When my Canadian joint venture partner Monique MacKinnon and I met a year ago, we each had an intention of working collaboratively. She's an extrovert and I'm an introvert so we have a good balance in our teamwork. I'm just not sure either of us envisioned where our meeting would take us. The collaboration lessons we've learned have been numerous. Here is the list which we … [Read more...] about Top Ten Collaboration Lessons from Collaboration Strategists
Free eBook for Your Best or Worst Follow-up Story
Do you find you get all dressed up to network and then let your follow-up pants fall down? Are you an online or in-person networker who procrastinates or hesitates with follow-up? What is the point of networking if you don't follow-up? Your goal really doesn't matter - new clients, new referral partners, new collaboration partners, a new job, a needed resource. An 80% … [Read more...] about Free eBook for Your Best or Worst Follow-up Story
Speed Networking: 6 Tip Planned Approach to Networking Follow-up
The only thing “speedy” about speed networking is the number of people you meet. To increase your success of finding potential connectors, collaborators or customers, it’s crucial you follow-up. You opened the door and so it's up to you, not the prospect, to keep that door open. Here are the top six tips to consider in your follow-up planning: … [Read more...] about Speed Networking: 6 Tip Planned Approach to Networking Follow-up
Speed Networking: How to Plan Your Follow Up and Follow Through
Did you know that if you do not follow up with prospective clients, connectors and even possible collaborators, that you can leave up to 80% of your sales on the table? And when you struggle and aren't diligent with follow-up, you leave that prospect in the hands of competitors ready to turn your work into their sales success? Aye yae yae - all the time and energy goes to … [Read more...] about Speed Networking: How to Plan Your Follow Up and Follow Through
Speed Networking: What IS the Point Without the Follow Through?
If you are following this Speed Networking blog post series, you'll find most tips can be of help to any kind of networking, in-person, online, speed or otherwise. You may shiver in your shoes and find that pen quivering in your hands just thinking about the follow up. Let me put this out there my friends: don't even BOTHER with the networking, speed or otherwise, if you don't … [Read more...] about Speed Networking: What IS the Point Without the Follow Through?
Speed Networking: When Networking Use Your Speed Pass
Guest blogger, Reno Lovison and I met on virtual online speed networking. As a published author of “Turn Your Business Card Into Business” we know he knows a thing or two about business cards for networking. Here is, Speed Networking: When Networking Use Your Speed Pass: … [Read more...] about Speed Networking: When Networking Use Your Speed Pass