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2 Sep 2008

The Number One Networking Requirement

September 2, 2008
Ivan Misner
Connections, Ivan Misner, Networking, Networking Prep, Referrals 5
So many times, I hear of people joining networking groups and then becoming disillusioned because the referrals don't immediately start pouring in. The fact is, whatever you pay to join a referr...
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26 Aug 2008

Setting Networking Goals

August 26, 2008
Ivan Misner
Business, Ivan Misner, Networking, Networking Prep 8
Do you have goals for your business? Do you have marketing goals and sales goals? We all know that goals are important. The question is, how well do we apply that knowledge? If you don't have...
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21 Aug 2008

‘Notworking’ is Sometimes Good

August 21, 2008
Ivan Misner
Big Bear, Business, Family Tradition, Misner Family, Networking, Notworking, Success Business, Entrepreneur, Ivan Misner, Networking, Self Development 9
It's not called "net-sit" or "net-eat," it's called NetWORK! Effective networking is all about learning how to work your network effectively and appropriately. I also believe that there are t...
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18 Aug 2008

What Percentage of Your Business Do You Get From Referrals?

August 18, 2008
Ivan Misner
BNI, Business, Ivan Misner, Marketing/Sales, Networking, Referrals 5
We recently surveyed more than 3,000 people at BNI.com. We asked the participants what percentage of their business comes from word-of-mouth or referrals. We found that fewer than 5 percent g...
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14 Aug 2008

Friends, Family and Referrals

August 14, 2008
Ivan Misner
Business, Connections, Ivan Misner, Marketing/Sales, Networking, Networking Prep, Referrals
Last Saturday night, my family and I decided to go out to dinner and ended up eating at a brand-new restaurant in the town where we live. We hadn't actually heard anything about the restaurant a...
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11 Aug 2008

Networking for the ‘Difficult to Refer’ Business

August 11, 2008
Ivan Misner
Business, Connections, Ivan Misner, Marketing/Sales, Networking, Referrals 4
After a recent speaking engagement I did, a woman appoached me and asked my advice on the dilemma of getting qualified referrals for a "difficult to refer" business. She was passing as many refe...
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7 Aug 2008

Where Does Your Business Come From?

August 7, 2008
Ivan Misner
BNI, Business, Entrepreneur, Ivan Misner, Marketing/Sales, Networking, Referrals
Where does your business come from? In a survey of roughly 4,000 people at the BNI.com website, roughly 73 percent of the respondents said that they get most of their business from networking an...
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4 Aug 2008

Networking On Your Business Channel

August 4, 2008
Ivan Misner
Author, Business, Ivan Misner, Networking, Self Development
I wanted to let everyone know about a great online resource called YourBusinessChannel.com that I recently started working with. Since the beginning of this year I have recorded seven online TV...
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30 Jul 2008

Entrepreneur in Space

July 30, 2008
Ivan Misner
Business, Butterfly Effect of Networking, Entrepreneur, Ivan Misner, Networking 10
I had the pleasure of witnessing the unveiling of WhiteKnightTwo at the Mojave Spaceport in California this week (yes, I said "spaceport," not airport). The WhiteKnightTwo is Virgin Galactic's c...
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28 Jul 2008

Prepare to Network

July 28, 2008
Ivan Misner
Networking, Networking Prep 8
I attended a networking event last week where it became immediately clear to me that a few of the networkers I interacted with were not at all prepared. It really bothered me because, to be blun...
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