Step 1: Decide which audience you need to target. Teenagers gravitate towards Vine, Snapchat, YouTube, Tumblr, and Instagram. Soon-to-be-wives and soon-to-be-moms are all about Pinterest. Young parents and grandparents alike can be found on Facebook. Business types and leaders rule LinkedIn. Influencers and bloggers love Twitter and Tumblr. Step 2: Start Networking – Socially! You […]

By Jessica Stillman Maybe you’ve heard, being constantly busy is bad for your brain. “Many important mental processes seem to require what we call downtime and other forms of rest during the day,” claims a Scientific American article rounding up the research on the subject. Doing nothing now and then is required to replenish motivation […]

by Melanie Deziel It’s a question you hear at the start of a meeting, while lingering in a waiting room, in line while waiting for coffee, and hundreds of times at conferences and networking events. The dreaded “What do you do?” It has some close relatives, like “Where do you work?” and “What’s your role at […]

You may be asking…why? Why wouldn’t we want an outside speaker coming into a chapter meeting to speak? Won’t they provide great information to our members? Doesn’t it “change up” the meeting to bring someone in to take up the speaker(s) time slot? Isn’t TEAM all about providing great business education as a part of […]

By: Brian Tracy Entrepreneurship is the art of finding profitable solutions to problems. Every successful entrepreneur or business person has been able to identify a problem and come up with a solution to it before someone else did. Here are the five rules for success. 1. Find a Need and Fill It Human needs and […]

by Lolly Daskal Unless you’re naturally gregarious, meeting new people is a challenge–and anetworking event, which is all about meeting new people–can be downright grueling. You want to sound intelligent but you don’t know what to say, and you dread the thought of a long awkward silence or a statement that falls flat. But if […]

By Barry Eisen Below are 24 great ideas designed to give you back your time and life. Managing time, rather than letting it manage you is an art form. Little changes can make huge differences. Look at what is offered below and incorporate 1 or 2 ideas that make sense to do. You can always […]

By Kelli C. Holmes   Networking // Pronunciation Key[net-wur-king] (as defined by the Small Business Glossary):   Developing business contacts to form business relationships; increase your knowledge; expand your business base; and serve the community.   Wow – I don’t know about you, but I think that is an AWESOME definition of networking!    Let’s […]

by Helen Langan For some time, marketers have suspected that certain opinions matter more than others when it comes to swaying consumers’ buying habits. Influence is far from a level playing field, but it isn’t necessarily for the reasons you might expect—fame, fortune, and celebrity status. Influence is about authenticity, access to information and the […]