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  • 01

    February Challenge - Pick the Right Events

    • February Office Hours (Tue Feb 23, 10 AM ET)

    • March: Remembering Names (Thu Mar 4, 2 pm ET)

    • March: Effective Follow Up (Tue Jan 26, 10 am ET)

  • 02

    Find Good Networking Events

    • 3-C's of Good Networking Groups

    • 3-C's of Good Networking Groups

  • 03

    Icebreakers & Conversation Starters

    • Icebreakers for Networking Events

    • Conversation Starters for Coffee Meetings

    • Conversation Enders for, well, you know...

  • 04

    Examples - Sharpen Your Pitch

    • Accountants

    • Business Coaching

    • Career Coaching

    • Computers & Security

    • Divorce Coaches

    • ESL

    • Financial Professionals

    • Healthy Living

    • Insurance

    • Leadership Training

    • Marketing

    • Personal Pitch

    • Photographers

    • Presentations Coaching

    • Real Estate

    • Supply Chain

    • Technology

    • Theater Producers

    • Travel Consultants

    • Virtual Santa

    • Writers

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    Most Popular Programs

    • Networking on a Tight Budget

    • Go Where Your Prospects Aren't

    • What Makes You Unique

    • Getting Great Leads from Bad Events

    • Maximize Your Chamber Membership

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    Office Hours

    • Using Virtual Backgrounds

    • Connect in Zoom breakout rooms

    • Avoid Ghosting

    • Frame Compelling Accomplishments

    • Q&A 004 LinkedIn for business networking, hiring "professional networkers," should you offer free services, what's the best way to differentiate

    • Q&A 003 Starting (and stopping) conversations, business cards, proving your expertise, and block that metaphor...

    • Q&A 002 who to connect with, why to avoid logical elevator pitches, how to stay motivated, and when are you done...

    • Q&A 001 vanishing referral sources, asking for referrals (not!), networking meetings, chambers of commerce...

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    Videos - Live Elevator Pitch Coaching

    • 39 Pitches in 13 Minutes (start at 14:30)

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    Effective Follow Up

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    How to Remember Names

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