Getting really good at asking questions pays big dividends when it comes to building connections and relationships. Not only will you quickly and effectively build trust and value, but you will also stand out from the crowd as someone who is an outstanding ‘people person’. As global connectivity continues to pull us all together, this specific people skill – questioning – will become more and more valuable. [Read more]
What has to happen for us to be able to develop ‘mass’ relationships?

How do you measure the quality of your relationships?

Recently, 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]
Never 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]
tags | Building relationships, Business advantage, Future opportunities, Online strategy, Social networking

