What do you consider your most important piece of marketing material? Your catalog? Your direct mail? Your advertisements? Your social media accounts? How about your business card? Is that still as important as it once was or has it been replaced with LinkedIn and other contact apps on your never-more-important smartphone? Historically, your business card […]
Fine-Tuning Your Networking Skills to Grow Your Business
Sponsored by The UPS Store Face-to-face networking can be one of the most important elements to help grow your business. But building a strong network is no small feat, and oftentimes business owners don’t know where to begin. Earlier this month, SCORE hosted a webinar moderated by entrepreneur and author Ramon Ray and The UPS […]
10 Cool Ways to Give Out Your Business Cards
By Khloe Gadson We’ve researched and read countless amounts of tips on how to get your business cards seen. With so much information at our disposal, it’s no wonder we don’t know where to start. Here is a small compilation of all the very cool ways of distributing your business cards. 1. Drop it Like it’s […]
Bad Introductions – 5 Networking Mistakes To Avoid
Recently I attended a local networking event. Several new members were given “2 to 3 minutes to introduce themselves.” Sadly, this did not happen as expected. Each person, in turn, talked for almost 10 minutes and just rambled on trying to convince us why we should buy from them. The talk at my table turned […]