5 Networking Mistakes People Make

People often miss networking opportunities basically because they are not prepared. Failing to plan they say, is planning to fail. So let’s look at the 5 main networking mistakes people make.
1. No Business Cards
Picture yourself having a frantic day at work, you dash to the networking function only to find you have forgotten your business [...]

Make your presentation sizzle

Let’s start with an example… 
Do you suffer from warts?
Apparently, I was told as a kid, warts are caused when a toad or a frog pees on your skin. If that was the case, here’s a couple of cures that might work…
Try taking a dead cat to the graveyard at night, under a full moon, and swinging it by [...]

Giving referrals is a state of mind

If you give, you will receive. The logic is simple. If we all focussed on giving, we would all be receiving. The challenge is in the giving. How do you get better at it?
Being a good referral giver is simply a state of mind. It’s a habit.
Here are four tips to becoming a more effective giver [...]

Near enough to a silver bullet?

I’m probably banging on a bit about this – no, better to say I’m passionate about it… that is, the one ingredient I believe is the single biggest reason for success in business and your personal life; and most certainly in networking.
It’s no great revelation. But I don’t believe it enjoys the prominence it should [...]

A Taste of Honey

  As regular readers of this blog will know – I have an interest in bee keeping, and we have two hives in our garden.  That being the case, you will probably not be surprised to hear that over the weekend we went to see the movie “The Secret Life of Bee’s”
Whilst it was good [...]