Success in business starts with successful relationships. Because of this, the relationship development process is often the guide that is used to govern the marketing and business development roles in companies. As you look at these stages of the relationship development process note that marketing plays the pivotal role of effectively laying the foundation for relationships, while business development facilitates the initiation of those relationships.
Posts Tagged ‘Relationships’
My First Triathlon
I knew very little about triathlons this past November when I added the words “complete a triathlon” to my list of goals for the 2010. I knew that triathlons are considered an “individual” sport and that they push your personal limits as you compete in three sports back to back. What I didn’t know was [...]
I don’t like networking events
I don’t really like networking events. To be honest, I have been struggling with this over the past several months because no matter what I do it seems that networking has become, and is becoming, a bigger part of my life. I write about networking, speak about networking, coach others on networking, I founded a [...]
Sled Hill Champions
I have been sledding more in the past three weeks than in the past three years. My excuse: two boys ages six and five and three feet of snow around Washington DC. It was just in the past year that my boys graduated from our neighborhood sled hill to the ‘big kids’ sled hill just [...]
Networking Tip 102: The Secret to a Great Conversation
Great conversations don’t always just happen. This week I wanted to post a little secret I use to start great conversations via an 80 second video. Thank you all for the overwhelming response from the first Cofebuz video posted three weeks ago, it was amazing to see that almost 1,000 of you have already checked [...]
Building Relationships that Build Business
Relationships are the foundation of business. Whether it is relationships inside your company or outside of your company, relationships allow your business to either thrive or fail. Because of this, focusing on relationships is one of the most effective ways to improve your company and simultaneously build personal success. Identify key relationships Think about the [...]
