Do you have business cards in a nice holder on your desk? Where else? I’ve just taken delivery of 1, 000 new business cards. Here is where have mine and where I think you should have yours. After all, what is the cost of missing business or a new relationship because there is no card [...]
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This morning I was asked to join BranchOut via Facebook. It’s a tool to assist networking and I’ve joined but don’t know how long I’ll stay. In theory, the more people you are connected to, the greater the opportunity to provide and receive networking referrals. While the theory is great there are practical considerations. One [...]
The social media (twitter, facebook, LinkedIn) space can be confusing for many people in business. It is a new paradigm and picking the start point is difficult. To assist I’ve created a map of this new space as I see it. As you navigate around you’ll see the what, benefits, misconceptions, measurement and activity of [...]
When you first hear about someone’s business do you pigeon hole them? Getting beyond the pigeon hole should be your aim. Ask questions and listen. It is always worth it.
After almost seven years of membership I have been forced to delete my Plaxo account due to security concerns. Yesterday I received notification that “Artur” had accepted my connection. This is a highly unusual name for Australia and if I’d ever met an Artur I would have remembered. Plaxo support guessed this was an outstanding invitation [...]
Mentors play such an important part in our lives. Today I was blessed to hear that someone who I’ve been working alongside for several years now has been describing me to her friends as her mentor. I trust it is no coincidence I just heard from one of my mentors — Roy Sheppard, World Class [...]
Go for No! Yes is the Destination, No is How You Get There Richard Fenton. Courage Crafters 2007, Paperback, 80 pages, $10.99 It turns out that you can judge a book by its cover. In this case, Go for No! in which the premise of the book is summarised in the title. If you want [...]
When you start mapping out the people you know and their relationships to you, and one another, interesting things happen. The Brain Blog’s article Everyone Is Connected. It’s Time to See the Links. which describes adding people and mind mapping social networks has several examples of the ways in which you can use PersonalBrain as [...]
What do you do when email is down or it fails to get your point across? I bet you pick up the phone just like I do. Robert Gerrish of Flying Solo makes a great point about conversation and relationships in his latest newsletter. Just imagine if email were taken away from you. What would [...]
Today I wrote a LinkedIn endorsement for a friend’s past position. They are in their new job but their LinkedIn profile only contains their old email address. The endorsement went to the old employer and not to my friend. Thankfully the old emails are being passed on. But to compound things they have lost the [...]
