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Category: referrals

  • Over the last few decades, networking has devolved into an endless series of cattle-call events full of barn-style open bars, coffee meets and the inevitable tub-thumping. Perfect strangers, after a long day at the office, agree to show up and bump into each other, randomly exchanging business pitches for business cards. Needless to say, traditional networking is not working anymore. For successful 21st century business people, large networking events and the mountains of business cards they produce have become a waste of time and valuable resources. It’s time to re-evaluate why people buy people. So let me ask you … are you Networking or Netconnecting? Networking will feed you today. And for some of us, this is why we ‘do’ networking. We know this, but connecting … really connecting and playing the longer game, understanding that properly developed relations is what makes for some amazing and sustainable opportunities that stretch far deeper than simply the one-off business opportunity. So let me ask you … are you Networking for today or Netconnecting?

  • I’ve woken up to find that I don’t know everything!  Honest, I know this may come as a little bit of a shock, but hey – I am, after all only trying to help !?  

  • All The Right Messages

    Expectations are high each and every time we attend our networking Forum – at least they should be, after all, it’s all about the business … BUT … are we good for business? The key elements to your success are very simple: Your presence Your engagement And the message you give out We all know we need to take our ‘shop window’ to the prospect if the prospect…

  • In every networking ‘group’ there will always be one or two examples of how NOT to encourage business. Today, GO! Publicity.me brings you the Weeklybiz interpretation of just one or two(!) classic scenarios and how to avoid them … Episode One. Leave the hunter behind … starring Matt Le-Fatt Let’s imagine that 9-5pm our Matt…

  • An introduction to GO! Publicity.me

  • Alastair Robertson … http://about.me/alastairrobertson Survival in the city, a story of endurance.

  • So unless you are living in a cave and therefore don’t particularly rely on people for your business to grow, then yes, you will need to consider publicity in some shape or form. How you qualify the vast number of options available and implement those that are most suitable for you and your business is key…