I had the great fortune of spending some time with Ann Convery, who taught me some great tools for maximizing my sales techniques from a public relations perspective. Following are some basic fundamentals followed by an exercise that you can apply to your business with great effect right now!
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If you want to supercharge your in person networking skills, then these twelve questions are the foundational keys and the tools you will need to expand your network rapidly. These pearls of wisdom were taught to me by Larry “The Connector” Benet. Larry teaches people how to turn contacts into relationships. Enjoy, and may your network flourish.

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During this Valentines Day, I urge you to consider love at a global level. Devlyn Steele, founder of ToolsToLife.com, introduced me to seven amazing websites that have a primary goal to change the world through networks of people with big hearts. Enjoy.

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At the METal meeting today, hosted by Ken Rutkowski. Stephen Meade introduced us to a great networking concept he called the Tornado Effect. Following is a brief overview of a simple but powerful concept.

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This tip shows you how to download a pre-recorded ustream.tv video stream to your local computer as a .flv file.

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I had the great fortune of meeting Larry Benet, known as “the Connector” at Blog World, where he was the opening keynote. A few days later I heard Larry speak at Peak Potentials Training’s Master of Influence seminar. There, Larry shared some strategies which landed him a meeting with Larry King among many other high profile people of influence. I have summarized those strategies here.

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Linkedin.com has become the standard for online executive level networking. I have found that most networking events that I attend result in a flurry of Linkedin.com invitations afterwards. It is also being used a tool to do reconnaissance on you before meetings and business deals. Therefore, it is important that you have a strong presence there if you are in business. This guide will help make sure you take full advantage of your Linkedin.com profile.

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Are you short on money or do you need to create a large sum of cash within a short period… legally? Well then, Napoleon Hill offers these six steps in his book, Think and Grow Rich.

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Generally, I insist that a business with a website also maintain a blog. In particular, a WordPress blog (see what Matt Cutts of Google has to say about it). Following are the reasons I believe a blog can be of spectacular benefit to your business.

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Every new year, I take some time to review Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill. Following is a list of quotes that I think are worth reviewing periodically.

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