Personal Networking Story: The Little Things Pay Off

I’m always a little suspicious of analogies. Don’t get me wrong. They can be great tools to help explain complex concepts. The problem I have is when people try to use them to prove a point. That’s when you have to put on your balderdash detector to...

The “Proper” Networker

OK, now, which fork do I use? I made it out to Lunch Ann Arbor Marketing (LA2M) again this week. I had been missing it for many months and it wasn’t until I happened to drop in recently that I remembered how great the presentations can be. Now, I felt...
Personal Networking: Bruce Webb

Personal Networking: Bruce Webb

I had coffee with a new friend today. His name is Bruce Webb and he is a Real Estate Consultant at Coldwell Banker Preferred Realtors. He’s what you’d call a mega-networker. He runs not one, but two different monthly networking events in the...

Addressing the Envelope

I mentioned not too long ago that I had visited with my new friend, Lois Weinblatt, Lead Concierge at the Zingerman’s Professional Presents department. Lois is an amazingly accomplished networker — able to make anyone she meets feel special and...

Professional Presents, Personal Touch

Just one of the possible gifts from Zingerman’s I had a wonderful opportunity the other day to sit down with Lois Weinblatt, the Lead Concierge of the Professional Presents department at Zingerman’s mail order here in Ann Arbor. Lois and I met at a...