Chairman of BNI, Dr Ivan Misner, recently gave BNI members some good advice on becoming involved with local chambers of commerce.
In addition to joining a referral networking group, you should also consider further diversifying your network by joining your local chamber of commerce. A chamber provides a broad membership base but usually within a defined [...]
Have you received a referral that, even as it’s incoming, you know is going to be a dead loss?
Of course, sometimes we jump to incorrect conclusions, which in itself can scupper any value the referral would have had.
But mostly, if it is a weak referral, my bet is that it doesn’t leave you with many [...]
They’re two very ordinary words — thank you — but they have enormous power.
Used often and appropriately, they can enhance the lives of your clients and staff, increase your profits, build customer loyalty and improve the quality and quantity of your referrals. Thank-yous can position your business ahead of your competitors and provide a buffer [...]
“Before anything happens there is a conversation that precedes it. That conversation is a necessary preamble that sets two or more people up to effectively act together or to coordinate action.”(WomenLikeMe on How to Create our World through Conversation)
There are three different types of conversations that eventually lead progressively to intimacy that supports sponsorship.Every type of conversation has a [...]
When I met Thomas Power at the BNI conference in Kuala Lumpur last year he told me that in his view – online networks such as Ecademy have a spiritual component to them – helping people to form relationships and to increase their presence or “vibration” through their connectedness. His recent article about On [...]
