When someone takes the time to comment on my videos I try my best to send them a message thanking them and asking if there is anything I can do to help them. Last week I thanked a woman from New York City and when I asked her how I could help, she said she needed help finding a job. Now it would have been super easy to say ‘I am sorry but I don’t know anyone in New York City’. Instead I said lets schedule a call to see what we can do. During the call she told me that she is starting a business to help people impacted by cancer. She told me her story about being a survivor. We spent…
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Will Murphy is CO-Founder and COO of Everlasting Capital Corporation. Everlasting Capital Corporation is a national business finance solutions provider, redefining lending and financing by consistently providing outstanding customer experiences and innovative, world-class services. They offer numerous fast and cost effective solutions for all types of businesses and work very hard for you and your business whether you have bad credit, no credit, great credit or you just started your business. Will and his team have a burning desire to prove…
Last week I was speaking to one of my friends and he told me that one of the struggles he has, as a small business owner, is staying motivated and doing the daily marketing tasks that he knows he has to do to be successful.
I think most people can relate to this comment. Often I see my friends get discouraged because their marketing efforts are not producing the results that they want, so they give up. In other cases their efforts are working and they become busy, so they stop marketing themselves and then of course their business slows down.
The goal of the group is to…
Kevin Willett says not to dismiss those you think can’t help you.
Lately I have seen many people attend networking events without their business cards. I have had a few people say to me that they don’t bring cards anymore because they want to control who they give their cards to. They don’t want to waste time talking to people they don’t want to network with. I really think this strategy is a mistake because you never know where you next referral is coming from. If you refuse to give your contact information to someone, then how can they contact you? Please understand that…
Attorney Patrick Martin, owner of the Martin Insurance Agency, Lowell, MA knows the value of Family. His father Jim started the business in 1982. After his death in 1995, the manager of the office and family friend, Denise Landry, bought the agency. She sold it back to Patrick in Janaury 2018, so the business has come full circle!
Being a Family owned business makes the Martin Insurance Agency more approachable to some…
Peter Berson enjoys educating B2B audiences about digital marketing tools that can boost online presence, helping them build connections with prospects and clients, and grow sales.
In his words " When thinking about the skills I bring to our clients, I’d highlight that I’m a Strategist and tactician who has helped businesses get discovered on the internet since 1994. I’m the Director of a team of experts who create stand-out…
Santa Dan Greenleaf is a real-beard, real-belly, experienced Santa who does scores of home & office visits, holiday activities, business functions, personal appearances, special events and personal communications (letters, phone calls, live video chats) each year. He is also experienced as a speaker, film & stage actor, writer and educator. With 35-plus years as a teacher, coach, public relations specialist and business manager, he brings marketing and organizational skills to enhance Santa’s visit.
A co-founder and leader of the New England Santa Society, he is also a…
I had coffee with a friend recently and she recapped her career for me. She kept saying “and then I got lucky and this happened”. Halfway through her story I started laughing and said, you did not get lucky you worked hard, and good things happened for you.
I always smile when people mention how lucky they are. I am not a big believer in luck. I believe good things happen to you because of your efforts. I was meeting with another friend one day and he mentioned how lucky he was because he met an amazing client at a networking event. Was it luck? I don’t think so. It happened because…
Last week I was scrolling social media and I saw a resume for a person that I happen to know very casually. When I looked at it, I said to myself ‘you should share their resume’. However, I must admit there was a part of me that was hesitant because I have reached out to this person many times about my networking group and very rarely have they ever responded to me. There was a part of me that said ‘you do not owe them any favors’.
I did end up sharing the resume, because I felt it was the right thing to do, but I find it is hard to always do the right thing. Sometimes I just have…
Lately my concentration has been off. I find that I am forgetting to do things and that really bothers me. I received an email from a person asking about my networking events. We spoke by phone and agreed that the events were not a match for them. Two days later I emailed them asking if they were still interested. Luckily, they just laughed and reminded me that we had already spoken, but I still looked bad for forgetting. I know this happens to the best of us from time to time, especially when we are overextended, and that it will get better. However, I do know of people who use their…