Referral networking and serendipity
Once upon a time, well in 1985, Dr. Ivan Misner, my fellow Ecademy BlackStar more or less invented referral networking, at least in the formalised way we see it today. Following my accreditation course...
View Article“Show me the money” and Giver’s Gain
I alluded a month or so back to my early steps in referral networking and my experience with BNI. I wonder if I am going soft though. What always made me happiest in BNI was the concept of Giver’s...
View ArticleSocial networking and a testimonial
I had been going to write another piece about the person who insulted a guest and embarrassed his potential project colleagues, but it occurred to me that I could not do better than refer to my friend...
View ArticleIs networking not for everyone?
It is the strangest thing, but there must be a lot of small business owners who simply do not get out to networking meetings. People do not like to get out of their comfort zones, but it seems an awful...
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Breakfast referral networking and gaining trust
When I started out running my own business I was lucky enough to be recommended to join BNI. In terms of business, it was not a huge success for me mainly due to local reasons, but it was great...
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Come on, rabbit, don’t be shy!
Image via Wikipedia Quite often when I am taking my evening walk, I pass a man of about my age scurrying back from the rail station. No doubt he is a City worker. He does not meet my eye and scoots...
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Promoting your start-up business – Part 5 – Networking
Don’t be a networking butterfly (Photo credit: Jon Stow) What is networking? What do we mean by networking? It means getting to know people. We are a social species, and of course some are more...
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