Posts from — January 2007

Anna Farmery runs The Engaging Brand blog — as well as a weekly podcast on leadership. Anna also coaches people on how to build a personal brand.

Josh: How do you define Business Networking and why do you feel it is important?

Anna Farmery: Business is about creating value of course in terms of profit however, profit is achieved by creating value in people’s lives through products, services and also as an employment experience. Networking is a vital part of creating, and also understanding, what people determine as value ‘to them’.  Click to read the full post...

Larry Hendrick runs several blogs including: ‘Business Unusual‘ and ‘Motivation on the Run‘.

Note: I especially enjoyed Larry’s answer to the first question…

Josh: How do you define Business Networking and why do you feel it is important?

Larry Hendrick: Josh, that’s such a good question. At first blush, I didn’t think it would be difficult to answer, but it is proving much more difficult than I imagined.

I think Business Networking is so many different things. Making yourself available to people, friendship, honesty, integrity, losing yourself in the moment, giving more than getting, giving without expecting any return, encouraging, facilitating, and inspiring.  Click to read the full post...

Mike Sansone is an independent business consultant specializing in business blogs and social media. His experience in public speaking, sales and marketing, writing, and real-time online communication are strengths Mike relies upon in his role as a Conversation Conductor.

Prior to starting his own business, Mike helped to build thriving online communities with America Online (including People Connection), Real Fans Sports Network, Ignite Sports Media and HeyMax. He also has coordinated the growth of offline communities as a property manager, volunteer, and minister.

Josh: How do you define Business Networking and why do you feel it is important?  Click to read the full post...

Here’s our list of Business Networking Advice interviews from December 2006 …

* Allison C. Shields, Esq. – President of Legal Ease Consulting, Inc.
* Dwayne Melancon of GenuineCuriosity.com
* Valeria Maltoni of ConversationAgent.com
* Danielle Rodgers – Entrepreneur and Communications Consultant
* Peter T. Brown – Entrepreneur and Software Engineer
*Rajesh Setty – Entrepreneur, Author and Teacher
* Sue Pelletier – editor of Association Meetings magazine
* Tom Kane – principal of Kane Consulting, Inc., a legal marketing consulting firm.
* Jen Blackert – Marketing Coach

Jeffrey Phillips is a VP with NetCentrics and OVO. NetCentrics helps its clients improve team productivity and collaboration through consulting and software applications, while OVO focuses on improving the ability of any firm to improve idea management and innovation for new revenue growth and profit.

Jeffrey writes the Thinking Faster blog and the Innovate on Purpose blog and works with customers to improve innovation, collaboration and teamwork. His most recent article “Innovate on Purpose” was published in September in the Harvard Management Update.

Josh: How do you define Business Networking and why do you feel it is important?  Click to read the full post...

Benjamin Yoskovitz is an entrepreneur with 10+ years experience in technology, focused primarily on web and software development businesses. His expertise involves designing usable, accessible software, client management and operations. Benjamin runs 2 active blogs including Instigator Blog, and Startup Spark with blog network b5media.

Most recently, Benjamin has been working on Gifter.org alongside friend and fellow entrepreneur Austin Hill. Gifter.org is running the Million Dollar Blog Post project; with the goal of getting 1,000,000 wishes for the world posted on a blog post, and $1,000,000 donated to charity (to sponsor the wishes.) Gifter.org aims to demonstrate the power of community and generosity.  Click to read the full post...