As much as we are taught to network in the business world, I find that people often make crucial errors when learning how to “work a room.”
Here are six of the most common ones:
1. Blabbermouthing. Talking too much. Going on and on without giving another person a turn. If you’re the one who hogs the talking platform you will soon frustrate others and they tune out the blabbermouth. If you are a blabbermouth who is wringing out the patience of other’s you will be labeled as such. Don’t be fooled. Just because your job requires you to speak for a living that everyone wants to hear your opinion on every subject. Professors, clergy, professional speakers who are all paid for a living pay special attention.
I recently had the opportunity to dine at Cooper’s Hawk Winery and Restaurant in Indianapolis. The food was to die for good! If you get a chance to dine there and do their wine tasting, please go. While visiting their website, I found that they make custom labels for their fantastic selection of wines. As most people know, I prefer to give New Year’s gifts to my clients rather than Christmas Gifts. So this is the one I’m giving this year. They will place my LNCPracticeBuilder logo on the label as well as whatever message I choose. They even do ones with family photos if you’d like. The wine is extremely affordable, they ship all over the country and the labels are a great marketing touch.
After years of working with Nurses, Small Business Entrepreneurs and Consultants, I have found that not all of them like to write. Surprised? Probably not. So today, I thought I would share with you an easy way to start a company newsletter without much writing involved. It’s called a Visual Newsletter. The concept behind the newest trend in marketing newsletters for consultants is to use more visual content rather than written content. The idea is that you can get the same idea across to your client without requiring much reading time on their behalf
Take five minutes and learn a new way to make your practice remarkable!