The secret of great networking

March 15, 2010 No comments yet

In his book “Six Pixels of Separation” Mitch Joel  says
“..the best …way to grow your business is to start a conversation”
Now Mitch Joel is a guru in the social media world and the comment is made in context of using social media for business but I would argue that it has always been so. Only [...]

What can you learn about networking from your Christmas card list?

December 18, 2009 4 comments

One of the joys of this time of year for me is that I reconnect with so many people in the annual exchange of Christmas cards. In some cards I get short update messages of what has happened in the past year but in most there is just a cheery “Happy Christmas” and signed names.
But for [...]

What do you and Tiffany have in common?

November 19, 2008 1 comment

Last night I was at a network event where the speaker was talking about brands – in this case aspirational or “must have” brands. As she was explaining how to buy jewellery at auction ( yes – even in these cash strapped times. Did you know that it can cost one third of retail prices [...]

First rule of effective networking – be nice!

November 11, 2008 4 comments

I found myself at an event last week ( that makes it sound like I just pitched up..) where a few of those arriving, including me, were not on the guest list. It was being jointly held by 2 organisations and there were guests from each. I seemed to be the only one who was [...]

How to make sure you don’t miss out on opportunities

July 22, 2008 2 comments

“What’s for you won’t go by you” is a fine old Scottish saying – if you are meant to have it then you will  – roughly translated.
A while back I was working with a lovely lady who was pulling herself out  from her own personal hell to get back into the world of work. She had applied [...]


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