Patrick M. Powers. Copywriting and Pitching Expert.

Patrick M. Powers. Copywriting and Pitching Expert.

How To Follow Up After Networking Events

Honestly networking is a waste of time and effort for most people simply because they don’t do 1 thing… follow up . Or they follow up in a way that is counter productive and leads to loss of trust. Based on the people that follow up with me after an networking events I would say [...]

3 Business Networking Pitfalls You Must Avoid

Let’s be honest… for most people business networking is not bringing in any business. I might be fun but from a business standpoint it’s pretty much a waste of time. But just a few ideas and changes can actually get you massive results from it. For example here are 3 mistakes people make even before [...]

How to increase your productivity 50% or more overnight.

I recently had one of those big problems you think is going to end the world but actually ended up being a blessing in disguise. I was moving and in the process my internet service provider told me I was going to be without internet for seven days. WHAT!!!! 7 DAYS WITHOUT INTERNET. As someone [...]

How To Follow Up After Networking Events

April 17th, 2011

Patrick Powers

Honestly networking is a waste of time and effort for most people simply because they don’t do 1 thing… follow up . Or they follow up in a way that is counter productive and leads to loss of trust.

Based on the people that follow up with me after an networking events I would say that about 95% never follow up and of the 5 that do follow up 8 out of ten approach it the wrong way.

I must admit that I often forget to do it myself but networking is almost a complete waste of time if you don’t follow up. Why? Because networking rarely works after meeting people once. It is all about building trust and lets face it … you will rarely if ever really trust someone after meeting them just one time.

In most situations they won’t even remember you a few days after they have met you… that is unless you follow up. Read more »

3 Business Networking Pitfalls You Must Avoid

April 11th, 2011

Patrick Powers

Let’s be honest… for most people business networking is not bringing in any business. I might be fun but from a business standpoint it’s pretty much a waste of time. But just a few ideas and changes can actually get you massive results from it.

For example here are 3 mistakes people make even before they have arrived at the networking event

Business networking pitfall 1) Going into the battle without a plan.

Most people arrive at a networking event with even the slightest plan of what they want to achieve and how they are going to do it.

If you were doing any other serious business activity, you would have a plan. Even if you were playing a serious sports game you would have a plan. Without a plan you are almost certain to lose the game. Read more »

How to increase your productivity 50% or more overnight.

April 6th, 2010

Patrick Powers

I recently had one of those big problems you think is going to end the world but actually ended up being a blessing in disguise. I was moving and in the process my internet service provider told me I was going to be without internet for seven days. WHAT!!!! 7 DAYS WITHOUT INTERNET.

As someone doing a lot of internet marketing I thought it was going to be impossible. It ended up being 10 days without internet and amazingly some of my 10 most productive for a long time.

The first day I was kind of anxious but the second day I found out I was being way more productive. It made me aware of behaviours that were not effective and I found out I was spending too much time on the internet doing stuff that I didn’t have to do. Some of the tasks I was doing in a way that was not effective or disrupted my productivity. Read more »