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5 Steps to Building an Effective Team for Business Owners

Build a Team

In one of my past incarnations I was able to build a large and productive team that took me to the top 2% of a large company. Building a team is an art. It is important in practically every business. A team can be many things. It may be a physical group of people involved [...]

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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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Abundance Comes With Gratitude and Persistence

Paris Cafe

To say that we have not been challenged in the last year is an understatement.  The economy, the government and world terrorists seem completely insane sometimes.  Yet opportunity abounds if you do not let negative incidents get the best of you. Abundance results when you allow yourself to be grateful for all that life gives [...]

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The Importance of Syndication to Increase Visibility

Publicity

Content syndication is a relatively new buzz word in which a group of like minded people, cooperatively share and distribute valuable information.  I was first introduced to the concept through a platform developed by primarily network marketers called The Unified Tribe.  It was developed by a young and hugely successful entrepreneur named Katie Freiling.  Bloggers [...]

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Business Networking Tip – Be Open For Business

Networking Groups

Have you ever been to a business networking event and felt you couldn’t engage in a conversation?  You walk around and there are groups clustered close together leaving you standing there like a wall flower. Dr. Ivan Misner, author of Networking Like a Pro: Turning Contacts into Connections, recently told a group of entrepreneurs, to [...]