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…
Tag: networking
Guest Post: The Importance of a More Personal Professional Network
What’s on the iPod: The Road to Home by Amy MacDonald She nearly broke John Travolta’s heart, too — due to Hurricane Sandy, the 8 Top Tax-Saving Strategies webinar has been rescheduled for December 6th. As a token of our appreciation for your patience, we’re offering the webinar at a $30 discount — just $39.95 for money-saving advice from a renowned…
Connecting
What’s on the iPod: Eyes by Rogue Wave Webinar news: Due to Hurricane Sandy’s impact and the subsequent snow storm yesterday, our special guest presenter is unavailable for today’s webinar. We’ve rescheduled for December 6th — 3 pm ET/noon PT. And we’re offering a discount as our thank you for your patience. You can register…
Event-ful Opportunities
Today’s the day! If you’ve not signed up yet, please join us for the LinkedIn Secrets and Success Webinar with Susan Johnston today at 11 am PT/ 2 pm ET. If you join both the Webinar and the Five Buck Forum, you get the entire enchilada for $15 – ten bucks for the Webinar, five…
Stealth Networking
What’s on the iPod: She’s Mine by Brett Dennen Slow day yesterday in terms of projects being billed, but not so slow in terms of projects being developed. Two in the pipeline could be both lucrative and fun. How often does that happen? I had time to read a CRM (customer relationship management) magazine that…
The Selfish Networker
What I’m reading upstairs: Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa CatherWhat’s on the iPod: Floating in the Forth by Frightened Rabbit Twitter has become a really effective tool for more reasons than you realize. It connects us to our colleagues, introduces us to new ones, helps us find work, and helps us weed out…
Close the Door, Open Another
Last week I heard from another one of my regular clients and yes, the news wasn’t great. I’d sent out the “can I help with anything?” email, and heard what I’d expected – the budget went south and there aren’t the funds for freelancers there once was. I feel bad – two great clients in…
Where is the Love?
Riddle me this, Batman – if you’re a salesperson and you come upon someone who isn’t buying what you’re selling, what do you do? Do you A) automatically turn off the sales pitch, the charm, and leave that person standing? Or do you B) continue to treat that someone as though he or she is…
Networking is a Two-way Street
Over the weekend I did some trimming to my blog roll and to my general philosophy about a few contacts in the writing world. See, I have little problem linking to you if you’re engaging with people who comment, you visit once in a blue moon, or you link back. While linking back to me…
Your New Best Friend
I had a really nice conversation with a PR woman yesterday, one that may turn out to be a lucrative partnership. I used ProfNet on PRNMedia religiously for article sources. This gal has answered two of my inquiries and has supplied me with some great sources. In our last email exchange, she offered the usual…