Apart from actually building websites, one other activity that takes up a large part of my time is explaining to people how much it costs to set up a website. It is especially tiring, when someone comes to me with the question, "Can you build me a website for $500?"

The more I learn about networking, the more I try to apply that knowledge to my daily life.

The more networking sessions I attend, whether public or private, I begin to realize that there are two main categories of networkers - the hunters and the sharers.

Introduction

What's the best way to earn business referrals for your fellow Rendezvous brother or sister? Sell their vision! Praise from someone

Who here likes cold calling?

Not you? Great, then please keep reading this article!

Cold calling is just too much of a 'maybe'. There are more rejections than a positive outcome; it is a waste of time and energy.

Agree 2 Disagree

Every week when the president of my BNI chapter asks who loves making cold calls, my hand pops up for a brief moment before quickly retreating to my lap. Truth be told, I get 5 hits from cold calls a week. I will present 10 tips on making successful cold calls for those interested in another article. I do believe that cold calling works.

However, I'm still a fan of 'Word of Mouth Marketing' because it offers extremely high quality referals with less work, as half the selling has already been done.

If you dislike doing your accounts and taxes, you can make this process easier, less painful and even cut your accountancy fee by getting an accounting software package.

First of all you need to decide whether you are going to keep your accounting records manually or going to computerize the process.

There is a saying, "You will never have a SECOND  FIRST impression!"

In a business presentation, be it to your boss, your clients or important new customers, the first impression could mean the difference between success and failure … right from the first 30 seconds.

Where do you stand in the scale of your own personal evolution? What are the things in your life that need working on? Julz the Coach is here to shine a light on your truth.

It's hard to remain offline in this day and age, where communication is no longer about just picking up the phone and meeting face to face. Cast a wider net and get to know more people in less time and less effort, by joining online networks such as iConnectE.com, Meetup.com and LinkedIn.com

BNI was a concept first introduced by our founder Dr Ivan Misner in 1985. It was a way in which business people can help themselves by first helping others to succeed by the "givers gain" philosophy.

BNI has come a long way since then and to-date has been a proven system all around the world. In Singapore, 22 Chapters closed more than 26 million in sales last year.

Why do people want to join BNI?