I’ll keep this short and simple today because I know you’re busy. Busy with work. Busy keeping up with your contacts and prospects. Busy with your endless To Do List, not to mention your personal life. With all this busy-ness, this simple tip may be a life-saver. Here goes……
Monthly Archives: October 2011
Signs of a great client relationship
Back when I first launched my business — and dealt with my first batch of “stinker” clients — I decided to get more particular and intentional about the types of clients I worked with. I’m a big list maker so I created a list of must-haves that would help me recognize a great client relationship.…
From good to great: A relatively easy step
Ever notice that the people who need help or enlightenment the most are often the least likely to: a) know they need it and b) seek it out?
My friend Nishi Whitely of Turnlane Consulting and I compared notes on this today. After reading my book, The Intentional Networker™, and giving it a thumbs up, Nishi said, “Patti, the people who read your book are probably the ones who are already pretty good at networking, but they’ve decided they want to be really great networkers.”…
Networking, referrals & likability
If you’ve been on the networking circuit awhile you’ve probably heard this adage a hundred times: “People do business with people they like.” I’m wondering how this statement ever made it past the first draft stage. It’s certainly catchy and easy to remember. But there are some vital pieces missing. After all, is liking someone really enough to make me want to do business with (or refer) them?…
Networking isn’t just about more
Ever consider what would happen if you planted a garden, then another and another and another and even several more, but you never went back and watered, weeded, or even harvested the first ones you planted? …
Is technology helping or hindering your ability to connect?
In one of the best articles I’ve read in months, Trace Dahlby, a journalism professor at The University of Texas, shares his thoughts on how technology has hampered our attention span and our ability to craft and tell good human stories. Reading the article over a bowl of lunchtime soup, I quickly saw the parallel: technology is also hampering our ability to really connect.…
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