses, they were local. I joined various networking groups and met a lot of people. I belonged to on-line business networking sites and went to...
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“How do I compete?” That was a question recently put by an accountant who has another 125 accountants within a five mile radius. The easy answer might be “don’t”. Give in and do something else. Then...
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