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IF THE SMARTEST MAN IN THE WORLD NEEDS TO NETWORK, WHAT ABOUT YOU?

Posted by David Sher in Traditional NetworkingJul 26th, 2010 | No Comments
Play this 2 minute podcast   I have always loved to read biographies & autobiographies.  In fact, the first real book I remember reading in elementary school was a biography of Amelia Earhart.  Why I chose that book, I will never know. Since then, I have read as many biographies as I can get my hands on.  I guess I just enjoy learning about people—particularly famous people.  I’m currently reading Albert Einstein, His Life and Universe by Walter Isaacson.  Let me be quick to admit, I don’t understand any of the science in the book.  Please don’t ask me questions about the special...
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WHAT’S THE BEST WAY TO GET IN TOUCH WITH PEOPLE?

Posted by David Sher in Traditional NetworkingJul 19th, 2010 | No Comments
Play this 2 minute podcast   We checked into the condominium in Destin.  I looked around & realized I couldn’t find the phone.  I yelled to my wife & she said, “There’s no need for a phone, everyone has a cell.”  Oh my goodness, she was right.  No one was probably using the land line anyway. For some reason, this really made an impression on me.  I don’t know why I should have been so surprised.  I just read an article that 25% of American households don’t have land lines & that number is growing rapidly. Things used to be so much simpler.  If you wanted to communicate...
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THE BEST SINGLE IDEA FOR GROWING YOUR BUSINESS

Posted by David Sher in Traditional Networking, salesJul 12th, 2010 | 2 Comments
Play this 2 minute podcast One of the best sales books I’ve ever read is the Little Red Book of Selling by Jeffrey Gitomer.   In his chapter on networking, Jeffrey said the number one place to network is “Chamber of Commerce business events after hours.”  And the number two place is, “A high level Chamber of Commerce Event. ”  And as it turns out, that is exactly how it has worked for me. Almost every client both at AmSher, our collections agency, or WeMentor, our social media management business, has originated through our Chamber of Commerce, which by the way is now called...
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SOCIAL MEDIA–NETWORKING ON STEROIDS

Posted by David Sher in Facebook, LinkedIn, Social Media, Traditional Networking, TwitterJun 7th, 2010 | No Comments
Play this 2 minute podcast I recently received an e-mail from Lynn Rathmell who works for Jewish Family Services.  One of her duties is to help unemployed people find work.  She asked me to meet with a seasoned business executive who lost his high level management position when his business was sold. Lynn felt if I tutored him on social media & LinkedIn, I could help him find a job. When I met him, his first comment was, “In the past I haven’t done a very good job of networking.  I ran a successful distribution business for many years & didn’t feel networking was important.  Now...
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WHAT NOT TO DO WHEN YOU SCREW UP

Posted by David Sher in LinkedIn, Traditional NetworkingMay 24th, 2010 | No Comments
Play this 2 minute podcast I had just finished a call & I thought I might be late.  I actually pulled into the restaurant two minutes early to meet with a business associate I hadn’t seen in a while. I had found him on LinkedIn & sent him an invitation.  He accepted & invited me to lunch.  I thought it would be fun to catch up. Well, I went flying into the restaurant because I hate to be late & he wasn’t there.  I waited a few minutes & called his cell phone.  No answer.  I sent him an e-mail & a text.  Still no response. There wasn’t anything left to do so...
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TREAT EVERYONE AS IF IT’S THE LAST TIME YOU’ll SEE THEM

Posted by David Sher in Traditional NetworkingApr 5th, 2010 | 2 Comments
Play this 2 minute podcast My Aunt Laney Royal taught me something that changed my life.  Okay, so she wasn’t my aunt–she was my Mom’s first cousin & her best friend.  Here was her advice, “Treat everyone as if this will be the last time you will see them.  I think about her words often and try to live by them.  A number of years ago I went to a conference that was highly attended by care givers.  I had an opportunity to talk with a hospice nurse.  I told her I thought she had the most challenging job in the world since she had to deal with people who were dying.  She said...
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HOW TO LOSE FRIENDS AND NOT INFLUENCE PEOPLE

Posted by David Sher in Traditional NetworkingMar 22nd, 2010 | No Comments
Play this 2 minute podcast It happened to me yesterday.  It happened to me last week.  In fact, it happens all the time. I get an e-mail from someone that says, “Call me.”  Now what is that all about?  Basically what they are saying is my time is more important than your time, so I’ll make you go through the effort of trying to reach me rather than me go through the effort of trying to reach you. My father had a good friend, Harold Shevin.  He owned Standard Furniture & he was probably the best business person I ever me.  Up until his death a number of years ago, if I had a business...
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DON’T BE SHY

Posted by David Sher in Traditional NetworkingMar 1st, 2010 | 3 Comments
Play this two minute podcast I have to admit my first instinct was to go hide in a corner where no one could see me. The social media club meeting had just ended and I was looking for some help with a computer problem. I looked around the room to see if there was anyone who could answer my question. I spotted a friend who knows about technology and so I asked him what to do. Unfortunately he had no idea how to fix my problem.  So what did he do? He turned around and shouted out a description of my problem to everyone in the room. The room went quiet for a second, and then someone came over and...
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ARE FACEBOOK AND THE INTERNET GOOD OR BAD?

Posted by David Sher in Facebook, Internet, Social Media, Traditional NetworkingJan 25th, 2010 | No Comments
Play this two minute podcast   She grimaced when she warned me of the risks of teenage girls being on Facebook.  I was attending a birthday party for my three year old grandson, Eric, in Atlanta.  The woman, who works with abused children, is a friend of my son.  She explained that older men get on Facebook, prepare a bogus profile pretending to be a teenage boy… gain the girl’s trust and make arrangements to meet…putting the girl at risk.  I guess this is what we see on Dateline NBC’s To Catch a Predator.  She said she would never allow her children on Facebook. A few minutes earlier...
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THE BEST NETWORKING PLATFORM…NOT WHAT YOU THINK

Posted by David Sher in Traditional NetworkingDec 28th, 2009 | No Comments
Play this 2 minute podcast   I walked into the board meeting of Operation New Birmingham…looked around the room and saw the usual suspects.  I’ve been on the ONB Board for a really long time so I know most everyone.  However, when I glanced towards the front of the room, I saw a man I’ve never met talking to the ONB President.  I walked up and introduced myself.  He told me he was a banker who works for a large bank that had just taken over a bank headquartered in Alabama.   He told me about his banking career and the other banks he had worked.  We then exchanged business cards and...
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