I love looking at food I don’t recognize and learn about other  cultures through food.  It is fascinating stuff I promise!  The challenge is, unless you are really adventurous, it is tough to know what to buy. Yesterday I got to go to one of my favorite places in the world – the West Side Market.  This year marks the 100th anniversary of the market opening so you can imagine how many people have been through it.  There is a neat little store within the market in the back corner and it is usually completely jammed. You have to know what you want to venture in.  Yesterday, we hit at exactly the right time because it was empty. First, I got an opportunity to really look through the store and see what they had.  That in and of itself was fun.  Then, ordering cheese, I […] Continue reading
Are You Present?
I arrived at a networking meeting this week and starting talking to a client I haven’t done business with in awhile. Â It was great to catch up and see if I could help them now. Â While we were talking, four people interrupted to ask if I would see them before I left. Â My client was impressed and asked how I do that. Â It was his first time to that meeting in over two years. Â I explained that I attend this particular meeting every month. Â People can count on me being there so they will often make themselves a note to connect. Â I schedule an extra hour in my calendar for the meeting because I know I will be staying after and getting there early. Â I am always present at this meeting. It seems funny that a little thing like showing up can make such a […] Continue reading
You Want Me As A Customer? Prove It.
I meet with a lot of sales people wanting to sell products and services to my clients.  I am constantly amazed at how bad sales people can be! Here’s the latest tips I’ve picked up from those meetings. If I get to the meeting location first it isn’t personal.  Twice I’ve arrived 5 minutes early for a meeting this week and had the sales rep annoyed. And showed it! Before we’d even been introduced!  Seriously?  If you wanted to buy the coffee, buy yours and grab a gift card.  Don’t get annoyed! READ our website.  Seriously. Please.  Develop a list of questions before the meeting and see if any of the answers are on the website.  I had one person tell me proudly that he had read the site.  But then he didn’t understand  the service my client provides.  Foolishly, I started worrying we hadn’t […] Continue reading
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