Dec 2, 2009, Afternoon – Get out in plenty of time for evening networking events and holiday parties!
Dear Chicago Entrepreneurs and Small Business Owners,
Confused by the difference between a Profile, a Group and a Fan Page?
Not sure which to use, or if you should use Facebook at all for business?? You’re not alone. Many people [...]

Hello Business Achievers,
NETWORKING & EDUCATION – TOMORROW!!
Opportunities for Local Businesses, Global Marketplaces and Green Technology.
Saturday, March 28
Registration begins at 9:30AM
Program starts at 10:00AM and ends at 2:00PM
UIC Student Center East, 750 S. Halsted, Chicago, IL.
 Click on the link below for more information:
LOCAL, GLOBAL & GREEN 2009
http://www.paccgc.org
Billions of Dollars are being allocated for Small Business Development [...]

“Create Your Ideal Prospect”
 - How good are you at getting customers from networking events, online forums, email campaigns and other prospect contact situations?
 - Could you increase your sales effectiveness if you knew exactly what to say, how to say it, what to expect, how to follow up – and put it into the “Prospect Success Formula?”
Most [...]

Are you doing enough different kinds of networking? 
Quality and diversity are just as important as quanitity.  And many entrepreneurs, small business owners and sales professionals get bogged down in going to business networking event after business networking event.  Don’t forget to have some fun with it!
One of the best networking communities that I have been [...]

Well… Here come the holidays, and in full force.
I don’t know about you, but my schedule is BUSY… jam-packed, full to the brim. There are networking events, association and club meetings, family gatherings, friends’ parties, Meetup’s, Facebook events, Evites… Oh my head!
This can be a very interesting time of the year for many businesses (and [...]

Another good question that I received.  I could write a book on this subject, but I won’t.  At least not on the blog.  So here is a short answer with two very important aspects.
At any event at which I am a guest speaker, paid or unpaid, I try to give tremendous value to the audience [...]

Networking can be great for sales…
Networking can be great for career advancement…
Networking can be great for job transition…
Networking can give you a headache
if it’s not done well…
I read a post today in an online
professional discussion forum about a
networking event that the poster
attended.  He said that there were a lot
of small business owners there, and he
was constantly [...]

A:  For me it’s been a mixture. Networking and meeting people is the first step, and a necessary one.
I have learned so much about networking over the past few years, both from my failures and my successes. I was able to find out what I did flat-out wrong, what I was good at, and what [...]

Are you a LION? Are you uncertain if you
should be concentrating on getting
connections of quantity or quality for your
best business results?
I just received ANOTHER invitation that used
a canned text. And I can almost recite it verbatim.
It was the third or fourth time this person with
500+ connections has invited me to join his
LinkedIn network.
I joined LinkedIn [...]

As many of you know, BNC’s
Spring n-Counter is coming up fast. 
And we’re excited!
As my 449 friends and colleagues that
made it to Fall n-Counter know, this is an
outstanding networking event with all
kinds of professionals from all kinds of
industries, non-profits, clubs, associations
and special interest groups — with lots of
catching up to do and even more new
people to [...]