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The Good, Bad and the Ugly of Using Promotional Products

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I thought I would write my Andy Rooney observation of promotional products that are often used by small business owners to help others remember their products and services.  I personally believe promo items are a great way to stand out from the rest of the crowd  if carefully chosen.  I have attended tons of networking [...]

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Authentic or Brown Nose? – That is the Question

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Authenticity in working with others or in business networking is critical to building meaningful relationships that will help you achieve success with your goals and dreams.  People are very suspicious of hype nowadays especially if they have been burned by over promising and under delivering marketers.  If you were a victim of unscrupulous mortgage brokers, [...]

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Your Image on the Internet is as Important as it is Face to Face

Your Internet Image

The problem with email, Facebook, Twitter and the online world, is that it is easy to put stuff out that does not exactly give you the sparkling image you want for your business. Just yesterday I was on Facebook and happened to notice a conversation that was going on between a few colleagues of mine. [...]

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Do You Drop the Ball Following Up After Business Networking?

Don't drop the ball on followup

As a person who has dribbled the ball a few times I admit I have never been perfect with following up after business networking events.  However, one must forgive oneself.  As we have been told many times before, The fortune is in the follow up. Are you flaky when it comes to following up?  Do [...]

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Compare Your Elevator Speech to a Twitter Tweet

Tweet Your Elevator Speech

The beauty of Twitter, a highly popular social media platform, is that you have to squeeze exactly what you want to say into 140 characters or less to get your point across.  In order to do this, you must be strategic. In a face to face networking situation, business owners are often asked to give [...]