Is Networking REALLY Worthwhile?

Are you shy? Does the thought of networking make you tense up? If so, you’re not alone. Below is a question recently forwarded from one of our Newsletter subscribers, explaining this same issue, followed by powerful networking advice for every design professional.

Personal Charisma - Developing Four Components for Business

The value of charisma in terms of a business asset has to do with how well you influence others by connecting with them. These four components of charisma can be developed by anyone.

How to choose a managed wide area network provider?

A guide to establish who the best supplier is when you want to implement a Managed Virtual Private Network.

Business Cards - What to Do With Them?

Everyone collects lots of business cards, and nobody really knows what to do with them. We're afraid to throw them out. But there's little benefit in saving them in a jumble in your drawer. What to do? Follow these simple tips.

Advertising Yourself To Friends?

Tips on cultivating personal relationships as an advertising tool for your small business.

Building Instant Integrity in Your Business Relationships

Do you consciously go about managing how you come across to potential business customers and clients? If you don't, you should be. Building integrity in business relationships is not only easy to do but doing so improves any business relationship on the spot. Try these techniques out yourself.

The Art of Networking

Networking for any level of business or politics is what gets you recognized. Make networking an art and your success will skyrocket.

Effortless Networking: Getting People To Follow Up With You

Do you have trouble following up with people you meet? Or getting people to follow up with you? Well, here are 3 simple steps to resolve this issue!

Effortless Networking: Conversations - the heart of networking

Conversations are at the heart of all networking activity. How confident and comfortable are you, engaging people in conversation?

Networking with Philanthropy

There is no doubt that one of the best ways to network is through volunteer work. Volunteer work puts you in a position of respect and value in the minds of those that not only run the volunteer programs or are seeking volunteers as well as those that contribute sums, both large and small to programs of various kinds.

Partnering: Where Can You Find Good Partners?

Partnering is best done through client referrals. If you are a generalist, try to find deeply niched professionals to begin partnering.

Why Business Networking? It Really Works!

What does every business need? Why Sales of course you say! To do this you need customers. If your business is not targeted to grow it will shrink - there is no viable zero growth strategy.

Should You Travel to a Christmas Party?

Christmas parties are usually affairs where the event is planned around a specific location each year. That location is usually nearby the office, if it’s not the office itself. But... is it the only possibility?

A Moment of Clarity

Are seminars and conferences really all they're cracked up to be? Can you actually learn from these events, or are they nothing more than a place for big time marketers to pitch their consultation services?

Distractions Abound for Serious Networkers

How to overcome the countless Distractions presented to the serious Home-based business Entreprenuer. What can a Networker do to Stay the Course?