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by Allison Graham on May 11th, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Networking—The “elevator pitch” has become a staple in North American business society. If you haven’t heard of it, the idea is that when someone asks you “what you do," you respond with a clever answer that will differentiate you from the 20 other people the contact will ask the…
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by Melissa Dawn Lierman on May 7th, 2011 | 1 Comment »
There is a huge re-birth of "Word of Mouth" marketing. This re-birth has happened because of the internet and the evolution of social media. Social media has really flattened the world and allowed people to connect at any moment. Through these connections relationship building happens. I have friends…
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by Allison Graham on May 4th, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Networking—Of course you know you’re supposed to follow up after you meet contacts – what entrepreneur doesn’t know that? So why then do so many professionals not do it?
This question has perplexed me since before I started teaching people how to network. In the early 2000s, when I…
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by Allison Graham on April 27th, 2011 | 3 Comments »
The promised topic for this week’s four-part series on networking for Mom It Forward is business cards…and rightly so, how can we talk about networking without talking about business cards? When used properly they are an incredibly effective networking tool that can be instrumental in the early stages of a…
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by Allison Graham on April 20th, 2011 | 4 Comments »
You’ve arranged a babysitter, traded in your mommy clothes for the only suit that still fits, and teamed up with a friend to go to your first business event in what seems like forever. You walk in only to find a room full of strangers already deep in conversation. Dealing…
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Networking: Effective Ways to Make Connections Through Conversations
