Happy Monday! Are you ready for the week ahead? Well then, let’s get right to this week’s round-up!
Relationships are the foundation of any business. And from gathering the right data to connecting with potential clients, creating and building business relationships is a daily task.
This week’s roundup features seven posts that focus on building business relationships.
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1. Social Relationships – the Life Raft for Social Business & Technology Evolution
Why: Pam Moore reminds us to focus on quality versus quantity when it comes to online relationships.
Why: Randy Bowden explains how to properly collect and manage data (which will allow you more time to focus on client work and building relationships).
3. Connect 5: Five Minutes a Day to a Better LinkedIn Network
Why: Are you focusing on making connections more than maintaining them? Daniel Newman reveals how you can create stronger relationships via LinkedIn in just five minutes a day.
4. Aspiration
Why: If you want to grow your business, you’ll have to learn new skills. Especially the art of selling. This is a terrific read from Ann Bevans.
5. How to Network on Social Media Without Being a Stalker
Why: Look at the headline! This was actually a reader question that made for a terrific blog post a while back.
6. Hiring a PR Firm: There is a Time Investment Required
Why: In this post for Spin Sucks, Gini Dietrich takes a look at why the successful hiring a PR firm involves forming an active relationship between both parties.
7. The 6 critical questions guaranteed to drive your social media strategy
Why: Mark Schaefer explores six essential questions that will help strengthen your social media strategy (even if you’re in the stepladder business!).
How do you build business relationships? What’s worked/not? You know we love to hear what you have to say, so do leave a comment below!
bowden2bowden Thank YOU for a great post, Randy!
Thank you Shonali for including me in this weeks “Monday Roundup.”