Expanding your overall sphere of influence

The foundation of any word-of-mouth marketing effort is people.  Your sphere of influence represents the overall number of people with whom you network. These are people you know either very well or as casual acquaintances.  To evaluate your sphere of influence, take inventory of the people you already know.
Surprisingly, many people have never established effective [...]

Mini Workshop – Business Cards

This is a 2-3 minute exercise. What you say is in bold, the rest are instructions for you on the what and how of the workshop.
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Start by saying…
This morning we are going to examine how effective your business cards are. So please take out one business card.
Now I want you to get up – when [...]

Make no assumptions

Many people make the fatal mistake of assuming that others know a lot about their business. I heard a florist tell a networking group, “I’m not sure what else to say.  You all know what a florist does, right?”  Wrong!  We didn’t know the variety of products this florist provided.  He [...]

Don’t Give Up Five Minutes Before The Payoff

I received this story from one of my readers. I think it is a GREAT example of how networking is more about farming than it is about hunting. Don’t give up too soon. It  is all about relationship building, and that takes time! Don’t Give Up!
In any endeavor, there is an objective in mind . [...]

Tickets for this year’s TIME event

If you’re interested in attending this year’s TIME event, please accept Managing Director of NZ Corporate Publications, Stuart Macklin’s invitation to download the attached ticket and programme.
Thank you Stuart.
TIME book template 2010
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