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Posted on by lwidmer

What’s on the iPod: Bleeding Out by The Lone Bellow Windy! Jeez Louise it’s windy out. Remember Hurricane Sandy? More than that. See, in Sandy, it went over us. Here, we have the cold air hitting the warm air. It was 66 degrees yesterday. Today it’s going to 28 with snow. No wonder I can’t…

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What’s Your Social Media Goal?

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What’s on the iPod: Portland by Middle Brother Note: Sorry about the word verification glitch. I hate having that thing anyway, so I’ve removed it for the time being. If the spam returns, I’ll have to put it back up, but for now, let’s hope for the best. It was nice to have a day…

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Your Own Drum

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What I’m reading: Netherland by Joseph O’Neill What’s on the iPod: The Wild Hunt by The Tallest Man on Earth Yesterday was a bit of a blur, though a relatively nice one. For a day that wasn’t littered with projects, I felt like I’d done quite a bit of work. I had lunch with a…

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What’s on the iPod: Wilderness by Middle Brother Sinus infection. That’s the word from the doctor, who seems to think I did not have the flu but had this sinus infection the entire time. Truth? I think he’s full of it. I’ve had enough sinus infections to know what they feel like, what symptoms to…

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4 Ways to Suck at Online Sales

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What’s on the iPod: Live and Die by The Avett Brothers How was the weekend? I’m not yet feeling over my flu/cold/whatever. Still stuffy and a little achy, but it felt good to finally sleep without waking up to cough incessantly. I spent some time on Friday looking for some sales page strategies. Anne and…

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A List of Favorites

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What’s on the iPod: Imagine by Jack Johnson Today is fun day here on the blog. It’s not a day to worry the details (though I’ll probably do that with client projects). Instead, I’d love to share some of my favorites of 2012. Let’s start with music. Every post has a song I’m currently listening…

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The Virtual Networker

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What’s on the iPod: Ooh La La by Counting Crows I’m currently operating in a fog of Alka Seltzer Plus and Mucinex — welcome to cold season. Luckily the workload is relatively light this week. And luckily for you germs aren’t transmitted over the Internet (not human germs, anyway). So what makes marketing different from…

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The Point of Social Media

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What’s on the iPod: Chloe by Grouplove Photo: The Next Web Quick note — you’ll notice the word verification is back for comments. Had to do it. I was inundated with spam comments in the past two weeks (over 5,000 of them), and I’m thinking it’s time to get the spammers off my scent for…

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Death to Buzz Words

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What’s on the iPod: Still and Always Will by Vintage Trouble So far, so great this week. A massive, typically unwieldy project has been delivered to the client and the invoice is being processed. Also, I’m on top of an article assignment. All interviews are done and I’ve written the opening paragraphs. The rest is…

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3 No-nos of Networking

Posted on by lwidmer

What’s on the iPod: Love Interruption by Jack White Hockey is back! Even if it’s an interrupted season, I’ll take it. I love hockey as much as (if not more than) football. Amen for the end of the lockout! I won’t wax on about what I think about the entire mess because it’s boring for…

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  1. Kimberly Ben Avatar
    Kimberly Ben

    I second the 'No monologues" because how can you build beneficial relationships with others when you're the only one talking?

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  2. Cathy Miller Avatar
    Cathy Miller

    Lori, I thought of you immediately when I heard the hockey news. 🙂

    You pretty much hit the nail on the head. Don't monopolize the conversation and don't hit them up with a sales pitch from the get-go. Let them ask about your business or what you do.

    And it always amazes me when someone disses someone who says no. It's a very small world, and your paths are most certainly destined to cross again.

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  3. Paula Avatar
    Paula

    Those are also good tips for making and keeping friends: Don't make it all about you, don't oversell yourself, and don't cast them aside because you can't see a way to benefit from knowing them.

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  4. Lori Avatar
    Lori

    LOL! Paula, that's so true.

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  5. Paula Avatar
    Paula

    I just noticed that the feature shred of paper in the photo you used says, "Making new friends…" Maybe the power of suggestion was behind my comment, LOL.

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  6. Devon Ellington Avatar
    Devon Ellington

    Most people are pretty interesting, if you take the time to find out about them. Just because they don't project that initially doesn't mean there's not a lot under the surface. Usually, it's worth the time to spend a few minutes talking to someone. What seems like a non-business conversation can spark all kinds of inspirations.

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  7. Lori Avatar
    Lori

    That's what I've found too, Devon. Even the quietest people (and sometimes especially the quiet ones) have interesting stories to tell.

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