I\’m a passionate believer in business networking because I\’ve had so much business passed to me by word of mouth, significantly more than I could ever hope to get through traditional advertising, and that business continues to grow and grow. Having said that, I do find that after a couple of years at one business […]
Picture the scene. You get home from a hard day at the office and all you want to do is flop in front of the TV for half an hour. On the other hand, your wife has been out at work and when she comes home she want to tell you all about her day, […]
I have a colleague who works in the construction industry, initially in the insulation industry and latterly in the glazing systems market. He’s a great guy and full of the joys of spring. Talk to him about the merits of Pilkington K glass or ask him to explain window energy ratings and he’ll wax lyrical […]
Paper folding explores the physical limits of materials demonstrating to me what I can’t do but the six degrees of separation that underpins business networking not only demonstrates what I can do but tells me that the sky is the limit! Can there be a more powerful way to think about your business? It’s amazing […]
Getting up in the morning has never been my strong point so you can imagine how I felt when I first got up at 05.30 so that I could attend a 07.00 breakfast networking meeting. To cap it all, it was winter time and outside it was cold, wet and dark. Of course getting out […]
Is working for yourself everything its cracked up to be? It can be that and more but an essential factor is making the right decision about the industry you want to go into. Every weekday morning I get up at 06.30am because I have to leave the house by 07.30 so that I’m in the […]
Before getting our teeth into this subject I think that it is important to qualify that in my opinion business networking does actually work. I have said it many times, it’s not a quick way of getting sales leads but it is a way of getting quality referrals and by that I mean that a […]
It’s one of those well known trivia fact about Elvis Presley. Many will argue that he never came the the UK but he did set Silagra foot in the UK and the date was March 3rd, 1960. The place was Prestwick Airport in Scotland. It was in Scotland, (Ayrshire to be precise) during a stop-off […]
Talking on a one to one basis is so different to public speaking and if you do get nervous it is perfectly natural to feel this way. Have you ever made a presentation? If you have and you’re like me then you’ve probably suffered from the same symptoms: -Fast heartbeat -Sweaty palms -Feeling nauseous -Audience […]
