Networking! Most if not all of us do it in some form or another as a means to developing business, promoting a venture or to raise money and awareness for a philanthropic endeavor! Networking can take a variety of different forms and each of us has our own unique style for accomplishing whatever it is that […]
Long Island, New York Networking Visitors Day! What is your plan to grow your business in 2016? On January 13, 2016 the Dynamic Business Alliance will be holding a Visitors Day that will take place at the Embassy Diner in Bethpage, Long Island. The Visitors Day, as well as our normal weekly meeting, will begin at 7:00AM […]
Summary: For most of us networking is a key to business development and, as in all endeavors, there are right ways and wrong ways to go about it! In our networking travels we have likely all met individuals who may fall into the category of those who ask much more than provide, take much more often […]
Anyone in a small business can closely relate to the following quote once famously uttered by Willy Wonka that went like this… ‘So much time and so little to do. Wait a minute. Strike that. Reverse it. Thank you.‘ The truth of the matter is that in addition to all of the daily jobs we do simply […]
This past week Hallmark Abstract Service did what title insurance firms all over the United States do…presented a CLE program! For those who may be non-attorney’s CLE stands for the continuing legal education required to remain an attorney and in this case, the focus of the program was on ethics. However this story is not […]
Summary: Are your expectations too high, too low or just right and are you playing the networking ‘game’ in the proper way? In the past I have posted articles on some of the DO’s and DON’Ts of business networking that include such favorites as ‘How To: Business networking done right!‘ and ‘A list of business networking […]
It’s 2015 and as a New Year’s resolution you may have pledged to use networking as a greater piece of your firms business development strategy pie! Whether you work as a lawyer, florist, limo company, software engineer or in basically any other business endeavor, networking should have some place in your strategic plan for driving […]
Because of the important role that networking plays in business, business development and life in general, we have touched on various parts of it in past articles! Networking is an activity that for some some comes completely naturally while for others it can be difficult and quite anxiety provoking. And yet it is such an […]
Do you network? If you are the owner of a small business (or any business), are in sales or business development at a company that you simply work for, you undoubtedly spend some portion of your time networking. Even if your job description does not match the two described above you will most likely find […]
Most of us have had the experience of enjoying dinner or a day with family and friends who we may also consider to be potential sources of business or business collaboration! Is there specific etiquette or possibly an unwritten set of rules that defines the appropriate ways to proceed? Ways that help bridge the gap […]
