In yesterday’s post we looked at how having a completed LinkedIn profile can help save you time with your business development. In today’s post we are still on the theme of saving time with your business development by using social media. In this post we are going to look at what needs to go into …
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One of the ways you can minimise the time you spend on business development is to focus on developing a niche for yourself. In yesterday’s post we answered the question whether having a niche would mean you would have to turn business away. (no!) In today’s post, we will look at possibly the next biggest …
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One of the ways you can minimise the time you spend on business development is to focus on developing a niche for yourself. However, many professionals resist having a niche because they are worried about turning business away. Let’s deal with this one, once and for all – will I have to turn business away …
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I have talked before about the importance of making an impact when you introduce yourself. (See Tip: introduce yourself with impact) However, when Jon and I were meeting with a potential new client last week, we identified that she was struggling with her soundbite. Interestingly, when we asked her what differentiated her, we got a very …
This is part 2 in a blog series about how to build your profile without physically being there. In part 1 we looked at the importance of prioritizing who you will meet and which events you will attend. We also examined how social networking allows you to build your profile without leaving your desk, or …
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When I started my own business I had a 20 month old and a 3 year old. My decision to be my own boss had been preceded being made redundant, whilst the global economy crashed. Yes, that was three years ago. As my business was started in haste, I didn’t have the luxury of pots …
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If you have ever heard me speak about networking or referral generation, then you will have heard me talk about the pink car story. For those of you who haven’t, here is a quick recap of the story. Last year, my family and I went camping down in Devon. This involved a 450 mile journey …
Whenever people talk about you they will normally add a tag line to you, for example, these are the suffixes that are typically applied to me: [quote]‘really knows her stuff’[/quote] [quote]‘author of ‘the FT Guide to Business Networking’[/quote] [quote]‘passionate and enthusiastic’[/quote] In the interests of balance, I am aware that occasionally the suffixes which are …
If you take a look at my diverse skills set, it’s very difficult at first glance to make sense of it – let alone seem credible for what I do. [quote]How does someone with an engineering degree, end up being an executive coach, organisational development consultant, award-winning writer, mother of two young children, business networking …
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I thought my presentation was going OK, then 1 person killed it at the end. How you can learn from my experience Do some people put you off? Have you ever had to give a presentation and been afraid, or thought that it wasn’t quite hitting the mark? I have found out that it isn’t …
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