Resources and articles
Last Thursday I had the opportunity to present at my breakfast meeting to share with my colleagues a little bit about It’s Your Time and our new membership model for offering services. Disclaimer: the restaurant’s technology wasn’t working. Luckily Stefan from Lucid Visuals saved the day and inserted my slides into the video. Check it out.
As many of you know I belong to BNI All Stars because I know referral and network marketing works. Each week we have an education moment and it’s often full of great nuggets for improving our networking. I thought I would start sharing them with you here. Last week Dr. Christian Guenette hilighted the 10 Tips to Getting the Most from Networking by Ivan Misner. We all know that networking
Networking – some think it’s a necessary evil of doing business. Personally I really enjoy it but I think the reason many dislike it is the events themselves can be such a slog. Last night Anne and I attended the New Westminster Chamber’s Springtime Sizzle hosted by Pacific Breeze Winery in New Westminster (yes there’s a winery in New West). It was a great event. Not only did both Anne
Last night we held our first #IYTChat on T4s and Tax Prep. We thought it would be a great opportunity to provide free guidance on how to complete your T4s and what you need to prepare for filing your taxes (including some tips on how to save money on getting those taxes done. This is the time of year when we often get panicked calls from business owners and their
The holiday season has started and likely the invitations are flowing in. This is a great opportunity to brush up on your networking skills while having fun and enjoying yourself; rather than being freaked out or uncomfortable at the prospect of attending a “networking” event. The following are The Top 10 Ways to Work a Room as provided by Patrick von Pander the Big Picture Coach. 1. Be prepared
What would you do if someone was badmouthing your business on the internet? Would you be able to resolve the problem quickly or would you even know that they were saying something in the first place? When it comes to small, referral-based businesses, this can be a scary thing to think of because someone may be irrevocably damaging your image and your whole means of attracting business and you don’t
Probably one of the scariest things about owning a small business is going out of business! So how do you stop that from happening? You sell your product or service! When people think of advertising, the “traditional” mediums come to mind, like TV, radio, and newspaper ads but for a small business, those can be pricey and ineffective. There are also thousands of different ways of marketing your company and
I am a lover of technology. I love my iphone, I love my tablet, I love my laptop and I love being able to access any information I want in seconds, thanks to amazing advances in technology. Things like LTE (seriously faster than wifi), being able to have a business meeting online, or simply being able to order a pizza through an app. Being able to email back and forth
Entering your lead data into a spreadsheet or CRM so that you can use it to follow up effectively with people you have met is one of our more popular services. The most cost effective way for this to be done (whether our clients do it themselves or we do it for them) is to scan the cards with a card scanner. Over the last couple of months we’ve been
Does it feel like you never stop networking, marketing, putting the word out and yet your leads are just petering out? Your success at growing your business is in the follow-up. As busy entrepreneurs we put so much energy in getting out to networking meetings, passing out our cards, having meaningful conversations and those of us that are diligent manage to send a follow up email within a few days.
