NYC Elevate is a one million dollar a month networking community organized to help our members make more money through structured collaboration and referrals. Every week I tell you that you can make more money through Elevate beyond direct referrals and here’s a recent example. As you know, I’m already the number one rated web […]
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When I was a kid, I was a people pleaser. I don’t need to get into detail here but as you might imagine, life up until that point had taught me something — that to fit in, demonstrate my value, and make a positive difference, I would have to learn where people had needs, and
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It’s always great when we get a referral. The opportunity to meet new people, to make connections, and of course the potential to close some business. But not every referral is created equal. And while this is true in terms of the actual person, and their level of interest, today I want to shine a
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I was driving on my way home and thinking about what I might discuss today. After about thirty seconds of not too much bubbling up, the word “network” entered my mind. Ok, no big deal, nothing special. Networking. That’s what we do, got it. But then I noticed something. The word itself — “network” —
We’re always training people in something. Whether it’s the way we shake hands, or our email signature, or whether or not we back up our words with actions. As leaders and business owners, eyes are always on us. I suppose that it’s theoretically possible you have not been watching the news, and you are unaware
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There are a lot of dynamics going on in our world. Tough challenges. Tough circumstances. And though at Elevate we leave the politics at the door, we’re intelligent, sensitive human beings. And we are all aware of the humanitarian issues affecting different populations at home and abroad. I would never want to make light of
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NYC Elevate is a million dollar a month networking community organized to help our members make more money through structured collaboration and referrals. This week I want to talk about using Elevate to meet people at a specific company while doing your own heavy lifting. Option One is that I can use my weekly email
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Yesterday was International Women’s Day – a date that celebrates social, economic and political achievements of women and marks a call to action for accelerating women’s equality. The theme for this year is #BreakTheBias. To give us some context, how many of us in this room were born before 1988? Until that year, women often
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NYC Elevate is a million dollar per month networking community organized to help our members make more money through structured collaboration and referrals. Recently, we discussed that the most important thing we do in business is not the service we provide, but securing that next client. We also discussed that using Elevate and NYC is
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Picture a 747, having just taken off from Los Angeles, on it’s way to New York City… If the pilot adjusts the heading just three and a half degrees South… even though the nose of the plane may only move a couple feet… instead of landing at LaGuardia or JFK, it will end up in