Dr. Misner's Professional Blog

16 Jan 2020

Creating a Vibrant Community Around Your Company by Robert Skrob

January 16, 2020

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I’ve asked Robert Skrob to write another guest blog for my site. Robert is also the author of “Retention Point“, which I highly recommend. He previously shared the topic of “The New Customers...

13 Jan 2020

Five Ways to Encourage Employees to Network

January 13, 2020

Ivan Misner

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Too many entrepreneurs focus on bringing in new business themselves or in tandem with the sales force but overlook their support staff as a source of referrals. Building word-of-mouth for your b...

9 Jan 2020

Secrets to Getting Referrals

January 9, 2020

Ivan Misner

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Networking groups can definitely help businesses generate referrals. When attending referral-related networking groups, remember that your efforts should not focus on trying to "close a sale. I...

6 Jan 2020

BNI® is Celebrating its 35th Anniversary This Week

January 6, 2020

Ivan Misner

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BNI's 35th anniversary is this week! The official kick-off of the first BNI group was January 8th, 1985. 35 years ago, I put together about 20 people in a small coffee shop in Arcadia, Califo...

2 Jan 2020

Shape up Your Business With Networking Aerobics

January 2, 2020

Ivan Misner

Networking Exercises Health, Introducing Yourself, Networking, Networking Tactics 5

It's that time of year again when we make our "New Year Resolutions" and the world seems to be exercising more! I've put together a series of exercises you can consider to be networking aerobics...

30 Dec 2019

Having Clear 2020 Vision Goals

December 30, 2019

Ivan Misner

2020, dream big, Goal Setting, Vision Dream Big, Goals, Video Blog, vision 5

It’s almost the New Year! Since it will be 2020, I thought it would be perfect to talk about 2020 vision. Please watch this video. https://youtu.be/8q0zkn5Osqo There is an old phrase that...

26 Dec 2019

2020 International Networking Week ®

December 26, 2019

Ivan Misner

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The 2020 International Networking Week ® is an initiative of BNI®. It is an opportunity for business owners to show appreciation for their valued customers and contacts from networking. This wi...

23 Dec 2019

Business Coaching Tips From Santa Claus

December 23, 2019

Ivan Misner

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In 2019, I had the pleasure to tap into Santa's wisdom and learn a few tips from Santa from his 300 years of running a successful global overnight package delivery business. For over 300 year...

19 Dec 2019

Investing in Your Social Capital

December 19, 2019

Ivan Misner

professionalism, Referrals, Social Capital, Word of Mouth, word-of-mouth marketing Referrals, Social Capital, Word of Mouth 1

I'm sure all entrepreneurs have heard of financial capital, but many may not have heard of social capital. Social capital is, in fact, very similar to its monetary sibling. It, too, is accumulat...

16 Dec 2019

The Three R’s of Networking

December 16, 2019

Ivan Misner

business networking, Referrals, relationships, reliability Networking, Referrals, Relationships 4

Do you know the Three R's of Networking? Remember, networking is not selling. Therefore, these three are slightly different from the Three R’s’ of Selling. Networking, however, can help you dev...

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