shmoozing: DO YOU THINK YOU'RE A GREAT NETWORKER? - 09/14/09 07:24 PM

 
 
A very good friend called me a couple of months ago and invited me to some kind of 'business meeting' in West Palm Beach.  I was way too busy to attend and told her so from the start.  I'm grateful to her that she kept persisting and harassing me to go.
We drove up there together on a rainy, stormy day, entered the conference room filled with strange faces and HUGE windows overlooking the intracoastal and the ocean in the distance.  As the rain pelted the windows and lightning bolts danced on the horizon, I half listened to what was … (4 comments)

shmoozing: How Many Business Cards Do You Print At a Time? - 05/17/09 07:55 PM
Social media, internet, iPhones, texting, auto-notifications........ the list goes on and on.  Who has time to even think about the humble business card when we're so busy with facebook, twitter and AR?  Whatever happened to good old business cards?  How many do you print at a clip?  How many do you carry in your pocket?  How many do you give to your kids to give out?  How many do you leave in restaurants?  Gas stations?  Barnes & Noble's?  Starbucks?
I print 5000 at a time and get rid of them like they've got a case of swine-flu.  Where do I put them?  Everywhere.  … (13 comments)