Enjoy your java with an eclectic collection of tips and ideas to use today and to get energized for the week ahead. The archives are stored at: MondayMorningMotivators.blogspot.com
"Sweeping dirt under the rug only creates a bump you keep tripping over." --Rhoberta Shaler, PhD
This week's topics include:
• What is Your Next Step Part 2 - Linda Fayerweather
• Reasons to Buy - Rebecca Booth
• Connect with Like-Minded People - Pat Altvater
• 29% Solution – Join a Web-based Networking Group - Paula Fraizer
What is Your Next Step Part 3
Last week we talked about our next steps having a Purpose – Goal – Profit – Do --> PGPD. This week to make a next step happen is to schedule it. Even if it is a simple task, getting it on your schedule will do two things:
1. Relieve your mind of trying to remember it
2. Put it on your schedule to make it a real task or project.
So, take a look at your TO-DO list and identify what you can schedule now, delegate or delete. This alone will free up some valuable brain space to think about your next business adventure.
Copyright 2009 Linda Fayerweather
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Reasons to Buy
I saw a commercial last night about American Express’s Shine a Light Program. If you haven’t seen it, be on the lookout for it. Not only is it excellently written, its message of forming relationships with customers is priceless. (Oops, wrong card). Bravo’s Top Chef Judge and restaurateur Tom Colicchio tells the viewer why he shops directly with Urban Angler versus buying his fly fishing gear online or via a catalog. He’s interested in three things:
1) Actually feeling the equipment he’s interested in buying
2) Getting opinions from the staff on what’s the best gear and where’s the best place to fish
3) Forming relationships - even friendships - with the people at Urban Angler.
Keep this in mind when you’re working with a client/customer today. Even if you’re not a retailer, these are important things that customers want to know/see/feel. BTW, the ad appeared on Bravo TV, so keep watching for the commercial. You can view the ad online if you’re interested. Simply Google Amex’s Shine a Light Program.
Copyright 2009 Rebecca Booth
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Awakened Entrepreneurs Connect with Like-Minded People
A fantastic way to build your business is to connect with like-minded people. Open, mindful engagement with like-minded people always empowers you, helps you learn what you need to learn about yourself, and gives you the experience of giving and receiving unconditional love and support. And, that IS one of the most soul-nurturing things you can do for yourself and your business. It’s like recharging your battery.
I recently attended the inaugural meeting of the new Toledo area chapter of Powerful You! Women’s Network (click here for more information - http://www.powerfulyou.com). The “networking with a heart” meeting was just wonderful and I noticed when I take time to engage with like-minded women, I feel totally appreciated and connected. Another time when I feel this way is at my mastermind meeting facilitated by Linda Fayerweather (click here for more information....____). The sense that everyone is there to offer suggestions and support to each other is very fulfilling and helps me realize I am not alone.
Who do you engage with at this level? And, if you don’t have people right now who are able to have this level of connection with you, what will you do to bring these types of relationships into your life?
Copyright 2009 Pat Altvater
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29% Solution - WEEK 13: Join A Web-Based Networking Group
So you’re stuck in your proverbial cave? There’s still a way out…through the world wide web!
Some say that if you successfully harness the power of the internet you can actually experience positive results in your business networking efforts. David Teten and Scott Allen, authors of The Virtual Handshake: Opening Doors and Closing Deals Online, tell us that online networks may even become the next power lunch or golf course.
Many times when folks hear the word “network” they assume it’s referring to the way computers are physically connected and hardwired together. The most current definition has to do with the virtual connection to today’s wired-up world. WWW dot opportunities seem almost infinite!
These days, how often do you hear, “Let’s do lunch?” Almost never! It’s been replaced by, “Shoot me an email” or “Let’s catch up on FaceBook.” My 14 year old daughter literally uses the word “talk” in place of “text” and describes online communications as if they’re discussions.
Like it or not, we can keep up or get left behind because technology is going to continue to move forward with or without us. It’s generally more empowering to get started on your own terms. So let’s do it!
This week TAKE ACTION by venturing out via computer:
1. Find an online business community that’s a good fit for you.
2. Set up your profile (completely).
3. Request connections with people you know.
4. Post your status and comment on a colleague’s blog/status.
5. Schedule daily or weekly time to regularly participate in your online community.
Can you establish relationships and do business online? Yes. I still firmly believe that the strongest relationships, those that stand the test of time and turmoil, will be those that are nurtured face to face, nose to nose and toe to toe. Online communities shouldn’t take the place of the actual community you live and work in. It should enhance and add value to it!
Paula Frazier is a referral marketing trainer, consultant and keynote speaker. She is an Executive Director for BNI and part of a select team of Master Trainers for Referral Institute. Paula's business networking articles have been published internationally. She is also acknowledged in the New York Times best seller, Truth or Delusion - Busting Networkings Biggest Myths. Check out #33, Delusion with a twist! Paula can be contacted at paula@referralinstitute-va.com
Have a profitable week.
Linda Fayerweather, Editor
Changing Lanes LLC
