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Leads Club LA Opens New Valley Chapter This Tuesday!

Traci Smith — Tue, 11 May 2010 05:07:12 +0000

Are you looking for a way to increase your business through referrals?

You're Invited to our First Informational Meeting for our New Leads Club Valley Chapter! Join us this Tuesday, May 11, 2010 at 7:30 am.

We will be meeting at Coco's, located at 21844 Victory Blvd. in Woodland Hills 91367.

For more info about this Chapter or any of our 26 Los Angeles Chapters, send us an email, leadsclubla@leadsclub.com!

Summer is the Perfect Time to Develop Listening Skills

Traci Smith — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 17:07:52 +0000

Summer is here. If you have children, they have been released from school. You may have vacations planned, family picnics, reunions, and dinner parties on your summer agenda.

All these gatherings give you a perfect opportunity to get to know your social network better. It’s a time to invest in your skill to listen to your family and friends, find out about them. What are their needs, wants and dreams.

All of the great networkers, Ali Lassen being right up at the top, knew this in their bones. Get to know your social groups.

In Lisa Bentson book, "Focused Networking" , she outlines 8 principles of 21st Centruy Marketing. It is excellent.

Keep it as a guide to read and re-read. As she says: "Once is Not Enough".

And have a great summer building long term relationships

I.T.T.I

Traci Smith — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 22:49:07 +0000

ITTI. What does that mean? I Take The Initiative.

All business owners might think about having this stamped on their computer, phone, or calendar. What does it mean?

Just that; as a business owner you take the initiative. You take the first move, you start the conversation, you ask the important or difficult questions, you do the research.

The greatest stumbling block to achieving anything of importance in your life is circumstances. We let circumstances get us off the hook when we should be giving it everything we’ve got. More dreams are shattered and goals lost because of circumstances than any other single factor.

How often have you caught yourself saying, "I would like to do or have this but I can’t because…?" Whatever follows "because" is the circumstance.

Successful people use circumstances to catapult them on toward their goal, while the underachiever uses them as road blocks. A circumstance may cause a detour in your life but you should never permit it to stop you.

George Bernard Shaw is quoted as saying, "People are always blaming circumstance for what they are. I do not believe in circumstance. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstance they want and if they can’t find them they make them."

So, give I.T.T.I: I Take The Initiative a shot.