Have you got stuck in a rut when it comes to talking about your business? It’s easy to do isn’t it and you can spot when this happens with people when they start to reel off their information in a singsong, ‘list’ type voice. It’s most common in corporate presentations I have to say, where […]
It’s one of the hardest questions you will get asked in business. ‘What do you do…?’ Sounds so innocuous doesn’t it? But beware…if you answer it blindly, without thought, you could get into hot water! What do you do…? Well behind the questions is a whole range of questions the asker might want answers to: […]
Mum rang the other day. Muriel had called and embarked on telling her a story of some happenstance at the supermarket. Half an hour later, Muriel had still been on the phone, telling the story from ‘Thread ‘t Needle, as Mum put it! And that is all too common isn’t’ it? We ask people, ‘what […]
Ever met someone at a networker event, took their card and later checked them out on the website? Ever asked yourself if the people you met in flesh and blood were actually the same business? Or have you ever looked at someone’s website, were impressed with their style and ‘feel’ only to find out they […]
I love that New Year feeling don’t you? The tree is down, the kids are back to school. I have a new pencil case, a tidy desk and a happy excited feeling that 2015 is going to be My Year! I have been planning 2015, filling in the diary, project managing business development and events…and […]
I met a solicitor the other day at a recent networking event. We were chatting about how to use the 60 second introduction ( sometimes known as the Creeping Ivy or Networker Introduction) to best advantage. She was relatively new to networking and as a family divorce lawyer she was aware that the service she […]
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