I have a question for you:
Who is your best customer?
Is it the company who:
- Pays you the most? (best for income)
- Has the biggest name? (best for marketing and for making you feel proud) [click to continue…]
Andy Bounds
Imagine wanting to treat your loved one with a morning cup-of-tea. You tiptoe downstairs, so you don’t wake them. You make the drink, then tiptoe back upstairs. You know they’ll love your generous gift of love…
…and then you spill it all over them.
All that thoughtful hard work ruined by one mistake. In fact, you’d have been better off not even trying. It’s been a total waste of everyone’s time; and your relationship hasn’t improved one bit. [click to continue…]
Imagine, if you will, a fishing boat out in the North Sea. The bulging fishing net is being hoisted out of the water, full of fish. And as the droplets of water run down to the bottom of the net, they drip into a steaming hot cup of coffee.
What?
Let me explain. This is a revolutionary way of looking at networking given to me by the ever-excellent Andy Bounds*, which, while it sounds wacky, is a great analogy on networking events.
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Phil is an Internationally sought after, keynote speaker, who speaks regularly on the subjects of Presenting and Networking effectively.
Andy Bounds is an award-winning consultant and conference speaker. To sign-up for his free weekly advice on communication/sales best practices, visit www.andybounds.com/tips
Rob Brown is an in-demand networking coach and speaker on business networking, LinkedIn, referrals, trust and likeability. If you want to make more money, win more business or accelerate your career through networking, go to www.therobbrown.com
Sandra runs BNI(Business Network International) in 19 counties of Ireland. BNI is Ireland’s leading business referral organisation, she is also BNI’s Director of European Affairs
Charlie Lawson – BNI National Director and Word of Mouth marketing expert, whose passion is to see BNI members succeed in their businesses.
Labelled ‘Mr Network’ by The Sun, Andy Lopata was called ‘one of Europe’s leading business networking strategists’ by the Financial Times.
Penny Power has dedicated her life for the past 13 years to the potential of the internet and digital tools for SME’s by helping them connect through and understand the ‘social web’. In 1998 Penny founded Ecademy, the UK’s first social network for business. 
Ewan helps business people grow their contacts by “word of mouth marketing” and is a key note speaker at conferences on the subject of referral marketing.
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Iain Whyte is an international Keynote Speaker, and published Author. Considered an expert in relationship-building, networking and word of mouth marketing.
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