Business Owners Only, Please. Social Media Junkies Keep Out!...
If you are a social media junkie I would stop here and go post something on your Facebook Wall. If you believe that because you are in business you need to be on Facebook, using Twitter, or have the correct profile on LinkedIn then you can invest your time doing something else rather than read this. My Cyber Stalker struck again. For those of you who are regular followers of my articles you might remember that a few...Is the Devil in the Details?...
The other day we co-hosted a client event. I coordinated the event with another client. We did this to promote both of our businesses to my clients (I always want to find ways to connect my clients with my other clients.) There were email exchanges and conversations. All those included the location of the event. Three hours before the event was to start, I received a call from the co-host client for this event...Unlimited Prospects, Unlimited Referrals 101 Tips, Myths, and Truths of LinkedIn Success Using Purpo...
LinkedIn. The Truths. The Big Question…”Do they let you get business sooner than later?” or things that you will hear about LinkedIn in the board room. Blog on LinkedIn and you will get noticed. This is very true. I ask you, “How much time do you have to get noticed?” Can you and your business afford to wait to get noticed? Like someone on LinkedIn and they will notice you. We all like recognition. I...Case Study; Results from Using Purposeful Networking...
A client who is in a speciality service industry is looking to increase his client base. His marketing consists of: brochures that are passed out randomly with specialty service offers with limited frequency store front signs website Within the last 30 days I used specific searches with “key words” on the Advanced search using LinkedIn. I asked for three introductions specific to this specialty service...Garden Spirit Strategy Business Development Work Shop...
PRESS THE FLESH STRATEGIES (gives you business sooner than later. These below are when you are in the same physical space with a prospect or referral partner) Networking (www.biasandiego.org/) Making an offer at open houses for high end homes for sale Going to open houses of high end homes Meeting with realtors who sell high end homes Meeting with Chris Heller, Steve Landis Planned referral meetings with your INDUSTRY...LinkedInALive Graphic...
THE EVOLUTION/REVOLUTION OF NETWORKING G E T T I N G R E F E R R A L B U S I N E S S WHERE TO HUNT COLD CALL BY TELEPHONE and DOOR KNOCKING REFERRAL GROUPS (Le-Tip, BNI, Ali Lassen’s LEADS) LinkedInALive (gives us more time and easier hunting) Cost to hunt ZERO DOLLARS Cost to cold call TIME Cost TIME + MEMBERSHIP Cost TIME STATISTICS FOR SUCCESS: Kill what...Purposeful Networking brings LinkedIn A Live Curriculum...
How to Use LinkedIn to Get Business Sooner Than Later: Step Number One Things to know about LinkedIn before you get started with Purposeful Networking ©: How to open LinkedIn, get to your connections, and how to join LinkedIn Know the etiquette rules for connecting on LinkedIn How to add connections How to use the ADVANCED search and why it is important. How to maneuver through LinkedIn Defining Statement/Question after...American Business Leaders I Admire...
One thing I’ve learned is that successful people study other successful people. It is relatively easy for me to think of several American business leaders I admire. The list includes Zig Ziglar, Stephen Covey, Michael Gerber, Napoleon Hill and Jim Collins, to name a few. What do all of these men have in common? Not only did they teach the importance of how you invest your time and its return on investment, but they...