Small Business Owners and Solo-preneurs: Learn the Power of Partnering

Nov 12

Carolann Jacobs on November 12th, 2009

While many of us who start our own businesses or who become solo professionals value our independence, we quickly find more value in having people at our side to give us extra strength, visibility and insight in the market. And so we get out there both in person and online to network and build relationships. It’s great [...]

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What Have You Always Wanted to Know About Business Networking?

Apr 29

Carolann Jacobs on April 29th, 2009

Are any of you amongst the 67% of people who loathe networking?  (That statistic along with the word “loathe” came from a Business Networking International study). I was one of those people, and to some degree I’ll admit that I still have some discomfort around it… even though I run a networking group that teaches [...]

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10 Ways to Use Linked In To Find A Job

Feb 16

Carolann Jacobs on February 16th, 2009

Guy Kawasaki wrote a very nice post about some more sophisticated ways to use LinkedIn to help you.  Most of my recent postings have focused more on using social media to build relationships.  This is about the nuts and bolts of doing research.  Small Business Owners, the ideas that Guy talks about in his post [...]

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Take a Leadership Role: Build Priceless Business Relationships

Jan 15

Carolann Jacobs on January 15th, 2009

Dean LIndsay came to speak at my Winning the Game Lunch in Plano, TX last Friday.  His talk not only gave me a different framework for talking about the importance of relationship networking, but also reminded me how important it is to you and yours to take a leadership role as a networker.  In this [...]

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