What kind of car do you drive?

Just last week during the Certified Networker Program, we were discussing the importance in portraying your image… and I had a few thoughts that I thought could make a good blog. It is important to keep both the interior and the exterior of your car neat & clean. But what kind of car to drive [...]

Learning Everywhere!

I recently visited the Renaissance Festival in Tampa; it was my 1st time attending. I love the time period and reading fiction set in that era. I was surprised there to come up with a few ideas to help with my speaking. I was watching the “Magic & Mayham” show, and pulled two tips from [...]

Would you like a piece of gum?

I was recently in a one to one and we were chatting about getting “NOs” when asking for the sell or the referral, and that it’s okay to get a “NO”. Unfortunately, many people are afraid of getting that “NO”, because they will feel rejected. The person I was meeting with then paralleled getting “NOs” [...]

March Madness, the next step to the Championship

Last year this time I shared a blog about March Madness, and how word of mouth marketing is similar to basketball… on your team you need superstars & your starting 5, bench players and a coach. Hopefully you have your team already picked out (if not, maybe you want to go check out that blog).  [...]

How many referrals do you need?

Do you know how many referrals that you need in order to grow your business via word of mouth marketing this year? The exact number?  Many people feel that referrals are great; they happen when they happen, right? WRONG! Through the Referral Institute, I learned that I can CONTROL the amount and frequency that referrals [...]

Playing while Networking

Too often, I think people’s definition of working is being in meetings, answering emails, talking on the phone… Occasionally they will give themselves some time for networking as a way to grow their business. But fun time during the work week, it almost seems taboo. WHY? This week I had the opportunity to play golf with [...]

Writer’s Block

I LOVE to write, both fiction and non-fiction. I wrote my 1st book in middle school, “The Secret Admirer”. It was a young adult novel, written in a similar style to Christopher Pike and R. L. Stein. I wrote it, by hand (computers were not mainstream yet) and I typed it up a few years [...]

Are You Looking to Meet that Special Someone?

Growing your business through referral can be a powerful way to grow, and to insure those referrals, it’s important to have the right people in your network that can pass you referrals. In the Certified Networker Program, we share that there are 8 different types of people that can get you referrals, and at the [...]

Arming your Staff to Pass you Referrals

by Tiffanie Kellog & Julie Arndt In a recent Certified Networker Program module, from the Referral Institute, we were talking about how you can break your network down into 3 categories, Information, Support, and Referral. Within your referral network, you can receive referrals from eight subcategories, one being your staff. I then had the epiphany [...]

Tips from my Presenting Experience

I recently just finished being a part of BNI Leadership Development Training in the Tampa Bay region, speaking at 8 different conferences. As I look back, I wanted to share some of the things I learned, or became aware of, at the conferences that could help you deliver a powerful presentation in the near future. Keep in [...]