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We’ve reached our final blog in our series on The Seven Ways to Increase Your Business through Networking! If you have been following us then you have reviewed with us the first six previous blog post and hopefully you have learned something new about NETWORKING! If you missed any go ahead and click on the links after reading this one and take a few minutes to catch up. I hope you find them as useful as I did in all these years of learning and growing my business through networking. #7 on... Read Full Story

We’ve reached number six in our series of blogs on The Seven Ways to Increase Your Business through Networking! If you have been following us then you have reviewed with us the first five previous blog post. If you missed any go ahead and click on the links after reading this one and take a few minutes to catch up. I hope you find them as useful as I did in all these years of learning and growing my business through networking. #6 on our list is Asking the Right Questions So what do you... Read Full Story

Welcome to part 5 of our blog series on The Seven Ways to Increase Your Business through Networking ! This one should be a no-brainer for most but you’d be surprised how many people get it wrong! “Nothing can stop a man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goals; and nothing on earth can help a man with the wrong mental attitude.” – Thomas Jefferson #5 on our list is Positive Opening Statements Be aware of your opening statements when meeting someone for the first time. At... Read Full Story

So this is part 4 of our series on The Seven Ways to Increase Your Business through Networking and I have to say – this one is quite a challenge for a lot of people! “To listen well, is as powerful a means of influence as to talk well, and is as essential to all true conversation” – Chinese Proverb #4 on our list is – Be sure to listen! Just in case you weren’t paying attention, I said listen After attending a LOT of networking events over the years the one thing I noticed when... Read Full Story

Part 3 of our series on The Seven Ways to Increase Your Business through Networking is – Follow Up! Follow Up! Follow Up! I don’t care how good-looking you are, how well dressed you  are, how charismatic you are or how remarkable you think you are… You will be  forgotten! I know it’s a huge blow to the ego, right? I for one never thought  people would forget about me, but sadly enough they did. That’s why I decided I wouldn’t let people forget about me!  I had to find a way to make myself... Read Full Story

Part 2 of Seven Ways To Increase Your Business through Networking! So this is part two of a series of blogs on Networking! I have built the bulk of my business on networking and over the years I have discovered what works and what doesn’t.  In this series of blog posts I would like to share some of the valuable tips I have learned and hopefully they will help you in your networking experience. To insure that you don’t miss out on any of these imporant tips, please take a moment to subscribe... Read Full Story

Welcome to 7 Way To Increase Business through Networking – Part 1! Networking really is a very important tool in today’s business world. Over the years I have just about done it all when it comes to growing my business through networking. I have come to find out what works, what doesn’t and what to stay away from. In this series of blog posts I would like to share some of the valuable tips I have learned and hopefully they will help you as well. To insure that you don’t miss out on any of... Read Full Story

Like many of you I have found myself, on occasion, struggling to motivate my employees to sell a little more and do a little more in their work day. A few years ago I took on a new approach to generating some suggestive sales with my window cleaning business and I was blown away by the results. I had noticed that only a few of my employees were taking advantage of suggestive sales out in the field and it always shocked me that everyone was not selling more. Coming from a background as a... Read Full Story

As you know from reading my blog, when I read a great story, or something I feel rings true or  just makes good sense,  I like to re-post it on my blog. A good friend of mine Curt shares his perspective on fear and what he did to overcome it. Do you remember when you were a little kid, riding your bike all over town? I sure do. I remember when my bicycle was my key to freedom. I used it to escape the constant hostage of Saturday chores. In fact, sometimes I finished my homework before... Read Full Story

There is a common problem in today’s work environment that I would like to discuss with you. It affects just about every business, across the board. It’s the apparent lack of good employees waiting to work for us. Have you ever been to a networking event or business get-together and in conversation heard a business owner make this statement: “Business would be great, if I could only find good people to work for me!” Or how about: “There are no good people out there!” or “If I only had... Read Full Story