November 23, 2024

Networking Questions

Good Morning I attend a network group that meets for lunch once a week. I do this for a number of reasons including getting lunch, getting out of the office and socializing, and oh yes, getting more business. This week our chair Hugh Morrison sent out his weekly email and included a few … [Read more...]

Basic Marketing Tools

Good Morning {First Name} I hope everyone is enjoying the extra day, and if your birthday is today, Happy Birthday! I was at my networking group yesterday and The HEB Chamber did a special presentation on a new program that does market research and demographics for small businesses. This … [Read more...]

Your 30 Second Commercial

Good Morning ; Over the years I have been to a lot of networking/leads groups. I've done breakfasts, lunches and after-hours events. I've been to marketing meetings as well. Almost all of them will have everyone introduce themselves. The person in charge says something like: "Please (stand-up) … [Read more...]

More People

Good Morning  My friend David who owns Forest Ridge Funeral Home is having an HEB Chamber networking breakfast (Good Morning HEB) next week. Getting lots of people to an early morning networking event is hard enough, but to get them to come to a funeral home? David knows this, and like the great … [Read more...]

Get There Early

Good Morning As you know, we are now in the holiday season. A lot of holiday parties can and do double as networking events. With that in mind, I'd like to go over some things I learned a very long time ago from a very dear friend with whom I used to co-teach networking classes for a few … [Read more...]

Doing more to get the word out

Good Day Contact First Name  I was taking a client's post cards to the post office when I noticed a company truck advertising that it provides packaging services to manufacturers, the blister package/cardboard package. I thought, I need to remember that company in case someone needs that … [Read more...]