Top Ten Resolutions for Minority/Women Business Owners
As a minority/woman owned business owner, do you set resolutions for the new year? Janet Christy provides excellent goals that every small business owner should have.
View ArticleUnemployed vs. Under-Employed: Five Steps to Mastering a Slow Economy
Is your home office under-employed? Do you know what under-employed is? Jeff Zbar gives you an example and offers tips to master the slow economy.
View ArticleNon-Stop Networking: Maintaining a Network
Networking is a process, one that can create business connections to last a lifetime. Networking expert Andrea Nierenberg offers some excellent tips to help your small business.
View ArticleThe Power of WHO
If you are among those affected my job cuts, or if you know someone who has been affected, networking may help; but you need to do it properly. Chester Elton explains.
View Article11 Tips to Guide Your Work Life
Most businesspeople don't think of themselves as in control of their lives. Laurel Delaney offers 11 tips to help you guide your work life into positive results.
View ArticleIs Your Network a Mile Wide and an Inch Deep?
Your small business network needs to be deeply rooted. Dr. Ivan Misner offers some powerful tips to get you where you need to be.
View ArticleBusiness Referrals Come From Everywhere
Where can you get your small business referrals? Joanna Black gives you some ideas.
View ArticleYou Never Know Whom They Know
Don't think a gardener can be a referral source to the rich? Think again. Discounting even one potential networking opportunity can be disastrous.
View ArticleA Referral Doesn't Mean Closed Sales
You shouldn't skip steps in the sales process, even with a recommendation. Here's how you can make the most of your leads.
View ArticleWord of Mouth Marketing is Only as Good as the Referrals You Give
Word of Mouth marketing is not the safest way to advertise. Ivan Misner explains.
View ArticleDebunking the Six Degrees of Separation
Do you believe that anyone in the world is only six people removed? Here's why that theory's wrong and what it means for networking.
View ArticleDeepen Your Client Relationships & Grow Your Business
Eschewing the competitor is no longer the winner's M.O. Collaboration may be your key to success. Joanne Black tells you why.
View ArticleBecome a Networking Mentor
If you want to improve your networking skills, then teach someone else what you know. Ivan Misner tells you how.
View ArticleYour New Referral Network
Pay attention to what's in front of you: Tap into your everyday, within-reach connections and communities to build your referral-sales business.
View ArticleDevelop a Magnetic Personality
Every person has a little magnetism already inside him. Learn how to leverage it to draw in more business. Ivan Misner offers some tips.
View ArticleOMG, I’m an Introvert!
By finding ways to enhance strengths and minimize weaknesses, anyone can be a good networker.
View ArticleAnchor Your Networking With Strong Relationships
Develop a relationship chain within your personal network.
View ArticleTop ten resolutions for small business owners
As 2010 begins Small Business Owners are hoping that the economy is taking a turn for the better and making plans to improve their own economic forecast. Janet Christy offers her fourth annual version...
View ArticleHow and where people network
How and where are most small business owners networking and getting their product out there? Ivan Misner shares the results of a survey from BNI.
View ArticleFace-to-face: the original social media
For small business networking, there are many options. But sometimes the most effective is not in the clouds - it's face-to-face.
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