Can one cup of coffee really make you a fortune?
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I would like to share a quick story about how one cup of coffee and a second chance has made me several thousand dollars. Is it a fortune? Not yet but I can tell you by the time the relationship is in full bloom it will have. About a year ago I was in a local coffee shop showing a friend what I was doing for a new business when I spotted her. There she was, barefoot sitting in a big fluffy chair reading “Think and Grow Rich” and chatting with every person within ear shot. You know the type, kinda loud, outgoing, chatty, and has the energy to draw you in to the conversation just by her presence. My friend and I were actually making fun of her thinking she was a bit “off”. Boy was I an IDIOT!!
I do remember thinking this is a gal I should meet since I am in the people business and she surely knows a bunch of people. This would be where I wished I was telling you I walked up and met her, but not so. Sorry. I left and drove away. When I was in the car driving home, I remember thinking I may have just walked away from a great person to know. Weeks passed and I actually did go back to the coffee house to she if she was there. No such luck!
About a month later I happened to be at a networking mixer and literally bumped into her! No way was I letting this pass me by. I introduced myself telling her the set up where I saw her before and we laughed. Turns out she was a credit coach (did I mention the necklace made out of a gold Amex card?) and was prospecting in the coffee shop! Holy Smokes!
To make a long story short, we met for coffee at the same place I saw her before. She is now one of my closest friends and we talk almost every other day. She has directly referred me THOUSANDS of dollars worth of business and is one of the best referral partners around. The morale of the story is always be on the look out for people you want to get to know and do not be an idiot like I was and drive away!
That one cup of coffee will over time turn into a fortune and a lifetime friend.
Tweet for Twitter’s sake! How Twittter made me a sale!
O.K. So I have to admit something but only to you. I did not ever think you would be reading a post by me about a social networking site called Twitter.com. Well, here you are and I am gonna climb onto my soapbox and tell you why you should consider using this site to build your business. Here we go……
Twitter is a site that allows you to follow or be followed by other users and in a short little quip know what is going on in someone’s life. It also is used to update your Facebook page if you have one. This little deal has been the coolest thing for me and it has resulted in some really cool things happening. The basic premise is that you keep tabs on some of your favorite people, leaders, ideas, speakers, clients, prospects or friends. It is really fun but also alows you to see what your data base is up to. For example, when I post a tweet it shows on my facebook page but also in the Tweet summary of the people following me. KInda cool when I can see in a snapshot what friends and teamamtes are doing.
A real life example of how this can benefit business was when I saw one of my teamamtes left a tweet that she was having a difficult time showing our product to a prospect. She was just venting but I saw that she was in trouble. I called her immediately and helped show the prospect why she should buy the product. My teamamte would have not have made the sale and been frustrated but with Twitter we made the sale. (Yeah Baby!) It is all about networking and I will continue to bring you ideas that work for me! Enjoy and please find me on Twitter at http://twitter.com/CaseyEberhart
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