Archive for March, 2012

Traits of Successful Business Women

March 10th, 2012

Are there some similar traits of successful business women What do most of these women have in common While there is probably no magic formula, there do seem to be various characteristics that many successful women share. Let’s examine some of these different traits.

Self-Confidence

Do you believe in yourself and your skills People (ie prospective customers) will be attracted to confidence (confidence, not cockiness). Confidence will help you as you negotiate the learning curves and challenges you may face along the way. You need confidence to sell yourself and your product. Trust your own instincts and believe in your own ideas. Desire and passion will get you started on your journey, but self-confidence will help you to keep going and get there.

Focus

As they say, Plan your work and work your plan. Set long- and short-term goals. Take consistent action as you move toward them. Become aware of and control your thoughts. Be sure your thoughts are positive in regard to your business. A positive mental attitude can be very powerful.

Resourefulness

Successful business women take advantage of mentoring, training and coaching opportunities. Establishing a strong base of education, training and experience can help you be more successful.

Good Writing Skills

Whether you are using blogs, articles, newspaper ads, social media, or fliers in marketing your business, it will be necessary that you exhibit competence with you writing skills. Nothing will discredit you more quickly than poor grammar and misspelled words. It’s always a good idea to have someone else proofread your work. Read what you’ve written aloud and don’t rely too much on spell check.

The traits of successful business women discussed in this article are not difficult to attain. Have confidence in yourself, focus on your goals, hone your writing skills, and be sure to take advantage of available training, mentoring and coaching.

The Qualities of a Successful Business Networker

March 5th, 2012

Many people understand business networking as ‘selling’ yourself, your business or product on a one to one basis to the people in the room with you, but that’s not the case.

Building Relationships

Business networking is a lot more about relationship building. As you ‘work a room’, you may find people who are in a competitive or similar business niche to you and your company and, in normal circumstances, you may well avoid them. I’d like you to think about them another way. Consider what you can learn from a competitor, what you can share with a business in a related niche It’s thinking like this that enables people to become successful business networkers. Sharing is a vital element of business networking.

Make yourself Attractive

Business networking is more about making yourself and your companyproductservice attractive to others than just selling to them. How many ways can you think of to ‘share’ with another business What can you give as ‘added value’ to a prospect What social platform can you use to attract prospects What information are you willing to share freely What is it about yourself that will encourage other business owners to refer someone to you These are just some of the questions you need to ask yourself before embarking on some serious business networking. » Read more: The Qualities of a Successful Business Networker