As many of you may already know, I have embarked on a new project in which I will be interviewing some really top hitters in the Direct Marketing Industry. I invite you to stop by my blog periodically and listen or download the interviews. This week I am pleased to be interviewing D’vorah Lansky. D’vorah, known as “the marketing wizard” has a Master’s Degree in education and has been marketing on line and mentoring leaders …
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One of the exercises I use in my programs is having the group divide into two halves, and then having each half line up facing the other. Each person stands face to face with someone, only inches away, and they look into each others’ eyes. The instruction is to simply gaze. Don’t add anything to the experience. Yet, invariably, people smile, giggle, fidget, break eye contact, squint, make faces, and all sorts of other strategies …
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What exactly does networking mean anyway? Is it going to Chamber mixers every week? Is it meeting as many people as possible? Is networking handing out business cards? Effective networking is not contacting as many people as possible, cold calling or shooting out emails. Effective networking (and very few people are really that good at it) is really connecting with the network of people who are connected to you and you do not know them. …
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Word count: 425 Lower BMI May Mean An Increase In Income Level I just came across a study demonstrating a very strong inverse relationship between Body Mass (the relationship between height and weight) and financial wealth. The study clearly demonstrates that for women a 10 point decrease in BMI resulted in a wealth increase of $11,880! Your Ability To Generate Sales Tied To Health There is, in fact, an enormous amount of research available on …
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I had a rotten weekend. One of my friends who’d been crashing out my house for some time in return for personal assistant services has been in a pretty negative place due to some family issues. He’s not the kind of guy who shares his feelings, so instead he just acts angry and contemptuous of humanity. Another friend who’s in the midst of relationship problems came up for the weekend and proceeded to get drunk …
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