Many people wonder if networking is just for sales people.  Networking is for everyone!  When I first discovered networking, I was working for my x-husband, Irwin Mishoulam who is a dentist in Buffalo Grove.  I asked him if he had ever joined the Buffalo Grove Chamber.  He had joined several years prior, but did not […]

I just came back from Lifetime Fitness after my workout and I had to share this with everyone. You know that natural high you get from working out? You feel good all over, you have taken your hot shower and maybe had a nice steam for a while. Everything is good. You have said hello […]

A very interesting thing happened to me at my monthly Vistage meeting.  One of my fellow associates, Chris Long of Long & Associates, LLC who has been a member of The Professional Networker website for over a year, told me that he read my blog the other day.  He read a wonderful recommendation I had made for […]

Phyllis Custer of Events Marketing (847-529-1968) is a wise and wonderful woman.  If you don’t know Phyllis, you should.  She has a rich and colorful life story to tell and I am honored to call her my friend and my business associate.  Phyllis is working on The Professional Networker sponsorship package and what a pro […]

I don’t know why my mind keeps thinking about songs when it comes to networking, but this song triggers me to think about those people that don’t want to let you go.  You know the kind.  They may be new to networking, or afraid to disengage from you (since you are a true connector).  You […]

This picture shows John Pascal of RlPrinting and Anna Maria Viti-Welch of Guy Viti Insurance discussing a business issue at the “Powerful Conversations - Powerful Connections” meeting in Wheeling.  I chose this picture because Anna Maria and I had breakfast this morning and a discussion point we had triggered this song in my mind.What a great song!  […]

Have you ever been to a networking event where you were bombarded by a person that was handing out their business cards like they were playing poker?  Have you ever been to a networking event where someone took out their appointment book to book a one-on-one with you and you don’t even know who or […]

Friday night I was out to dinner with a dear friend, Deb Reinhardt of Design Odyssey LTD.  Now you have to understand that Deb is in a business that does not deal with large numbers of people.  She is an interior designer.  (And a VERY good one if I may say so.)  Deb does not […]

It is the start of a new year, and everyone should be looking at last years marketing budget to determine if the money and time spent at networking events resulted in a substantial ROI on that money and time invested in those events.  Every year in January, I look at the organizations I am a […]