Category Archives: networking

The Smart Aleck networker

Posted on April 18, 2013 by Jon Stow

Do you know that person at your networking meeting? The one with the loud voice, saying “Hey, look at me”? The one who is always telling everyone how great their business is as opposed to the competition? In fact, the … Continue reading →

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Taking our business network leaders for granted

Posted on February 7, 2013 by Jon Stow

Getting the boot I belong to a monthly networking group that has recently been unceremoniously ousted by the venue which has hosted us for a couple of years. It was not that we were a rowdy bunch. They just didn’t … Continue reading →

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The trouble with breakfast networking

Posted on October 15, 2012 by Jon Stow

Sleepy time A few days ago I went to breakfast networking meeting. It is several months since I last went to one and I wondered how I used to get up every week at such an unearthly hour to get … Continue reading →

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Wasting our most valuable resource – time

Posted on October 4, 2012 by Jon Stow

Neighbourhood watch One of our neighbours – and I hope he doesn’t read this – spends hours of his time and quite possible six to eight hours a week cleaning and polishing his car. He seems to get a new … Continue reading →

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On-line networking when you don’t see the wood for the trees

Posted on August 2, 2012 by Jon Stow

The numbers The other day I saw in my Twitter stream a conversation between two people I know moderately well, and like too. I don’t want to offend them if they read this, but one said she had increased her … Continue reading →

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Deserving of our full attention

Posted on May 21, 2012 by Jon Stow

On our recent travels we have had our peace disturbed by people who are unable to resist talking and texting on their mobile / cell phones in public places and especially in restaurants. Call me old-fashioned (did I say that?) … Continue reading →

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No thanks to me!

Posted on May 11, 2012 by Jon Stow

Connections Having been at the networking game both on-line and off-line for nearly a decade, I know a lot of people, some of them really quite well. Because it is how this networking thing works, I connect my friends and … Continue reading →

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Don’t turn your back on me

Posted on April 10, 2012 by Jon Stow

Have you ever been networking and come across one of those little groups who are closed off? Maybe three or four people who are having their own meeting within a meeting and will be darned if they talk to anyone … Continue reading →

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Social skills and small business marketing

Posted on March 26, 2012 by Jon Stow

I think we all know that social skills are important in our lives but not everyone has them. That is a problem for small business owners lacking in this area unless they are geeks with a must-have app. Most of us … Continue reading →

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Referral networks and joint ventures need teamwork

Posted on March 12, 2012 by Jon Stow

Over the last ten years I have belonged to several breakfast groups and even run one. I have also belonged to networks meeting at other times of the day. Some of these groups produced great relationships and also business. One … Continue reading →

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