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Have You Encountered Flakes in Your Business Networking?

I admit it.  I royally messed up the other day.  I made an appointment on the fly.  The other party called to reschedule at the very same time I have a weekly business conference call.  I absolutely forgot and got a call "Where are you?"  Egg started dripping down my face.  I’m usually compulsively punctual [...]

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Cooperation in Business Networking is the New Model for Success

The way that people do business and interact with each other changes every 40 years.  Think about it.  In 1923 flappers were the rage.  The affluent were partying hard and having a ball, while the poor fended for themselves.  In 1929 the stock market crashed, sending some of those who had lost their fortunes, jumping [...]

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My Business Card Beef As A Frequent Business Networker

Business cards.  Everyone in business needs one.  Some believe they don’t.  They are saying you can opt in to text a message to their phone and receive all their info.  That’s good if you save all your texts.  Not so good if they get erased. As a frequent business networker, who is always on the [...]

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Do You Want to Learn or Do You Want to Earn? How About Both?

Last weekend I attended a lovely convention for about 400 women.  The speakers were top notch, the content was outstanding.  The problem was, I only collected a couple of business cards the entire day.  Granted this was the first attempt by this group to put together such a large event.  However, the snafus were major [...]

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Is Your Business Networking Producing Results or Are You Just Socializing?

I am the first to say that I’ve been guilty of networking to socialize, and, as a result, was not always producing sales. Let’s face it, to some of us, networking is fun.  But, networking in the wrong market is a waste of time, if you are spending more than you are making. It’s important [...]