Download article as PDF Ever thought of a referral request as a readymade sandwich? Have you ever been hungry and someone has offered you readymade sandwich? It’s great, you just pick it up and eat. Imagine, someone saying “are you hungry” and then “well if you are, go and make it yourself “I know I [...]

Download article as PDF It nevers fails to amaze me how networking works. I have just received an email from Gail Nott in San Francisco. Gail is the Social media expert who deals with the Referral Institutes social media strategies . I recently met her, while speaking at conference and we are connected also through [...]

Download article as PDF Checkout the last 3 minutes of my “Get the Buzz” presentation at Referral Institute Conference this summer. what a great crowd and I think they may remember me

Download article as PDF I remember when I was a child running around the school playground. It was pretty common for children who liked each other to send their best friends over to a girl or boy to gauge their interest in becoming a boyfriend or girlfriend. Even at these early ages children naturally realise [...]

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Download article as PDF I have just come back from an incredible 2 weeks in Sri Lanka.  It was a mixed experience holiday and I am sure you may have had similar. Parts went so well. We stayed at one hotel that couldn’t have been any better The Jetwing Beach in Negombo. However, we did [...]

Download article as PDF Great Article taken from HazelMWalker.com I am writing a book with two friends, Frank DeRaffele Jr and Dr. Ivan Misner,  based on a 12,000 person survey. Many people left comments about networking, things they liked, were challenged by, or just wanted us to know. One of the most frequent comments that [...]

Download article as PDF Most people make this common mistake because they have only ever been trained to look at customers for Referrals. Of course we can get referrals from existing customers, especially when we do a great job. Most people fundamentally like to help and are only too happy to speak well of us. [...]

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Download article as PDF I  was recently speaking to a young lady who is a member of a number of networks and doesn’t have problems discussing her profession, referring others or in conversing- she can network.   Yet the thought of walking into a large event with 350 people recently turned her white with fear [...]