Extended Thanksgiving, 2008 – Make a Wish

By Sian Lindemann Arts & Entertainment Editor

Make A Wish… IMMEDIATE RESPONSE REQUESTED

When we were still days away from celebrating Thanksgiving 2008, I was grateful already. In fact for the last month or so, I have been giving daily thanks for the apparent breakthroughs I am having in my business and in my services provided to my clients….AND in the sales we have developed for them…..i.e., LOTS of art sales, in what appears or is being spirited as a really bad economy.

I am smiling A LOT.

I HAD a planned topic for an article for this month, but after a 90 minute “mind altering” Educational Teleseminar, with Master Mentor Alex Mandossian, I am changing this month’s format, and making a request.

I want to open the platform to ask YOU, our readers, to think about, and to respond to the following…

1) DO you have more prospects than paid customers on your list?”
2) DO you wish to monetize those prospects into paid customers?
3) WOULD you like me to show you how to do this in 90 minutes or less?

If your answers to these questions are “YES!’, than I invite you to participate in a FREE TELESEMINAR that will assist you to define HOW to go about creating the kind of results you wish to achieve as an artist.

If you would “wish” to participate and have the opportunity to attend this FREE TELESEMINAR, then I make a simple request…

ASK me a question. Ask me your burning, and passionate question, from which selected questions will be answered on the FREE TELESEMINAR.

Email your questions to Sian Lindemann at Sunstar@q.com before the close of business (Central Time) on December 18th, and you will be automatically invited to attend this FREE TELESEMINAR, co – produced and sponsored by THE NATIONAL NETWORKER.

By the way, it's not really a network if I don’t allow you to network within the network, so please… Join me……You will be advised of the date and time for this FREE TELESEMINAR, by private invitation…and I look forward to “seeing” you on the call.

Thank you so much for participating with THE NATIONAL NETWORKER this year and I wish you the BEST and most abundant extended Thanksgiving and holiday season.

Sian Lindemann
November, 2008

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Perfecting Your Network, Part 2

Power Thought of the Week with Patricia Parham, Ph.D.

Perfection is in the Details

As the vision for your Network Blueprint becomes more detailed, you will be able to compare it to your actual network. Who are the key players? Who are you holding on to that would make a better friend, acquaintance or colleague? Who needs to be invited to be part of your network to strengthen it? Which spots are waiting to be filled by resources yet to be revealed to you? Again, focus on having the perfect people in their perfect places.
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Perfecting Your Network, Part 2

Networking with Energy

By Larry Block

Southeast U.S. Bureau Chief
(The Carolinas, Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Florida)

Greetings from the Southeast. This month I ran across an organization that takes networking to the next level. The group calls itself Rock’s Networking Unlimited, Inc. and meets on a bi-weekly basis.

Rock’s Networking Unlimited, Inc. (RNU) is a membership and networking organization whose goal is to market and expand networking connections. Their motto is: They help you develop your potential while achieving your professional and personal goals. They have a variety of events and marketing opportunities including advertising opportunities via TV, radio, print media, E-mail marketing and even a flyer delivery service.

Their members adhere to an exceptionally high code of ethics and set the standards of integrity and good business practice. RNU has a network of people we know and trust. We help you build business relationships, expand your network and produce an extensive source of word-of-mouth referrals.

At RNU they help introduce you to professionals who are interested in developing referrals. Their primary objective is to help you network one-on-one with other professionals in your local community and online nationwide 24/7.

They e-blast up-to-date information on all the businesses that are making things happen. They promote their events, issue press releases, circulate promotional information and announce daily offerings. If you need to find a seminar, or an event, they make it easy for you.

The energy that exists at their events is what truly sets them apart. They find ways to make the networking fun and interesting. A visitor leaves each event put on by this group with the feeling of time well spent.

Their events run from football game get togethers, to fundraisers. One of their signature events is their Give Me Back My Mic Night, where businesses compete to win prizes for the best open MIC competition. Each business has one minute to market their business and they are asked to Gimmie Back My Mic.

Each event is unique in its own way, yet provides the contacts and opportunities that good networkers can work into solid business.

Rock’s Networking Unlimited, Inc continues to look for energetic people with experience interested in growing their business. Every new member that joins Rock’s Networking Unlimited, Inc. gains value and unlimited opportunities. For information on RNU email them at info@myrnu.com or visit their website at www.myrnu.com .

As we go into the holiday season, as networkers, we need to take advantage of the tremendous opportunities that are available to start planting those seeds and making connections. Holiday parties are a great way to make connections and get started building for next year.

--Larry Block
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ANNOUNCEMENT! TNNW READER SURVEYS AND POLLS

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We are now featuring the TNNW SURVEYS and POLLS for your feedback, as well as feedback from the rest of the online community. Please go to THE NATIONAL NETWORKER POLLS and let your opinion be known. Polls close at midnight (eastern) on December 15th, so please weigh in now!

Results will be posted by 17th December to this magazine, to Linked In, and to a host of other interactive media.

You may want to go to the SURVEY PAGE (at http://thenationalnetworkersurveys.blogspot.com/ ) and make it a favorite. It is going to be a source of great industry intelligence, and we will hosting new surveys at least monthly. There is also a widget (oh, how that word bothers me) for you to post your own suggestions for surveys, polls and questions. And, by the way, you will be named (if you'd like) as the designer of the survey -- your name can be seen by in excess of 100,000 readers!

Thank you.

NOTE: The letter which follows was recently sent to several large active groups on Linked In, and other media verbatim...

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RESPONSES REQUESTED - THE NATIONAL NETWORKER (TNNW) SURVEYS AND POLLS

Your Opinions Count !

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Dear Colleagues: TNNW has three polls remaining open for your response. The polls close at December 15th, so please respond at your most immediate opportunity. The polls can be found at http://thenationalnetworkersurveys.blogspot.com/ in a friendly format.

The results will be posted on December 16th or 17th on that page, and will also be posted to Linked In, as well as to several other networking sites. You might wish to bookmark or "favoritize" the polls page.

Highlights of polls:

1. What three attributes do you find most important in a business associate?

2. Which networking groups do you find most effective, and why? (The TNNW Online Networking Groups Survey)

3. Which features would you include on your wishlist (rub the lamp!) for the optimum networking site? Your answers will provide TNNW, as well as all of those of us who actively network, with crucial intelligence. Your feedback is not only welcomed, but it is extremely important.

If you would like to get a free subscription to THE NATIONAL NETWORKER eNewsletter, just click on www.mailermailer.com/x?oid=22760i . If you would like the free RSS or email feed (as well you should!), simply click on http://thenationalnetworkerweblog.blogspot.com/. Thank you, one and all, in advance for participating.

Faithfully,

Douglas Castle

http://humanitasmaximus.blogspot.com/

http://www.thenationalnetworker.com/

http://aboutdouglascastle.blogspot.com/

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The ROI of Relationships

Beyond Networking: Being with Ron Sukenick

It's interesting what happens sometimes when I'm talking to a group about networking and about setting in place a system for building relationships with other people. Someone in the audience will approach me after the talk, or perhaps send me an email, explaining that, while they "get" my message, they simply don't have time in their schedule for deeper relationships in business. They have to keep up their sales quotas, they say, and work on their proposals and projects, handle oceans of email, meet with their accountants, and do whatever else it is they have to do. So, when they attend a networking event, their goal is to gain exposure to as many different businesspeople as possible, and then, quickly as they can, figure out the one or two people that are in a position to do business with them now. They like the idea of "speed networking", and the speedier, the better as far as they're concerned. Long-term interactions with businesspeople with whom they can form a relationship, they're afraid, constitute a luxury they can ill afford.

Sometimes those same people talk to me about the problems in our economy. In addition to all their normal business challenges, they complain, they have to keep moving quickly (even if that means having shallower relationships, some add) if they're to survive the credit crunch, downsizing, and everything else going on.

When I hear statements such as these from members of my audience, I don't get defensive or angry. As many years as I've devoted to teaching and coaching about networking, it took me years to realize and accept the simple fact that we can help and be helped only when we invest the time to know more about other business people on a deeper level. I use that word "invest" on purpose, because that's exactly what it is, an investment. We make that investment of time and effort and purposeful listening and helping for a reason. Just as with any financial investment or real estate investment, we do it in order to increase our ROI, our return on investment.

When people finally do "get my message", they realize that taking time to interact at least six times from the time they first meet a new business contact isn't detracting

from their business, it is what will build their business! Make no mistake - going beyond just attending networking meetings to creating connections and cultivating relationships is not only personally rewarding - it's very, very good business!

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A TOASTER'S NO SLOT MACHINE

From the desk of Ron Sukenick

You've heard me talk about my toaster. I use toasters as a metaphor for business systems that savvy networkers put into place. I explain how, once I've set my toaster dial to "Dark" or "Medium", inserted my bagel or my slice of bread and pushed down the lever, I can let the toaster do its job. Meanwhile, I can go get my juice out of the refrigerator or put the finishing touches on my blog. I don't need to watch the toaster, or keep track of it, or "follow up" with it. The toaster will do what toasters do, and, soon enough, I'll hear the little "ping" that tells me my toast is ready.

"Sure, sure, Ron ", some complain. "You make it sound so simple. How come my phone's not ringing off the hook with referrals? How come I'm not getting dozens of good leads out of every networking meeting I attend? How come I try so hard but don't see immediate results?" Remarks like these are a clue. I've been talking about toasters, but the problem is, these people have toasters confused with slot machines.

See, when you're in the mood for a little bag of Cheez-its or some pretzels, you walk over to the vending machine, put your coins in the slot, and press the B-19 or the A-24 button. You certainly have every right to expect that little bag of Cheez-its or pretzels to come falling down to the opening. It's a simple tit-for-tat proposition. So my theory is, that's why some business people imagine that every time they show up for a networking meeting, they'll be rewarded with, at minimum, a couple of leads. And every time they do a favor for someone, they expect to receive, in short order, a favor in return. (After all, "What goes around comes around." - doesn't it?).

But slot machines aren't good metaphors for effective networking systems, because business is about people, and people don't do well with tit-for-tat propositions. When we use the Ultimate Discovery System to understand the four basic personality styles, when we practice focused, productive listening, when we follow the six steps that start relationships (see my earlier blog "Steps That Start Relationship"), we're setting up our toaster. We've shopped for just the right kind of bread. We've made a decision about whether our toast should be well done or just brown around the edges. We've set out a plate and utensils, and perhaps the cream cheese, peanut butter, or margarine. We've put up the coffee. In other words, for each piece of ready-to-eat toast that pops out of our toaster, we've devoted a lot of preparation and thought.

Remember those old song lyrics, "I beg your pardon - I Never Promised You A Rose Garden"? What I'm attempting to convey to people who want to take their networking to the next level is this: I never promised you a slot machine! Sharpen up your seeing. Deepen your understanding. Shape up your productive listening. Give the right referrals in the right way. Help everywhere you can. Learn all you can from everyone you can.

Once you've done those things, you can go get your juice from the refrigerator or finish up your blog, because your toaster's gonna do what a toaster's gotta do - as sure as my name's Ron Sukenick!

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A TOASTER'S NO SLOT MACHINE

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TNNW, December, 2008, Week 1: "We're Baaack!!!"

By Adam J. Kovitz
CEO, Founder & Publisher

Miss us?

It's been 2 weeks since I've written to you - the longest break we've ever taken in the nearly 4 years this publication got started. It feels good to be back.

I was fortunate enough in my time away to go on vacation to Williamsburg, Jamestown and Yorktown, three Virginia cities that make up the "historical triangle". What I find of major interest in things "historical" is the link that they have to networking. And while they didn't call it networking back then, you see signs and hear tales of if everywhere.

Jamestown, VA - a network of English settlers are commissioned to establish the first permanent English Colony in the New World. To survive, notable figures like Captain John Smith had to network with the "Indians" (Native Americans) for corn and other crops to survive.

Williamsburg, VA - From 1699 through 1780 this was the Capital of Virginia. The Governor, the local representative of the King of England and emissary to the Empire (network), ruled over the vast networks of commerce and trade. In time more subversive networks of individuals like Thomas Jefferson, Patrick Henry and George Washington would take issue with "taxation without representation" and begin a Revolution that would turn a colony into a new Country.

Yorktown, VA - The last stand off between the English and the Continental armies (networks) faced each other in what would lead to the eventual surrender by General Cornwalis and negotiation of terms at the Moore House.

When we think about how networking is infused in everything we do, it's no wonder that networking is the way of the future...it's been the way of the past and present as well! What's even more fascinating to me is that it can be used for a variety of purposes from getting a referral or job, revolting against tyranny or changing the way people think about the world.

Speaking of change and revolution, for those who have been snooping around our blogs lately might take note that we have been expanding. Those keen TNNW insiders are continuing to get regular content despite our vacation schedules through our RSS feed and widget available at http://thenationalnetworkerweblog.blogspot.com. They are also noticing that we are getting ready to launch a TNNW membership which will serve as a gateway to high-quality and reasonably-priced services based upon the networks we've leveraged. Let's just say that we just can't wait for 2009!

As always, I look forward to networking with you...

- Adam

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TNNW, December, 2008, Week 1: "We're Baaack!!!"