Everyone wants to be liked—in business and in life. Each person tries to please other people in a different way. The same rules apply in your personal life and in business. You always want to be liked, respected and admired.
“Whenever you’re in conflict with someone, there is one factor that can make the difference between damaging your relationship and deepening it. That factor is attitude.” William James. You should use conflict to learn from each other in your relationships.
There are two schools of thought when it comes to online connections. One school believes that you should gather as many connections as possible from your various social media channels. The other believes that you should choose your connections carefully.
Your personal brand statement is as unique as you are and having a compelling and exciting statement will open business doors for you like nothing else will. Your statement should connect you with whoever reads it.
Nowadays, particularly in this economy, you have very little time to waste when it comes to your business. You don’t want to waste time with products, services and businesses that don’t really provide you with what you need.
LinkedIn has tremendous capacity to help your business in so many ways. First of all, are you aware of all of the potential that it has? Second of all, are you using it to its full potential?
Social media is important for all businesses, whether they are bricks and mortar businesses or online Internet-based businesses. There are many offline businesses that can effectively leverage social media to strengthen and grow their businesses in creative and effective ways.
Saying no to a prospective client is not the Kiss of Death. Rather, what will certainly lead to some issues in business is saying yes when you can’t deliver — or your gut has told you that the prospective client and/or their project is not the right fit.
There is a certain awkward feeling in everyone’s mind when they go to a business event. People have a fear that nothing will be gained from the meeting or that time is being wasted.
With more than one third of the world’s population now online, it makes sense to have guidelines and procedures for cyber citizens to turn to — and if you are a business owner or manager, you are putting your enterprise at risk without a carefully drafted, communicated, and monitored Social Media Policy.