On Building Intimate Relationships

On Building Intimate Relationships From my post last night you know that I spoke to an MBA class, and I started and ended with the idea from Keith Ferrazzis Never Eat Alone that we should be building intimate relationships. Many in the class were not excited about professional networking because their idea was that people pass business cards, want to collect info about you, and then reach out and hopefully close some kind of deal. It feels like its leading to a one-way, almost superficial relationship. I said that LinkedIn is a great tool to find and be found, and that even JibberJobber is a great networking tool. But neither of these, for me, has been key to building intimate relationships. Want to know what has been the number one tool for building real, meaningful relationships? My blog. Yep. Through the comments I have met many, many cool people. At conferences I meet people who follow me daily but dont leave comments (lurkers!). I get e-mail from people who have something to say about a post, but dont want to comment. I have been able to learn about my readers (you!), and in many cases, get to know you much, much better than through other mediums. I have been building intellectual relationships, emotional relationships, and intimate relationships. And it has been awesome. (transition to my conference in less than two weeks!) Thats one reason why, for the Blogging for Business conference we have at least three speakers that focus on developing relationships with bloggers. These three are masters of relationships, as you can tell by their own blogs and networks. Wendy Piersall is the first keynote speaker. I saw her speak in Chicago at the SOBcon, and she was phenomonal. I live-blogged her presentation, which you can read here. I had goose-bumps during most of her presentation. I thought she was going to come out and tell us how to have a successful eBusiness, or an awesome blog, but it was totally different. And I know her presentation at Blogging for Business is going to be the bomb. You can listen to her 12 minute podcast with my cofounder, Matthew Reinbold, here. Liz Strauss is the lady I refer to as the Godmother of blogging. I dont know anyone that has been blogging for a while that has not bumped into Liz. She was the founder of SOBcon, so I got to meet her in person this spring. Not only does Liz know just about everyone, and most people know Liz, I dont know a single person that doesnt have a ton of respect for her. She has built one of the strongest blog networks that I have ever seen (as I think about it, I dont know anyone that has a stronger network of bloggers). It will be an absolute treat to learn from her. Lindsey Pollak is another favorite of mine, and Im excited to get to meet her in person. Lindsey speaks and writes about Gen Y, and their career management issues. You can see some of Lindseys presentations on the video clips on her site. I was anxious to get Lindsey out to speak because so many relationships to build will be with Gen Y bloggers and understanding Gen Y mentality will be key in developing successful relationships. So there it is. Im a huge fan of building intimate relationships. These three ladies are going to talk about relationships, and how you can develop them with people in the social media space to make your business better if you want to see them, sign up for the Blogging for Business Conference! On Building Intimate Relationships From my post last night you know that I spoke to an MBA class, and I started and ended with the idea from Keith Ferrazzis Never Eat Alone that we should be building intimate relationships. Many in the class were not excited about professional networking because their idea was that people pass business cards, want to collect info about you, and then reach out and hopefully close some kind of deal. It feels like its leading to a one-way, almost superficial relationship. I said that LinkedIn is a great tool to find and be found, and that even JibberJobber is a great networking tool. But neither of these, for me, has been key to building intimate relationships. Want to know what has been the number one tool for building real, meaningful relationships? My blog. Yep. Through the comments I have met many, many cool people. At conferences I meet people who follow me daily but dont leave comments (lurkers!). I get e-mail from people who have something to say about a post, but dont want to comment. I have been able to learn about my readers (you!), and in many cases, get to know you much, much better than through other mediums. I have been building intellectual relationships, emotional relationships, and intimate relationships. And it has been awesome. (transition to my conference in less than two weeks!) Thats one reason why, for the Blogging for Business conference we have at least three speakers that focus on developing relationships with bloggers. These three are masters of relationships, as you can tell by their own blogs and networks. Wendy Piersall is the first keynote speaker. I saw her speak in Chicago at the SOBcon, and she was phenomonal. I live-blogged her presentation, which you can read here. I had goose-bumps during most of her presentation. I thought she was going to come out and tell us how to have a successful eBusiness, or an awesome blog, but it was totally different. And I know her presentation at Blogging for Business is going to be the bomb. You can listen to her 12 minute podcast with my cofounder, Matthew Reinbold, here. Liz Strauss is the lady I refer to as the Godmother of blogging. I dont know anyone that has been blogging for a while that has not bumped into Liz. She was the founder of SOBcon, so I got to meet her in person this spring. Not only does Liz know just about everyone, and most people know Liz, I dont know a single person that doesnt have a ton of respect for her. She has built one of the strongest blog networks that I have ever seen (as I think about it, I dont know anyone that has a stronger network of bloggers). It will be an absolute treat to learn from her. Lindsey Pollak is another favorite of mine, and Im excited to get to meet her in person. Lindsey speaks and writes about Gen Y, and their career management issues. You can see some of Lindseys presentations on the video clips on her site. I was anxious to get Lindsey out to speak because so many relationships to build will be with Gen Y bloggers and understanding Gen Y mentality will be key in developing successful relationships. So there it is. Im a huge fan of building intimate relationships. These three ladies are going to talk about relationships, and how you can develop them with people in the social media space to make your business better if you want to see them, sign up for the Blogging for Business Conference! On Building Intimate Relationships From my post last night you know that I spoke to an MBA class, and I started and ended with the idea from Keith Ferrazzis Never Eat Alone that we should be building intimate relationships. Many in the class were not excited about professional networking because their idea was that people pass business cards, want to collect info about you, and then reach out and hopefully close some kind of deal. It feels like its leading to a one-way, almost superficial relationship. I said that LinkedIn is a great tool to find and be found, and that even JibberJobber is a great networking tool. But neither of these, for me, has been key to building intimate relationships. Want to know what has been the number one tool for building real, meaningful relationships? My blog. Yep. Through the comments I have met many, many cool people. At conferences I meet people who follow me daily but dont leave comments (lurkers!). I get e-mail from people who have something to say about a post, but dont want to comment. I have been able to learn about my readers (you!), and in many cases, get to know you much, much better than through other mediums. I have been building intellectual relationships, emotional relationships, and intimate relationships. And it has been awesome. (transition to my conference in less than two weeks!) Thats one reason why, for the Blogging for Business conference we have at least three speakers that focus on developing relationships with bloggers. These three are masters of relationships, as you can tell by their own blogs and networks. Wendy Piersall is the first keynote speaker. I saw her speak in Chicago at the SOBcon, and she was phenomonal. I live-blogged her presentation, which you can read here. I had goose-bumps during most of her presentation. I thought she was going to come out and tell us how to have a successful eBusiness, or an awesome blog, but it was totally different. And I know her presentation at Blogging for Business is going to be the bomb. You can listen to her 12 minute podcast with my cofounder, Matthew Reinbold, here. Liz Strauss is the lady I refer to as the Godmother of blogging. I dont know anyone that has been blogging for a while that has not bumped into Liz. She was the founder of SOBcon, so I got to meet her in person this spring. Not only does Liz know just about everyone, and most people know Liz, I dont know a single person that doesnt have a ton of respect for her. She has built one of the strongest blog networks that I have ever seen (as I think about it, I dont know anyone that has a stronger network of bloggers). It will be an absolute treat to learn from her. Lindsey Pollak is another favorite of mine, and Im excited to get to meet her in person. Lindsey speaks and writes about Gen Y, and their career management issues. You can see some of Lindseys presentations on the video clips on her site. I was anxious to get Lindsey out to speak because so many relationships to build will be with Gen Y bloggers and understanding Gen Y mentality will be key in developing successful relationships. So there it is. Im a huge fan of building intimate relationships. These three ladies are going to talk about relationships, and how you can develop them with people in the social media space to make your business better if you want to see them, sign up for the Blogging for Business Conference! On Building Intimate Relationships From my post last night you know that I spoke to an MBA class, and I started and ended with the idea from Keith Ferrazzis Never Eat Alone that we should be building intimate relationships. Many in the class were not excited about professional networking because their idea was that people pass business cards, want to collect info about you, and then reach out and hopefully close some kind of deal. It feels like its leading to a one-way, almost superficial relationship. I said that LinkedIn is a great tool to find and be found, and that even JibberJobber is a great networking tool. But neither of these, for me, has been key to building intimate relationships. Want to know what has been the number one tool for building real, meaningful relationships? My blog. Yep. Through the comments I have met many, many cool people. At conferences I meet people who follow me daily but dont leave comments (lurkers!). I get e-mail from people who have something to say about a post, but dont want to comment. I have been able to learn about my readers (you!), and in many cases, get to know you much, much better than through other mediums. I have been building intellectual relationships, emotional relationships, and intimate relationships. And it has been awesome. (transition to my conference in less than two weeks!) Thats one reason why, for the Blogging for Business conference we have at least three speakers that focus on developing relationships with bloggers. These three are masters of relationships, as you can tell by their own blogs and networks. Wendy Piersall is the first keynote speaker. I saw her speak in Chicago at the SOBcon, and she was phenomonal. I live-blogged her presentation, which you can read here. I had goose-bumps during most of her presentation. I thought she was going to come out and tell us how to have a successful eBusiness, or an awesome blog, but it was totally different. And I know her presentation at Blogging for Business is going to be the bomb. You can listen to her 12 minute podcast with my cofounder, Matthew Reinbold, here. Liz Strauss is the lady I refer to as the Godmother of blogging. I dont know anyone that has been blogging for a while that has not bumped into Liz. She was the founder of SOBcon, so I got to meet her in person this spring. Not only does Liz know just about everyone, and most people know Liz, I dont know a single person that doesnt have a ton of respect for her. She has built one of the strongest blog networks that I have ever seen (as I think about it, I dont know anyone that has a stronger network of bloggers). It will be an absolute treat to learn from her. Lindsey Pollak is another favorite of mine, and Im excited to get to meet her in person. Lindsey speaks and writes about Gen Y, and their career management issues. You can see some of Lindseys presentations on the video clips on her site. I was anxious to get Lindsey out to speak because so many relationships to build will be with Gen Y bloggers and understanding Gen Y mentality will be key in developing successful relationships. So there it is. Im a huge fan of building intimate relationships. These three ladies are going to talk about relationships, and how you can develop them with people in the social media space to make your business better if you want to see them, sign up for the Blogging for Business Conference!

Lessons From LeBron On How to Become More Likable - Personal Branding Blog - Stand Out In Your Career

Lessons From LeBron On How to Become More Likable - Personal Branding Blog - Stand Out In Your Career LeBron James surprised and thrilled his hometown fans in his choice to move back to his humble roots in Akron, Ohio to play for the Cavs. His bold decision generated unprecedented positive media coverage and gave an immediate booster shot to his personal brand.  As the best basketball player on the NBA league and the most recognizable athlete on the globe, James’ revised decision could offer some useful career lessons on making a career change and on how to improve your reputation when you change your mind. The front page of the WSJ cheered his return to Cleveland as a ‘second coming’ and James said that his relationship to Ohio was “bigger than basketball.”   He admitted to the world that his departure from Cleveland was a mistake and he doesn’t hold a grudge for the slanderous attacks assailed at him by the Cavs owner and the fans he slighted. He learned from his experience in Miami how to be a “better player” and was true to his feelings about wanting to raise his children in the Midwest. LeBron’s Revised Decision has Lessons for Business Owners and Employees Across All Industries: Humility If you admit to your mistakes and do it with sincerity it could demonstrate your confidence and your willingness to grow. James showed humility by publicly acknowledging that his choice was not an easy one because his wife and mom still felt spurned by fans who attacked him for his earlier choice to leave Cleveland. His decision to leave Miami and return to Cleveland was based on his firm belief that Northeast Ohio would be a good environment to raise his growing family. Regarding his sentiment towards those who ridiculed him for leaving-James said, “who am I to hold a grudge?” This statement makes him more likable as it shows he recognizes his own fallibility and his emotional maturity. In a subtle way James communicates to his fans that he too is imperfect and frailty and is lucky to have achieved the fame he has. Gratitude James acknowledged in a press release that he missed the town and the people who made him famous. Don’t be Afraid to Change Your Mind LeBron made a pivot in his career as swift as the ones he makes on the basketball court with his feet.  He adeptly improved his image in Cleveland by being contrite. Based on his praise for Cleveland, the Cavs and his old fans and his expressing his need to have left in order to appreciate what he had, his fans now see a different side to The King. He now will be known not only for his exceptional gift as a basketball player but as a relatable, likable guy who cares about his family, appreciates his fans and remembers the place and the people who helped make him famous. There’s no shame in changing your mind. In fact, sometimes people will respect you more when you show accountability for your life choices. Forgive Those Who Come Around Let’s face it, most people who turn around and return to their previous employer may not be as well received as LeBron James. After all, he put Cleveland on the map for seven glorious years and in his departure Cleveland hit a real low in their basketball ranking.   But the lesson everyone can learn from forgiving someone who made a reversal is that there is often more to gain in letting go of the past than to holding onto a poor situation. If the person has changed and has redeemed himself, you might stand to benefit more from giving him a second chance. Don’t stubbornly hold onto a position based on principle. Evaluate the situation and assess what the advantages could be for letting someone back into your firm (or into your life) if she really shows sincerity and is capable of making a contribution. Don’t Burn Bridges James PR agent did a brilliant job in assisting him with his career transition. His remarks were tactful-he expressed gratitude for his current employer and acknowledged his positive feelings about their city and the experience he had there. His favorable remarks allow him to move forward without burning any bridges. James said he learned from his experience of living four years in Miami about how to be a better player and discovered what really mattered to him in life.   LeBron equated his stint with the Miami Heat to a “college experience.” “These past four years helped raise me into who I am. I became a better player and a better man. I learned from a franchise that had been where I wanted to go. I will always think of Miami as my second home. Without the experiences I had there, I wouldn’t be able to do what I’m doing today.” All of James comments show appreciation for his current employer. This approach could minimize hard feelings and limit the negative press around his leaving that could damage the good will attached to his name. Lebron’s career change has been positively received in that he focused on ideas, which made him more relatable. He showed vulnerability and conviction for holding fast to his values which focused on giving back to his hometown and finishing his career in a place where his family could thrive. From this we could learn that you can always change your course if you realize there’s a better way or superior options that you might have overlooked earlier on. There’s no shame in admitting you’ve made a mistake and in fact you might even gain more respect for taking ownership of your life choices. For those who consider holding onto a job or to a position fearing embarrassment or retribution, you may later regret not taking the risk to reach for the opportunity that is a better fit. There’s no glory in continuing on a path where you’re unfulfilled, stifled or unhappy in your personal life. In fact, changing your mind requires strong self-esteem and is sometimes necessary in order to find a more satisfying career and a place where you’ll feel more in your element. What’s right at one stage of your life may not be right for another stage. Learn from LeBron to be flexible and adaptable and hopefully you too will find others receptive to your new position. And above all, even if you’re the best in the world it takes time to become a champion and to build a winning team. Domenic Gareri / Shutterstock.com

18+ Best Questions To Ask A Recruiter [2020 Updated] - Algrim.co

18+ Best Questions To Ask A Recruiter [2020 Updated] - Algrim.co