Why "Embracing Rejection" is Stupid!
Jill Konrath has penned an excellent article on dealing with rejection in sales calls.
Read it on her blog (click on the link above). While you're there, you might sign up for her e-newsletter. It's always good.
• MarketingProfs.com
Stands for marketing know-how from professionals + professors.
Great resource for everything marketing -- from branding to strategy to copywriting.
• Trendwatching.com Sign
up for their free newsletter on hot, emerging consumer trends and
related new business ideas.
• Score Learning Center
SCORE "Counselors to America's Small Business" offers free, confidential small business advice to help you build your business — from idea to start-up to success. The SCORE Association is a nonprofit association dedicated to entrepreneurial education and the formation, growth and success of small businesses nationwide.
• http://www.lpbdi.org The Lincoln Park Business Development Institute (LPBDI) is a non-profit affiliate of the Lincoln Park Chamber of Commerce and The Coleman Entrepreneurship Center - DePaul University.
Founded to educate and provide resources for Chicagoland business owners, recent seminars have covered topics such as marketing, how to read body language, putting balance into your life and more.
• CW-Network (Chicago Women's Network)
Fortunately, several weeks after ChicWIT's demise, Gigi Bozzano, who worked on
ChicWIT, came to the rescue with this new listserv. It not only offers the same quality of local professional support, but has already hosted a terrific real-world networking event. Sorry, fellas. Sometimes we just want to hang out with other chics.
• Ask Liz Ryan
Liz Ryan, who was the brains behind... and founder of WorldWIT, has created a bunch of new listservs. There are groups for a number of other cities in the U.S. and abroad, as well as the global group where you can communicate with "other brilliant people from around the world".
• TechVenue
Regional Business Technology Events Calendar.
• snopes.com
Urban Legends
If it sounds funny, it probably is. Here's where to go to
check it out.
• The ideaXchange Blog
My creatives group is blogging! And when you've got a bunch of savvy copywriters, designers and web developers blogging, you get all sorts of goodies. Check it out. We're new, but there's already some great "need to know" info (and yes, there are some seasoned bloggers in our 40+ member group).
• Health & Life Insurance
Lori Demos is one of the best resources I've found for health and life insurance for small businesses. She'll help you find the best coverage available. And if your existing plan is good, she'll tell you to stick with it. The caveat: she only covers the Midwest. She's licensed in IL and WI and can get licensed in OH, MI, IN, & MO. I love finding honest, authentic people who really "get" customer care. Lori's right up there.
Reach her at 630.893.2614 or
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