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Networking Is All About Give And Take But Success Takes Giving

It's been a long journey to get ready to sell our house and buy another. I have been in the Chicagoland area for almost 50 years. Over that period I have moved at least a dozen times. But, you never really move far from your network. You know what grocery stores have what. You know…

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How To Land The Right Client (Hint: It's About Connections)

I don't know about you, but the past two years have been a challenge for everyone, and we are no different. It's not only made working from home more acceptable but an embraced lifestyle. People are transitioning from living to work to working to live. So we have been on a journey at the Basilico…

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How To Document Success? What Gets Captured – Gets Updated (With A Nudge)

Life Happens This past weekend, I was attempting to clean out my basement. Loaded on shelves were tons of Bankers' Boxes filled with personal and business records dating back to the 1990s. Loaded in there were memories and important things like the Title to my wife's 2003 car and the original documents from when we…

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LinkedIn Wants Your New And Old Content (HINT: And So Do Your Prospects & Clients)

Of the many distractions we face in our business lives, I am guessing that social media is not one that you would rate as useful. Believe me, I get it. With over 100 emails a day, phone calls, and app notifications, I would say that over 50% are pure spam. My car warranty is just…

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The Anatomy Of An Ebook (I Wrote For My Business) – A Marketer's Journey

I don't know about you, but I think the hardest thing to do as a marketer is to market myself and my own business. When it comes to doing it for yourself, it's a little bit more of a challenge. It's kind of hard to see the forest from the trees. Kind of like the…

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Turbo-Charge Your Sales Engine in 2022 – Fuel For Your R.A.C.E.

This is the fourth and final installment in a four-part series on using marketing to power your sales engine. You can read the first post, here, the second post, here, and the third post, here. In this final installment, we'll explain how to actively engage your clients and prospects to increase sales! Your story and…

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