National Women’s Enterprise Day on Wednesday 17 November reminds us that women in business is no longer the exception. A more feminine business model has been vividly handed on as a legacy by Anita Roddick and Laura Ashley to every woman dreaming at the kitchen table. The number of inspiring examples of women doing business [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Face to Face Networking'
National Women’s Enterprise Day – women marketing naturally
November 17th, 2009 · 5 Comments · Face to Face Networking, Inspiration, Internet Marketing
Complimentary spam comments on your blog
August 8th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Face to Face Networking, Social media, Uncategorized, Words
Spam comments that told a story and did not appear to be spam did fool me and Akismet, the spam terminator on Wordpress. Because they were not just a bunch of dreary keywords, which I guess led back to a dubious site, I actually preferred deleting them. Well, if you are going to delete spam [...]
Face to face networking BNI is the daddy
May 15th, 2009 · No Comments · Face to Face Networking
BNI organises breakfast networking meetings worldwide and last year attributed £ 192,000,000 of business to BNI members. This makes BNI a global economy in its own right.
This figure (or its yearly equivalent) is read out each week in meetings and largely goes unnoticed by members. It does not directly impact their own business, or their [...]
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Face to face networking – small business marketing spark
May 7th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Face to Face Networking, Inspiration, Internet Marketing
A small business needs marketing spark. The cost-effective way to breathe in new ideas and get inspiration is by getting away from the computer and out there meeting people. The best way of doing this is by doing face to face networking rather than closing sales deals.
What’s so good about networking for a [...]
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Face to face networking – how to choose the right group
April 16th, 2009 · No Comments · Face to Face Networking
Deciding where to hang your hat in Networkingland is a big decision.
It is best to try out different groups to see what you like and don’t like. Don’t commit at first if you don’t want to. Most groups will let you visit twice before making a decision.
If you have been in the corporate world the [...]
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Face to Face networking – types of groups
April 15th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Face to Face Networking
Networking groups that meet face to face tend to fall into two categories. Irrespective of whether the group meets for breakfast, coffee, lunch, drinks or an evening meal some are open to all, and some only to businesses that do not compete with another.
The first is a general opportunity for business people to get together. [...]
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Face to Face networking – small business No1 marketing idea
April 14th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Face to Face Networking, Marketing
Face to Face networking is often the preferred marketing idea when people set up their own business.
In a larger business you probably had lots of contacts, and a yearly calendar of events, such as awards, exhibitions and conferences where you would keep up with what is happening in your niche. In a small business working [...]
Inspiration on the checkout
April 10th, 2009 · No Comments · Face to Face Networking, Inspiration
Yesterday I went to the supermarket to stock up for Easter. And I bought a bunch of flowers.
As she was checking the goods through the scanner the assistant picked up the flowers and said ” Thank you I would have served you anyway.”
It took me a few seconds to realise that she was making a [...]
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