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What Exactly IS Your Brand? Here’s the Answer!

March 31, 2017 by Chris 40 Comments

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As an entrepreneur, making it a priority to build my own personal brand has quite frankly turned out to be the best business move I’ve made in my entire career – and I don’t say that lightly, believe me. It’s brought about more opportunities than I could shake a stick at, and helped me grow my businesses bigger than I ever thought possible in the process.

Building your Brand is SMART because it:

  • Creates awareness of what we, as entrepreneurs stand for.
  • Gives us opportunities to become liked and followed consistently.
  • Elevates our credibility, because we embrace being ‘out there’ for the world to find.
  • Allows us to gain trust – which ultimately leads to more business!

Over the last few months I’ve talked a fair amount on the subject of personal branding, as well as the importance of building a brand online on a number of occasions – all of the content has been very well received and I’ve got lots of positive emails and tweets on the subject for the readers of this blog.

What I’ve Experienced Thanks to My Personal Brand

Here are a handful of amazing things that have happened to me, as a result of consciously building my own brand a few years ago:

  • I’ve become the number one go-to source in my industry.
  • I’ve been featured, countless times, in Entrepreneur Magazine.
  • I’ve been featured by Inc.com, Forbes.com, Huffington Post, Success Magazine and other press outlets.
  • I’ve launched and catapulted a speaking career.
  • I’ve landed a traditional book deal (which has since become a bestseller!)
  • I’ve netted a large social media and blog following.
  • I’ve grown an active mailing list of well over 50,000 subscribers.

If all that wasn’t enough, like I said, I’ve also been able to grow my three businesses to a level I never would have imagined, with over 400 full-time employees working for me, and clients from all around the world.

10 Quick Tips to Branding Building Brilliance

  • #1) Have a Unique Blog Design – Don’t copy anyone. Create something new looking, and stand out. People want to do business with innovators.
  • #2) Get a Proper Logo Designed – Cheap (home-made) logos always look bad. Invest in a good one, use a service like 99designs.com.
  • #3) Think About Creating a Tagline – You don’t ‘need’ it, but it might help get your message across quickly, especially in a crowded niche.
  • #4) Create an ‘About Me’ Page – Tell people about who you are, and most importantly how you will help them. Think about things properly and then do it. Check mine out here, too.
  • #5) Add Links to your Social Media Channels – Facebook, Twitter, Google+ – take the conversation off your blog.
  • #6) Publish a Podcast – The ability to literally be inserted into someones earbuds is untouched online today. It’s a medium that everyone loves.
  • #7) Publish Online Video via YouTube – YouTube is just like another search engine. Provide it some good content and people will find you.
  • #8) Create Unique, Compelling Content – Listen to your audience, they will help you solve problems and answer questions for them.
  • #9) Have a Unique Free (Opt-In) Offer – Work hard on building something you could charge $100 for, then give it away to build your email list!
  • #10) Be Yourself – Always. People can read right through the ‘Online BS’. So, be you. People want to do business with other people.

Build your brand, people. Build your brand.

If you enjoyed this post, please let me know on my Facebook page or via Twitter. And… if you have some likeminded friends, I’d love for you to share it with them. Thank you!

7 ‘Must Listen’ Podcast Episodes for Personal Brand Entrepreneurs

August 2, 2016 by Chris Leave a Comment

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If you’re anything like me, and the majority of the members of our Youpreneur Community, the chances are that you’re an entrepreneur that’s on the go a lot of the time.

Traveling to speak at live events, holding workshops, doing book tours, interviews for press, visiting coaching clients – all that time adds up. Which is fine, it comes with the territory. However, what isn’t fine is if we’re wasting that time by watching movies on the plane, or snoozing in the back of the taxi.

Thanks to the world of podcasts, we can utilize this time to our advantage by tuning into great, free content that’ll help us incrementally move the needle, when it comes to our personal brand and business growth.

With this in mind, I decided to put together this quick list of seven of the best episodes of Youpreneur.FM, along with highlighting what you can expect to gain from tuning into them, on your next trip! Enjoy.

1. The Business of YOU: Why Building Your Brand is Paramount to Success

When it comes to creating a business with long-term in mind, there’s nothing better than focusing on building it around you, your experiences and how you can best serve your clients and community. This episode is the perfect overview of the ‘no competition economy’, as I like to call it – LISTEN NOW!

2. How to Build Your First ‘Real’ Email Marketing Funnel

This is so important, that I feel like we should discuss it on every episode! My good friend, Greg Hickman (who personally manages a lot of my marketing online) joins me to break down exactly, step-by-step how we can grow a high converting email marketing funnel – LISTEN NOW!

3. How to Convert Your Podcast Listeners into Email Subscribers (and Paying Customers!)

One of the easiest ways to build a brand online is to start your own podcast. However, getting listeners is just the beginning. In this episode with Tim Paige we deep dive into strategies (a lot of ’em!) that’ll take your listeners on a zero-friction journey to become email subscribers – LISTEN NOW!

4. How to Launch and Grow a Membership Site

In this episode I sit down with bestselling author, Robbie Kellman Baxter to discuss the ‘membership economy’ and why, exactly, all personal brand entrepreneurs should be considering building a membership driven business, in order to bring insane value to those that follow them – LISTEN NOW!

5. How to Build Your Brand on Facebook and Beyond

This is a real goodie. In this episode I’m joined by Kimra Luna, who grew a massive following on Facebook in a very short space of time, and is now making well over seven figures, as a result. She drops some great strategies, you need to take note of – LISTEN NOW!

6. Top Tips on Understanding and Navigating the Branding Landscape

Here I’m joined by branding expert Karen Hardie and we talk all about the differences between big brand names and those building businesses around their personal brands. It’s a real eye-opener of an episode, with lots of insights from this seasoned professional – LISTEN NOW!

7. How to Avoid Entrepreneurial Burnout When Building a Personal Brand

Nothing, and I do mean NOTHING… is more important than taking care of ourselves as we focus on building our brand focused business. The problem is we routinely forget that fact, and here I discuss how we can re-focus and avoid hitting burnout – LISTEN NOW!

‘Listening’ is Just The Beginning!

Now, I will say that in the past I’ve been guilty of sitting down and listening to a podcast episode, expecting to learn lots – actually do so… and then doing nothing about it!

Not anymore, I assure you. 

As a personal brand entrepreneur myself, I’ve now started taking instant action on what I learn from my podcast consumption time – be it by actually doing something myself, making really in-depth notes and saving them (along with calendar alerts) to act on in the new future, or perhaps by delegating something to one of my virtual staff. Either way – I take action.

That’s what YOU need to do, too – it moves the needle. It gets things happening… and that’s the difference between us truly GROWING our brands and businesses and not. So, promise me you’ll take some action after you tune into some of the shows above, okay?!

What did you think of this post? I’d love to hear from you. Please drop me a tweet, or a quick message on my Facebook Page! And, as always, if you know of someone that might benefit from seeing this, please do share it with them, I’d appreciate it.

The 10-Step Small Business Website Checklist [Infographic]

July 19, 2016 by Chris Leave a Comment

Nowadays everything is instant – instant messaging, instant results, instant gratification – catching the attention of a new visitor / customer has never been more challenging. These days you barely have a minute (actually, it’s about 6-seconds, I believe!) to prove to your visitors that your website is worth sticking around for, which is why creating a strong first impression is crucial.

However, convincing them to stay and take a longer look involves a lot more than just a well designed site.

You need to have the fundamentals for a small business website in place, to make sure your visitors take your site and what it has to offer, seriously – and that they take the action you want them to take, when visiting. Once you have them in place, that’s where the real fun starts and you can begin to tweak your site and test it out to see what works for you and your audience!

There are so many strategies and techniques you can use to capture their attention, though it’s always important to make sure you cover the basics.  To make sure you have all the essentials covered, check out this ten-step small business website checklist for your small business website.

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As you build out your site, you don’t need all the bells and whistles to convince visitors to stay – a simple and clean site can work just as well as a fancy-looking one. It will all come down to your content and what you have to offer.

Based on some of the topics mentioned in this infographic, here are a few more resources I’ve produced for you to delve into in a little more detail. I hope they turn out to be helpful for you.

  • My guide to launching a podcast successfully.
  • My tips and tactics for working with a virtual assistant to manage social media.
  • My video training on producing a high-converting optin offer for your site.
  • My podcast – there is soooo much goodness here!
  • My conversation with Gary Vaynerchuk on the subject of online influence.

Thanks again for stopping by the blog today – I appreciate it, and be sure to get access to my Youpreneur Launchpad below, to take your learning to a whole new level – it’s FREE!

What did you think of this post? I’d love to know. Please tweet me, or drop me a message on Facebook. If you have entrepreneurial friends that you feel would appreciate this content, too – please share it with them. I’d greatly appreciate it!

10 Quick Tips to Brand Building Brilliance [Infographic]

June 7, 2016 by Chris Leave a Comment

If the word “McDonalds” popped up in a conversation, chances are that your brain flashed an image of those distinctive golden arches and maybe a cheeseburger almost immediately. Now if someone offered you a good deal you on a generic laptop, chances are that you would second-guess it. But, if that laptop had a glowing Apple logo on it, however, the story changes completely.

This is the power of good branding, what John Jantsch of Duct Tape Marketing calls “the art of becoming knowable, likable and trustable”.

In an age where social media has developed distinct personalities and “voices” for even the smallest of companies, developing a brand has never been more important. Almost every entrepreneur has a logo, design or persona to help set them apart from everyone else in their niche.

Or, at least they should…!!! Read this post about building an online brand, if you’re a little behind 🙂

Nowadays more than ever, branding is about more than just a good-looking website, or a hip logo. This is where you have to dig deep and find out what your brand is all about.

What is your brand’s story, attributes; it’s personality? What kind of brand experience do you want your audience to have? Once you have all the basics down, it’s time to get to work and start sharing it with the world. Here are a few tips on shaping and building your brand online!

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If you’re serious about focusing on brand building and the opportunities that come from building a strong, powerful personal brand then I’d love to invite you to check out my mastermind community, Youpreneur.com. If you decide to become a member, you’ll be joining hundreds of other coaches, bloggers, authors, experts, podcasters, speakers and entrepreneurs that are building profitable, long-term businesses – directly from their personal brands.

It’s the perfect private community, where entrepreneurs from around the world offer feedback, brainstorm ideas, get support and are held accountable in their business building activities – every day! Not to mention all the training (approximately 30-hours currently!) videos and material… It could be just what you need to take everything you’re currently doing to a whole new level.

Remember… building a brand is not a luxury. It’s a requirement to do business in the 21st century. People want to do business with other people. And building that personal brand is the quickest and easiest way to build their ‘know, like and trust’ mentality with your customers.

What did you think of this post? I’d love to hear from you. Please drop me a tweet, or a quick message on my Facebook Page! And, as always, if you know of someone that might benefit from seeing this, please do share it with them – they won’t be mad at you for providing them value. Promise!

10 Lessons Learned Writing My First Business Book [Infographic]

April 12, 2016 by Chris Leave a Comment

When I became an entrepreneur way back in 2004, the idea of writing my first business book to help budding entrepreneurs was always a huge, but distant goal that loomed in the back of my head whenever I sat down to plan out my long-term targets at the end of each year.

When I started blogging and podcasting in 2010 it became something that I thought more about, as my ‘work’ grew in popularity, and I came into contact with more like-minded entrepreneurs. Little did I know it was going to be the catalyst for my author dream to become a reality.

By the end of 2012 I received my first publishing offer!

I ended up not going with that initial offer, but it did make me re-think my goal of writing my first business book a little more seriously. Was I finally ready to put in the work and make it happen? Not too long after getting that first offer, I was introduced to a literary agent, and got straight to work on our first proposal. After sending the proposal to 16 publishing houses, I received four more offers – a buy-in rate of 25%… not bad for a first time author!

The rest, as they say, is history… We recently celebrated the second anniversary of Virtual Freedom, and I wanted to share some of the lessons I learned during my journey to getting published to anyone out there who might be planning on writing their own book in the future.

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In addition to this infographic, and staying on the same subject, you might want to listen to this episode of YoupreneurFM, where I delve into writing a book is one of the easiest and fastest ways to build a profitable online brand.

To take things to the next level, I strongly suggest that you also check out this episode of the podcast, too. This was a real goodie, where I’m joined with my good friend and New York Times bestselling author, Jay Baer to talk about how we can market our book all the way to the bestseller lists and beyond. It’s gold. Trust me.

One thing is for sure… writing a book aint easy! And it’s aint for everyone! But, if you’re focused on getting your word out into the world, it’s still, in my opinion, the best way to do just that and there are so many benefits to writing my first business book that I haven’t even touched on here – perhaps I’ll cover that on another infographic in the future!

Did this infographic help you? If so, please consider sharing it and be sure to tweet me and let me know your biggest takeaway!

6 Ways to Profit From Your Personal Brand (Part 1 of 2)

March 22, 2016 by Chris Leave a Comment

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Branding is a term that’s been used in marketing meetings for years, as companies planned and strategized over demographics in corporate boardrooms. However in today’s world, it’s becoming more evident that it isn’t just companies and organizations that should develop their brands.

Personal branding has become a key aspect for entrepreneurs, as modern audiences have grown to want to do business with people instead of businesses. Developing your personal brand, is the easiest way to set yourself apart from everyone else in your niche.

Monetising your personal brand is where you take it to the next level. However, first you’ve got to learn exactly HOW you can profit from your personal brand. Couple that together with a ‘primary profit mentality’ – which allows you to pay yourself first, you’ll be off to the races!

To help entrepreneurs think about profiting properly from their personal brands, I recently broadcasted a great session on Periscope where I broke down the different ways that you can make money online, based on an authentic personal brand – I captured the entire broadcast for the blog, and here’s the first part (part two is coming next week!).

There’s more to being successful business than beating your inbox and understanding what your customer wants (although those are important!). I hope this first video has helped give you an idea of how to make the most out of, and how to profit from your personal brand.

Think of it like your business ‘fingerprint’ – no two personal brands are exactly the same.

As I always say, you have to be seen to sell!

Now I’d love to hear from you! Have you started monetizing your brand or are you still deciding which route to start with? Let me know which way you believe will suit your brand best – send me a tweet. And, don’t forget to tune in again next Tuesday for the concluding part of this training.

Did this episode of #DuckerScope help you? If so, please consider sharing it and be sure to follow me on Periscope for future LIVE training.

How to Create and Promote a Blog Post ‘Perfectly’ Every Time

September 1, 2015 by Chris Leave a Comment

Important Note: The ‘Process Blueprint’ featured in this post is one of our monthly deliverables at Youpreneur.com. These workflow process documents, along with other exclusive content, as well as our private mastermind forums make up the Youpreneur Community. It’ll all help you build your business better! For more info click here!

When I think about creating and getting a new blog post out there into the world, I look at four main areas that need to be covered, pretty much in the same way, every time. Creation, Layout, Promotion and On-Going Marketing.

It’s true, almost the entire process can be delegated to a virtual assistant, but the creation side of things is all done by you. It has to be handled by you – after all, your community / audience is tuning in because of you, your expertise, your voice and what you’re all about – as well as the value that only you can bring to them.

Like most pieces of content that you’ll produce as an online business owner, blog posts are much easier to research, create and design when there’s a system, or process in place. Not to mention how to actually promote a blog post when it’s finalized! So, I thought it might be helpful for you to check out the Process Blueprint below, so that you can take your blogging to the next level.

You can use this workflow as a guide for yourself to follow, or simply hand off to a team member – once you’ve written that content yourself!

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It’s following processes and systems like the blueprint above that’s enabled me to grow my online brand, reputation and community faster than I ever would have been able to – if I was just knocking things together as and when I felt like it.

It’s this methodic approach to building a business, as well as the focus on surrounding yourself with the right, like-minded people that we’re all about inside of the Youpreneur Community.

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The Importance of Bringing Your Community Together in Person

September 1, 2015 by Chris Leave a Comment

Important Note: The ‘Chit-Chat’ video interview clip featured in this post is one of our monthly deliverables at Youpreneur.com. These training videos, along with other exclusive content, as well as our private mastermind forums make up the Youpreneur Community. It’ll all help you build your business better! For more info click here!

One of the best things I’ve done, and you can do, as an entrepreneur that has online businesses (as well as more traditional, brick n mortar ones, too!) is focus on bringing your community together, regularly… in person!

Yes, I mean in ‘real life’. In the same physical location, together.

One of my favorite ways to do this is when I team up with my good friend, Pat Flynn from Smart Passive Income to hold one of our 1-Day Business Breakthrough events.

In this video, which was filmed before our latest live event in San Diego, myself and Pat talk about the importance of taking our communities offline, bringing everything into the real world through live events, and why live events are so successful.

Entrepreneurs can live very lonely lives when it comes to their work, so these meet-ups and events can be a chance to connect.

You get the chance to share experiences (dinner, a drink) or conversations with like-minded people. You can walk away from a live event with something as simple as good advice, to something like an amazing partnership or friendship that can last years (ex. Pat and I, and our families being together – literally seeing our kids grow up together. So cool!

Another reason why live events and the act of bringing your community together are so successful is that when you are the person facilitating the meeting, it elevates you and your brand by creating a ‘culture’ which can help you create even more fandom and that ultimately leads to more spreading of your ideas, wisdom and ultimately, your brand and business.

It’s this approach to community and business building, as well as the focus on surrounding yourself with the right, like-minded people that we’re all about inside of the Youpreneur Community. Hop over and check it all out – it might turn out to be just what you need to take your business to the next level… and beyond!

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The Power of Understanding Your Customers Motivations!

September 1, 2015 by Chris 2 Comments

Important Note: The ‘Tropical Think Tank’ clip featured in this post is one of our deliverables at Youpreneur.com. These live training videos, along with other exclusive content, as well as our private mastermind forums make up the Youpreneur Community. It’ll all help you build your business better! For more info click here!

Back in May 2015 I held the second annual Tropical Think Tank conference in the Philippines. It was a brilliant week full of amazing masterminding, lots of fun and games, and a boat load of business learning.

One speaker who was a real hit with our attendees was Darren Rowse, from Problogger. In this short clip, he urges you to ‘dig deeper’ and beyond just mere demographics. By identifying your audiences needs, problems, desires and fears, you can find out what is meaningful for them and understand how you can help them better.

It’s all about understanding your customers motivations.

He also talks about how the best blogs aim for more than just providing something useful to their readers, they aim to leave a mark on their readers. Darren does a marvellous job of encouraging everyone to identify what their readers are when they arrive on their blogs and more importantly, what they will become when they leave.

We know the power of creating avatars for our online audiences – those people that we ultimately want to market and sell to – but, by creating ‘future avatars’, you gain not only more ideas on content, but you also strengthen your message and how to monetize your blog.

It’s watching world class leaders, such as Darren in action that’ll propel your business growth online. I’ve learned so much from listening to him myself, and I know I’ll continue to do so – he’s THAT good!

It’s this never-ending approach to building a business, as well as the focus on surrounding yourself with the right, like-minded people that we’re all about inside of the Youpreneur Community – come check us out.

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5 Quick Ways to Develop Successful Relationships

August 9, 2015 by Chris Leave a Comment

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In my 24-years in the business world – the last 12-years of which have been as an entrepreneur, I’ve come to the conclusion that one of the key factors that separate the struggling from the uber successful, is the ability to create, cultivate and develop successful relationships.

As much as we enjoy hearing about the ‘self-made’ man or woman, the reality of things is that collaboration and connection will always play a role in our success. Bottom line, without others, dreams remain dreams.

And the same goes for you.

That means whatever you’re pursuing, whatever you’re wanting, whatever’s keeping you awake at night because you just can’t stop dreaming about it… you’re going to need to enlist the help of others to get it.

However, before you begin making a list of everyone you plan on recruiting to help and what you need from them, I suggest reading the rest of this post first!

Here are five ways the uber successful build lasting, profitable relationships.

1. Have a Long-Term Mindset

This may sound a bit counterintuitive, especially for new entrepreneurs who feel a strong sense of urgency, but having a long-term perspective with your relationships will set you up for future success.

This means:

  • Don’t change who you are to please someone. True relationships are built upon honesty and integrity (you know, all that good stuff our Mum’s taught us!).
  • Accept the fact that relationships go through seasons and evolve. This means accepting that sometimes you’ll be close, and other times you’ll find yourselves not speaking to each other for weeks, or even months. But the best relationships which stand the test of time are those that are able to pick up right where they left off (which means no getting butt-hurt if someone doesn’t get back to you).
  • Value your current relationships. It’s easy to take our current relationships for granted and always be about cultivating new ones, but you’ll find that successful people have deep relationships that have been cultivated over years of mutual investment.

Simply put, remind yourself this is LIFE – and the relationships you build will be with you for a long, long time.

2. Put a Premium on Developing Yourself

As you build your network never forget that YOU are also part of someone’s network too.

So with that in mind:

  • What value do you bring to your network?
  • Have you made a choice to continually grow?
  • Are you trying to take more than your give?

Successful people like to be around successful people.  That means if you plan on finding yourself inside one of these social circles it’s important to have something of value to contribute.

Just look at any Instagram feed of a celebrity, or successful entrepreneur and you’ll see their comments filled with people who are trying to get something from them (such as an endorsement, a partnership or free consulting / coaching). And do you think this works? Of course not!

Now think about this – that same celebrity, or entrepreneur goes to work everyday and collaborates with other people who have developed their skills – and provide something of value.

And let’s face it, developing skills takes time – it’s not easy, but it’s a surefire way to finding yourself in the company of success.

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3. Seek to Give, More Than You Receive

If you’ve spent any time following entrepreneurs online then you’ve probably stumbled across my good friend, Lewis Howes, host of the wildly popular School of Greatness podcast.

What you may not know however, is that Lewis began his rise to entrepreneurial success by choosing to host an enormous amount of networking events. His mindset was that if he could help connect others, and shake as many hands as possible his life would be enriched.

But what’s important to note is that he began from a place of giving. Lewis was not concerned about profiting from these events, or seeing what others could do for him.  He simply wanted to be a connector of people.

Let’s not forget, the path of entrepreneurship is built upon the economical concept of providing value to your customers and prospective customers – like I do every time I broadcast on Periscope.

Think of it simply solving a problem. And what’s great is that it also applies to relationships, too.

4. Develop a P2P Mindset

“I speak to everyone in the same way, whether he is the garbage man,
or the president of the university.” – Albert Einstein

People are People.

  • They are not ‘followers’.
  • They are not stats.
  • They are not open-rates.
  • They are not subscribers.
  • They are not staff (aka ‘butts in seats’).

They are people.

Yes, they can be represented by the terms listed above, but if you approach your relationship building from a more intimate philosophy, or as I call it, the People-2-People (P2P) mindset, you’ll find yourself building more meaningful and lasting relationships.

That means:

  • Never underestimate the value of a sincere “Thank You”, or “I’m Sorry” to your clients, guests or members.
  • Always thank your staff for what they do. The verbal affirmation is just as important as compensation – something I go into in great detail throughout the pages of Virtual Freedom.
  • Remembering the special moments of someone’s life with a simple phone call, or card – yes,those things you write on! 🙂

In the business of building relationships, it’s truly the little things that make the biggest difference.

So don’t forget to be a P2P entrepreneur.

5, Be Intentional with Your Actions

Nothing great happens by accident. It’s always intentional. Always.

Despite having a jammed packed schedule, I’ve always made it a priority to connect with my network and staff on a personal level. This can be as simple as an email thanking a member of my team for helping to wrap a project ahead of deadline, or as detailed as having a baby shower gift sent to someone in my network.

Either way, it’s intentional – which means planned and executed.

And thanks to today’s online tools it’s much easier to do this type of thing than you probably think.

Here’s a few ways you can be intentional about your relationship building:

  • Identify the top three people in your network and brainstorm ways on how you can deliver huge value to them. Keep in mind the most important point here is something THEY value.
  • Always acknowledge the life events of your network. This includes marriages, new additions to the family, career advancements and anything else of importance that may show up in your Facebook, or Twitter newsfeed.
  • Let’s think more ‘real-world’. Use your lunch, or breakfast time as an opportunity to connect with someone, by having them join your for a meal. It’s a great way to catch up while also taking a break from your workday.
  • Attend a seminar, or conference you wouldn’t normally go to. This will place you in a different context and force you to develop your social skills, and as a result, new relationships.
  • Set aside time each week to call a few people from your network, for the simple goal of just checking in to see how they’re doing.

So, there you have it. Five ways that you can focus in on to help develop successful relationships that matter.

Quite amazing at how much sheer common sense is included, isn’t it? This is my point, and the reason why I felt compelled to pen this blog post this morning when I woke up.

People have started to pick-up sloppy habits when it comes to developing the right type of friendships. They’ve started to take people way too much for granted – and as a result, get confused when those that they thought were their ‘friend’ let them down in one way or another.

Don’t let that happen to you. Be the person that enjoys your relationships and growing them – not just ‘using them’ for your own advantage.

If you enjoyed this post, I’d love to hear what you thought of it on Twitter, or my Facebook Page. I’d also be equally thankful if you felt like sharing it with the people you know, love and trust!

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Who are we?

Our website address is: https://chrisducker.com, a site owned and operated by Chris Ducker & 4C Media Limited.

What personal data we collect and why we collect it

Comments – When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection. An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media – If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

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If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

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Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

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How long we retain your data – If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

What rights you have over your data – If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where we send your data – Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.