Tag Archive | "Business development"

Networking Quick Tip – Give LOTS of Testimonials

Thursday, August 6, 2009

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When you have a positive experience with a business or service, write a testimonial! You will be doing them a big favor AND increase your visibility at the same time.  I once made a $1000 sale after being found on the site of a marketing professional that I had hired.  The marketing guy never knew that customer [...]

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What Exactly is a Networking Event, Anyway?

Thursday, July 16, 2009

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“What?! I can’t list my event at Networking Event Finders?? Fine!… Take me off your list and I’m going to tell everyone I know NOT to use your site.” Or they’ll say… “But we DO offer 30 minutes of Free Business Networking before our seminar starts and during the breaks, so it’s a Networking Event and should [...]

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Recession-Proof Your Network

Saturday, May 2, 2009

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I’ve stopped reading the headlines…for a while it was amusing to see how many negative words they could cram into the headlines. I actually saw the word “plummet” (or was it “plunge”?) twice on the same front page. When writers used up their quota of plunge & plummet, they switched to the relatively minor “dive” [...]

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