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Tag Archives: networking
The blog post that never was
Since I started blogging in earnest (and do you realise that there are over 200 posts here at On Our Bikes?) I have found that in writing down my experiences I have helped my own business thinking. It has also … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, marketing, networking, Social media
Tagged networking, reputation, trust
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No Hiding Place
If you Google “No Hiding Place” you will find that it was the title of a police drama series in the UK way back in the black-and-white days. I rather think my parents were quite keen on it. They used … Continue reading
Posted in Business planning, networking
Tagged networking, planning, responsibility, small business
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The Water Margin guide to business
The expression “small business” has many meanings. There is no way of knowing whether we mean a business with fifty employees or just one person on her or his own. What I am going to say apples to the … Continue reading
Posted in Business planning, Customer service, Sales
Tagged cooperation, Customer service, joint venture, networking
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First impressions
There are an awful lot of cliches. You know the sort. You have thirty seconds to make an impression on a first meeting. You’ll never get a second chance to make a great first impression. Psychologists tell us … Continue reading
Posted in networking, Social, Social media
Tagged Education, first impression, networking, small business
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Come on, rabbit, don’t be shy!
Quite often when I am taking my evening walk, I pass a man of about my age scurrying back from the rail station. No doubt he is a City worker. He does not meet my eye and scoots past like … Continue reading
Posted in Business planning, networking, Referral networking, Sales
Tagged BNI, marketing, networking, Rabbit, relationship, small business, Social animal, trust
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Losing touch with reality in social media
I have been away for a while taking a holiday, or if you prefer, a vacation. I really needed to step back and it was great to do so. Due to my actually having a rest from normal in-front-of-computer activities … Continue reading
Networking, nepotism and family values
A couple of weeks back now, the British Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg said “it was “wrong” that his own career had been boosted by parental connections when he was starting out, getting him time at a bank and his … Continue reading
The Daily Culture Shock
If we use social media in our marketing, we can easily get distracted by the latest fashion or the latest scare story. It can all get very confusing. You know what I think of Klout and its ilk. I think … Continue reading
Posted in marketing, Social media
Tagged Facebook, fashion, marketing, network, networking, Social media, trend
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Are you a leader and giver or a follower and taker?
Like many people who may read this, I am a great believer in face to face networking, by which I mean actually getting out to meet people. I run a business breakfast group, and I have been involved in running … Continue reading
Posted in Business planning, networking
Tagged Big Society, initiative, leadership, network, networking, Philanthropy, trust, volunteer
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Living our lives in public
I guess all of us who use social media tools and web applications are to a degree living a public life. After all, that is the purpose, isn’t it – to raise our profiles for marketing purposes? Continue reading
Posted in networking, Social, Social media
Tagged network, networking, reputation, Social media
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