February 10, 2010 by Robin Dickinson  | 133 views | Comments (27)

What has to happen for us to be able to develop ‘mass’ relationships?

Relationships can't be scaled

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January 15, 2010 by Robin Dickinson  | 328 views | Comments (39)

How do you measure the quality of your relationships?

Measuring the quality of relationships

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January 4, 2010 by Robin Dickinson  | 210 views | Comments (22)

Building poWErful relationshipsRecently, Trey Pennington wrote a post Developing relationships with a little LESS conversation in which he has started a multi-part review of  Tom Asacker’s book,  A Little Less Conversation: Connecting with Customers in a Noisy World. Although their emphasis is on commercial communication and leveraging the power of social media, underlying this is the foundation skill of building relationships. [Read more]

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November 20, 2009 by Robin Dickinson  | 219 views | Comments (13)

ConnectionsNever in the history of mankind has it been easier to find and make connections with other humans.  Just one click is all that separates millions of souls searching online.  The implications of this superpower-to-connect are just starting to unfold.

For example, the temptation to measure success by the volume of your connections – traffic, subscribers, readers, lists – can lead to a confusion between the terms ‘connection’ and ‘relationship’. [Read more]

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