Keith Ferrazzi's Blog, page 26

Greenlight Giving and Guatemala

Two weeks from tomorrow our group will be departing for Antigua. We are planning to spend time in a number of villages in the region, returning to see old friends and making new ones. I am excited to see the progress that has been made since our last visit in the Spring. The impact we [...]

Pursue Informal but Absolutely Intentional Learning

Future of LearningGrowth only comes — and stagnation is only overcome — by learning. We grow because our abilities grow, our knowledge base grows, our expertise grows. At the most basic level, this is how people expand their capacity and ability. We’ve known this for a long time, and we once knew how, institutionally, to support that learning...Facebook
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Align Sales and Marketing to Boost Sales and Never Start with Cold Calls Again

The "R" in CRMSalespeople know relationships are important. More important than what often has to suffice as competitive advantage today. Proof that the cost of ownership of your widget is 1% lower than that of a competitor is not enough to wedge you into a sale when a competitor has a good relationship with that customer...Facebook
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Why Don't We Have Better Meetings?

The New WeIt’s a very good question. After all, the past decade has brought dramatic, and ostensibly people‐focused, transformation to the corporate world. Every week seems to bring a new tech innovation that promises to help us stay in better touch and share information more easily in our increasingly distributed and time-pressured business environment...Facebook
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Using LinkedIn to Fail Fast

Social CapitalistUsing LinkedIn to “Fail Fast” When Launching a Biz On a recent episode of the Social Capitalist, LinkedIn Founder and The Start-Up of You author Reid Hoffman, was asked the following question by a listener of the show: How can you leverage LinkedIn to seek potential customer feedback on products while you’re still in the ideation phase?...Facebook
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People-Related Success is More Likely to Lead to Happiness

Happiness is big business these days. Books and programs seem to emerge daily offering the path to the holy grail of happy.  During her Social Capitalist interview, motivational psychologist Heidi Grant Halvorson, Ph.D., author of Succeed: How We Can Reach Our Goals, offered her own secret formula for happiness – goals related to connecting to [...]

The Best Way to Get Something You Want is to Give Something They Need

I talk all the time about  leading with generosity, but James Altucher takes this give-to-get philosophy to a whole new level. During his Social Capitalist interview, Altucher shared how he works to develop ideas that he can use as currency when he wants to capture someone’s attention. I think it’s very important to remember that [...]

Making Friends out of Strangers

This time of year is filled with social events and networking opportunities. Walking into an event and seeing a crowd of unfamiliar faces is intimidating to even the best of connectors. In this excerpt from a Social Capitalist interview, Andy Ellwood, director of strategy at Goodpenny, explains the techniques he uses to approach and build [...]

NEW DATE ANNOUNCED for Keith Ferrazzi on the Power of Giving: 12/19

“In service lies growth.” Join us on the Social Capitalist, December 19 at 12pm ET (rescheduled, please note the change!), to hear how that basic truth has transformed Keith Ferrazzi’s life and business. Keith, author of Never Eat Alone and CEO of Ferrazzi Greenlight, will participate in an energizing, action-oriented conversation on philanthropy and individual [...]

Keith Ferrazzi on the Power of Giving

Social Capitalist“In service lies growth.” Join us on the Social Capitalist , December 19 at 12pm ET , to hear how that basic truth has transformed Keith Ferrazzi’s life and business. Keith, author of Never Eat Alone and CEO of Ferrazzi Greenlight, will participate in an energizing, action-oriented conversation on philanthropy and individual service as the keys to a successful, satisfied life...Facebook
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