Comments on: Ask Your Own Questions http://networking.entrepreneur.com/2008/10/27/ask-your-own-questions/ Growing your business through the power of relationships Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:21:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Kathy McBride BNI ED AR & NE TX http://networking.entrepreneur.com/2008/10/27/ask-your-own-questions/comment-page-1/#comment-1820 Kathy McBride BNI ED AR & NE TX Fri, 31 Oct 2008 16:09:22 +0000 http://networking.entrepreneur.com/2008/10/27/ask-your-own-questions/#comment-1820 These are great questions. The answers reveal a lot about the respondent and their attitude toward their profession. These are great questions. The answers reveal a lot about the respondent and their attitude toward their profession.

]]> By: Jan Vermeiren http://networking.entrepreneur.com/2008/10/27/ask-your-own-questions/comment-page-1/#comment-1815 Jan Vermeiren Thu, 30 Oct 2008 15:00:30 +0000 http://networking.entrepreneur.com/2008/10/27/ask-your-own-questions/#comment-1815 Hi Ivan, great tips as usual :-) I want to add one more: "How can I recognize a good prospect for you?" Not the first question to ask, but later in the conversation this works very well. Have a great networking day ! Jan Jan Vermeiren, Founder of Networking Coach (http://www.networking-coach.com) Hi Ivan,

great tips as usual :-)

I want to add one more: “How can I recognize a good prospect for you?”

Not the first question to ask, but later in the conversation this works very well.

Have a great networking day !

Jan

Jan Vermeiren, Founder of Networking Coach (http://www.networking-coach.com)

]]> By: Rob Copeland http://networking.entrepreneur.com/2008/10/27/ask-your-own-questions/comment-page-1/#comment-1810 Rob Copeland Wed, 29 Oct 2008 13:49:12 +0000 http://networking.entrepreneur.com/2008/10/27/ask-your-own-questions/#comment-1810 Hi Ivan These are great questions. I particularly like question 2. As a BNI Director and having completed over 100 Member Success programs for new BNI members I am shocked with the amount of business that can't tell you who their target market is. Is this just a UK/Ireland thing? I have done some further research and 90% of business in the UK/Ireland do not have a business plan and out of the 10% who do 9% have a plan to obtain external funding. Shocking!!! Just by asking that question it will hopefully get people thinking. Thanks again for the Blinding Flash of the Obvious. Rob Copeland BNI Scotland West BNI for the business you and your company have always wanted. Hi Ivan

These are great questions.

I particularly like question 2.

As a BNI Director and having completed over 100 Member Success programs for new BNI members I am shocked with the amount of business that can’t tell you who their target market is. Is this just a UK/Ireland thing?

I have done some further research and 90% of business in the UK/Ireland do not have a business plan and out of the 10% who do 9% have a plan to obtain external funding. Shocking!!!

Just by asking that question it will hopefully get people thinking.

Thanks again for the Blinding Flash of the Obvious.

Rob Copeland BNI Scotland West
BNI for the business you and your company have always wanted.

]]> By: Ulrik Sandberg http://networking.entrepreneur.com/2008/10/27/ask-your-own-questions/comment-page-1/#comment-1809 Ulrik Sandberg Wed, 29 Oct 2008 08:22:45 +0000 http://networking.entrepreneur.com/2008/10/27/ask-your-own-questions/#comment-1809 Good questions, thank you! Ulrik S Sweden Good questions, thank you!

Ulrik S Sweden

]]> By: Gary Hobley http://networking.entrepreneur.com/2008/10/27/ask-your-own-questions/comment-page-1/#comment-1808 Gary Hobley Wed, 29 Oct 2008 03:22:55 +0000 http://networking.entrepreneur.com/2008/10/27/ask-your-own-questions/#comment-1808 Ivan, thankyou again for stating the obvious. I trip over these kind of things regularly. It never ceases to amaze me that I get confounded by the questions which are right there in front of me. These are great questions but to some degree I wonder if who I am is actually defined by any of them. Don't get me wrong, but I believe that to be effective I need to be my natural self. The person who is behind the things I do and the products I sell. I believe that the relationship is paramount and the product is consequential. In this way the people I contact and reach know me by my integrity. Anyway, thats my thoughts. Your post has made me think again about these kind of conversations. And I do employ a lot of the questions you listed. I enjoy your comments and look forward to reading them. Gary Ivan, thankyou again for stating the obvious. I trip over these kind of things regularly. It never ceases to amaze me that I get confounded by the questions which are right there in front of me.

These are great questions but to some degree I wonder if who I am is actually defined by any of them.

Don’t get me wrong, but I believe that to be effective I need to be my natural self. The person who is behind the things I do and the products I sell. I believe that the relationship is paramount and the product is consequential.

In this way the people I contact and reach know me by my integrity.

Anyway, thats my thoughts. Your post has made me think again about these kind of conversations. And I do employ a lot of the questions you listed.

I enjoy your comments and look forward to reading them.

Gary

]]> By: Jason Rosen http://networking.entrepreneur.com/2008/10/27/ask-your-own-questions/comment-page-1/#comment-1807 Jason Rosen Wed, 29 Oct 2008 02:52:04 +0000 http://networking.entrepreneur.com/2008/10/27/ask-your-own-questions/#comment-1807 These are great conversation starters and absolutely necessary things to know about those we might do business with. Even more to the point, these are 10 great questions that we should be prepared to answer when talking with others. I am often surprised to talk with business owners who are not able to articulate some or all of the above topics. Sometimes, when I ask someone who their ideal client is? The question is met with a blank stare. Anyway, I would like to thank you for this great piece of information. Jason These are great conversation starters and absolutely necessary things to know about those we might do business with.

Even more to the point, these are 10 great questions that we should be prepared to answer when talking with others.

I am often surprised to talk with business owners who are not able to articulate some or all of the above topics. Sometimes, when I ask someone who their ideal client is? The question is met with a blank stare.

Anyway, I would like to thank you for this great piece of information.

Jason

]]> By: Michel Richer Business http://networking.entrepreneur.com/2008/10/27/ask-your-own-questions/comment-page-1/#comment-1805 Michel Richer Business Tue, 28 Oct 2008 13:26:00 +0000 http://networking.entrepreneur.com/2008/10/27/ask-your-own-questions/#comment-1805 As always you are right Ivan. This will really help me to be a better networker. Thanks Michel Richer hombyz.com As always you are right Ivan. This will really help me to be a better networker.

Thanks

Michel Richer
hombyz.com

]]> By: Shawn McCarthy http://networking.entrepreneur.com/2008/10/27/ask-your-own-questions/comment-page-1/#comment-1804 Shawn McCarthy Mon, 27 Oct 2008 21:51:10 +0000 http://networking.entrepreneur.com/2008/10/27/ask-your-own-questions/#comment-1804 These are great questions! So many people wonder what to talk about when they meet someone at a networking event- use some of these. I also inquire how long they've been doing their biz. And, yes, you need to know the answers also. No cave dwelling alllowed! Get out there and network! Shawn McCarthy BNI ED Ventura County, Ca. These are great questions! So many people wonder what to talk about when they meet someone at a networking event- use some of these. I also inquire how long they’ve been doing their biz. And, yes, you need to know the answers also. No cave dwelling alllowed! Get out there and network! Shawn McCarthy BNI ED Ventura County, Ca.

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