The We Did Business slip asks how long it took from introduction to bank deposit — less than six weeks? more than a year? This is how we know referrals from past Members, that take more than a year to close, are marked Grand Slam 85% of the time. Worth following through with past Members. Worth staying…
Susan Morley likes burgers – when she suggested Mix’d up Burgers for lunch, I said yes! Here are my three best take-aways: 1: When I walked in Susan wasn’t there yet, so I told the smiling woman at the register I would wait. She responded with “Would you like a glass of water while you’re…
Tyler’s question, “May I Tell Him He’s Wrong?“ was about her appropriate response to a Visitor who prospected her. I used the mental model from Bullseye Networking to show she didn’t owe him the courtesy. Tommy Schlosser commented that my answer was ineffective in a Team context – Members owe each other credibility conversations –…
Follow through is a key to success in everything from golf to business. The statistic is: 80% of all sales close after the fifth touch. And, like everything else in life, when the rules are broken the cost is success. The 16 rules of follow through are: 1: All follow through has to be about them….
Tyler felt spammed (Best Client version) because she wasn’t seen. She was lumped. Eeeewww. It was the script: “my specialty is in your industry.” (May I Tell Him He’s Wrong?) that created her predictable response: “I’m unique – so I am not your client.” Think about the differences between an elevator pitch and an InfoMinute. ____ An elevator pitch is meant…
Wednesday’s email from Tyler Verlander: Question… see the email below. He called me a couple weeks ago after picking my name out of the PowerCore.net directory and was asking me about PowerCore. Said he was a member of another organization, but was looking to get out as he didn’t like it anymore, didn’t think it was…
There is a gusher of referrals that most people let go down the drain. This morning, at the Sandy Springs Team, we started the conversation. Here are the notes from the FeedForward cards — feel welcome to join in.
This morning’s Thanksgiving MegaMeeting, hosted by the 400 East Team, ROCKED THE HOUSE! Sixty-one of us packed into every available inch; TCO Nancy Halsema got us through the meeting, including referrals, and ending at 8:33; the buzz of people connecting afterward pegged the decibel meter. Nancy invited me to present a workshop–The Profitability of Liking. Here’s the…
I started the day with the Towne Lake Team. The workshop was Bullseye Networking. The FeedForward card yielded the wealth of four questions–yipee! First up: Do we want Allies or Advocates? If you’ve heard the workshop you’re familiar with the metaphor. Six rings on the Bullseye represent the levels of our interactions. Quick review: The Accidental network…
