We’ve all heard “you only get one chance to make a first impression.” Albeit true, if you start off on the wrong foot with a business relation, with your client or with an interviewer or recruiter, is there no recovery? Are you doomed to fail? What about the last...
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I got an email last week from an entrepreneur that said: “Itzik, our business got slow. I need to start networking. Will you help me to know how to get new clients?” A common misconception about building your network is to do it while you are looking for a new job, a...
read moreMore Business Referrals: 3 words to avoid
Imagine you are in a business networking event. Someone you know (even an existing client of yours) approach you and ask you “How is business?”. What is your answer? Most business people I have asked this question gave me the default response (in some form): “I am...
read morePowerful Conversations: Five Pieces of Advice
During the years that I practiced and trained on Business networking, I met a lot of people that call themselves ‘master networkers’ but when you get to know them you learn that much of networking they practice just seems to smack of manipulation and insincerity. I...
read moreThe Power of “self-deprecating” Failures
Recently I got an awesome opportunity to be the keynote speaker at a large annual event of a multinational company. Totally excited, I tried to remember the source of this opportunity – How did I get it and what lesson can it teach me about networking. Let me...
read moreLost Clients are not Lost Relationships! How to Win them back?
Did you ever lose a customer? You are not alone! Every business has lost customers. Some lost them to competitors or some due to simply disinterest. For the good order sake, we define “Lost customers” as those customers that used to buy regularly from you (online or...
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