Tag Archives: networking

Promoting your start-up business – Part 5 – Networking

Posted on August 27, 2013 by Jon Stow

  What is networking? What do we mean by networking? It means getting to know people. We are a social species, and of course some are more social than others. I am quite a shy person by nature, and really … Continue reading →

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First steps in marketing your start-up business Part 1

Posted on August 12, 2013 by Jon Stow

You are about to open your doors to the public, whether that is literally if you have retail premises or consulting rooms, or figuratively if you are working from home and are more likely to be visiting your customers. How … Continue reading →

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More “how not to network”

Posted on August 1, 2013 by Jon Stow

Yesterday I reported on Twitter a power supply unit failure in my office important computer-server. By the time I tweeted about the mishap my usual computer repair shop down the road had already repaired the machine and had installed a … Continue reading →

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Broken tools, new toys and business

Posted on April 26, 2013 by Jon Stow

Sometimes tried and trusted methods stop working, and we hardly notice because we carry on out of habit. That is what happened with me and breakfast networking.  It took a while for it to dawn on me that I was … Continue reading →

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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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Content marketing and specialist articles

Posted on October 1, 2012 by Jon Stow

  Free stuff? I read in various places that content marketing doesn’t work for specialist businesses. I beg to differ. I run a specialist business, which advises on tax.  In fact I have a niche within the tax business. I … Continue reading →

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Reputations, referrals and let-downs

Posted on September 27, 2012 by Jon Stow

If we get a referral from a colleague or fellow business person, it is very satisfying of course, but we have to live up to the recommendation. If we run our businesses as efficiently as we can and offer a … Continue reading →

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