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Tech companies, it’s true: your customers care. They care about how you treat them and about what you’re doing to help them. They care about working smarter with you. They even care how other customers are using your products and services. But especially, they care about you, because they depend on you. In many cases, their businesses won’t run nearly as well—or at all—without your product.More than any other kind of organization, a technology company—especially those that make custom software—must

, you can continue this conversation with a few more questions.

3. Know exactly when and how to end a conversation. Ending the conversation depends on whether you have chosen Option A or Option B.

Option A – there’s no fit between John’s needs and your services.

Say, “John, it’s been great talking to you. I don’t have anything to help you; however, as I go around and meet others, if I find someone who does, I’ll send them to you.” And then make eye contact, smile and shake hands and move to the next person.

Option B - you do have a service/product that could help John. Your next question shoul

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Could the Crusades have been launched and the soldiers armed and fed without effective project management? Could the Great Wall have been built with ingenious natural materials and a team of millions over a span of a thousand years without project management? It is possible to say that the concept pf project management has been around since the beginning of history. It has enabled leaders to plan bold and massive projects and manage funding, materials and labor within a designated time frame. What leader

The two most common complaints about networking are: 1) I never meet people I can do business with and 2) I am always so uncomfortable going to networking events. These two complaints are related and can be relieved with a three step approach to networking that helps even the most frustrated networking wallflowers.

The three steps are:

Know the right events to attend

Know exactly how to start and continue a conversation

Know exactly when and how to end a conversation

1. Know the right events to attend. Business gatherings that typically provide networking opportunities are:

Chambers of commerce or other organizations’ networking mixers; accelerated networking events; service organization meetings. There you will find people from many industries, and people at various levels of decision-making authority.
Industry specific organizations’ activities, where all attendees are in the same industry; or provide services to that industry.
Annual conference/conventions/trade shows that attract providers and vendors.

You’ll know the right events to attend when you are clear about your networking goals. The number one goal should be to meet people to whom you can provide solutions. If your product or service is perfect for a narrow niche, then you should only invest in networking events that attract people from that niche. If your product or service can benefit people in a broad range of industries, you should identify your top three and attend events that attract people from those top three.

2. Know exactly how to start and continue to conversation. Craft a script for your networking activities. The script will set you free: once you have committed to memory what to say, you will be free to concentrate on the other person. When it’s your turn to speak, you’ll automatically say the right things.

Be the first to ask a question. Ask only this question: “John, I’m wondering, what’s the biggest challenge you’re facing in your business today?”

As John answers, give him cues that encourage him to keep talking. Cues include: nodding, smiling, and saying, “really, tell me more.”
After two or three of John’s answers, you’ll know if you have anything that could help John meet his challenges. Don’t say anything about that yet!
Option A – if you don’t offer a service/product that can help John, you move to the next step, which is gracefully ending the conversation.
Option B – if you do offer a service/product that could help John, you can continue this conversation with a few more questions.

3. Know exactly when and how to end a conversation. Ending the conversation depends on whether you have chosen Option A or Option B.

Option A – there’s no fit between John’s needs and your services.

Say, “John, it’s been great talking to you. I don’t have anything to help you; however, as I go around and meet others, if I find someone who does, I’ll send them to you.” And then make eye contact, smile and shake hands and move to the next person.

Option B - you do have a service/product that could help John. Your next question should

Lack of Discipline with Executive Management
We sure seem to see a sense of entitlement of the graduating classes of MBA Students. You know they just think they know everything. Having done much public speaking on the subject of business, management and marketing I was always completely under whelmed at the questions that these business students would ask me.I use to think to myself what an idiot under my breath, but of course I was cordial. Much in the same way that many executive managers are condescending to their middle managers. And much

s of commerce or other organizations’ networking mixers; accelerated networking events; service organization meetings. There you will find people from many industries, and people at various levels of decision-making authority.

Industry specific organizations’ activities, where all attendees are in the same industry; or provide services to that industry.

Annual conference/conventions/trade shows that attract providers and vendors.

Be the first to ask a question. Ask only this question: “John, I’m wondering, what’s the biggest challenge you’re facing in your business today?”

As John answers, give him cues that encourage him to keep talking. Cues include: nodding, smiling, and saying, “really, tell me more.”
After two or three of John’s answers, you’ll know if you have anything that could help John meet his challenges. Don’t say anything about that yet!
Option A – if you don’t offer a service/product that can help John, you move to the next step, which is gracefully ending the conversation.
Option B – if you do offer a service/product that could help John, you can continue this conversation with a few more questions.

3. Know exactly when and how to end a conversation. Ending the conversation depends on whether you have chosen Option A or Option B.

Option A – there’s no fit between John’s needs and your services.

Say, “John, it’s been great talking to you. I don’t have anything to help you; however, as I go around and meet others, if I find someone who does, I’ll send them to you.” And then make eye contact, smile and shake hands and move to the next person.

Option B - you do have a service/product that could help John. Your next question shoul

How To Get A Newsletter Design You Actually Like
I've just finished briefing a designer on the design for a new client's newsletter. So I thought I'd share some of the things I do to make sure I (and my client) get a design everyone likes.Have a visionThe most important thing to do is have a vision for what you want the finished product to look like. See it in your mind, maybe sketch it on paper. See the colors, the size of the headlines, the type of pictures you want. Once you have created this vision, you will find it mu

service is perfect for a narrow niche, then you should only invest in networking events that attract people from that niche. If your product or service can benefit people in a broad range of industries, you should identify your top three and attend events that attract people from those top three.

Be the first to ask a question. Ask only this question: “John, I’m wondering, what’s the biggest challenge you’re facing in your business today?”

As John answers, give him cues that encourage him to keep talking. Cues include: nodding, smiling, and saying, “really, tell me more.”
After two or three of John’s answers, you’ll know if you have anything that could help John meet his challenges. Don’t say anything about that yet!
Option A – if you don’t offer a service/product that can help John, you move to the next step, which is gracefully ending the conversation.
Option B – if you do offer a service/product that could help John, you can continue this conversation with a few more questions.

3. Know exactly when and how to end a conversation. Ending the conversation depends on whether you have chosen Option A or Option B.

Option A – there’s no fit between John’s needs and your services.

Say, “John, it’s been great talking to you. I don’t have anything to help you; however, as I go around and meet others, if I find someone who does, I’ll send them to you.” And then make eye contact, smile and shake hands and move to the next person.

Option B - you do have a service/product that could help John. Your next question shoul

New Point of View Yields Marketing Benefits
As a business owner, you are intimately familiar with your company—from the perspective of an insider with a passionate interest in the service and a personal need for the venture to succeed. But have you ever wondered how your customers see your company—and what you could learn if you could see through their eyes?Good marketing is more than fancy literature and memorable ads. Every action is a form of communication, every verbal interaction is a type of advertisement, and every visual impression

ion. Ask only this question: “John, I’m wondering, what’s the biggest challenge you’re facing in your business today?”

As John answers, give him cues that encourage him to keep talking. Cues include: nodding, smiling, and saying, “really, tell me more.”
After two or three of John’s answers, you’ll know if you have anything that could help John meet his challenges. Don’t say anything about that yet!
Option A – if you don’t offer a service/product that can help John, you move to the next step, which is gracefully ending the conversation.
Option B – if you do offer a service/product that could help John, you can continue this conversation with a few more questions.

3. Know exactly when and how to end a conversation. Ending the conversation depends on whether you have chosen Option A or Option B.

Option A – there’s no fit between John’s needs and your services.

Say, “John, it’s been great talking to you. I don’t have anything to help you; however, as I go around and meet others, if I find someone who does, I’ll send them to you.” And then make eye contact, smile and shake hands and move to the next person.

Option B - you do have a service/product that could help John. Your next question shoul

5 Tips To Successful Joint Ventures
When businesses think of team building, business owners usually associate it with building their company’s internal workforce into a lean-mean fighting machine. Team building, however, should be extended to include external relationships such as those with other businesses. Enter joint ventures or JVs for short.Joint ventures generally are business partnerships established between two or more parties (individuals, business groups, companies, corporations) for the purposes of expanding the busines

, you can continue this conversation with a few more questions.

3. Know exactly when and how to end a conversation. Ending the conversation depends on whether you have chosen Option A or Option B.

Option A – there’s no fit between John’s needs and your services.

Say, “John, it’s been great talking to you. I don’t have anything to help you; however, as I go around and meet others, if I find someone who does, I’ll send them to you.” And then make eye contact, smile and shake hands and move to the next person.

Option B - you do have a service/product that could help John. Your next question should be, “how important is it that you do something about this now?” Now is the key word here. If it’s not important enough to fix now, go back to Option A, end the conversation and move to the next person.

If it is important to fix now, you have the opening you need to ask for just one thing: that John will take a phone call from you in the next two days.
Come to a specific agreement on when this phone call will take place.
Make eye contact, smile, shake hands, and move on.

Repeat these three steps with other people in the room. Quality is more important than quantity. You want to build rapport with two or three people, then have meaningful exploratory phone calls with them immediately.

Get away from the wall and get into the crowd and you’ll find profit in every networking investment you make.

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