Meet The Pitch Girl, Laura Allen!

On 3/24 at 5PM, join The Pitch Girl, Laura Allen, as she teaches you the hard and fast “rules” (yes, rules) on how to effectively pitch your business to networking contacts, prospective clients, media outlets and anyone else that needs and WANTS to know who you are! Laura is fast, fun, and pulls no punches. […]

3 Keys to Networking Success

I was recently hired to run a program about networking and here’s what the participants told me were their top 3 take-aways: Being PROACTIVE is key. If you are waiting for someone to ask you for an introduction, you’re not really networking. Doing proactive introductions should be part of your networking DNA and will help […]

Meet Becky Nova, Founder of Lady Landlords

1.  How did you build Lady Landlords?  I started Lady Landlords as a community to ask my own questions about Landlording and quickly realized that I was not the only one out there looking for the same help. By creating a FB group, members could post any time they needed help and can also respond to […]

Meet Marc Halpert, LinkedIn Coach Extraordinaire

Marc Halpert is an old friend and business colleague, however, he’s a new member in Adrian’s Network. Marc generously shares his expertise and wisdom on all things “LinkedIn” with the members of the A’s Net community, and it is my pleasure to offer some insights into Marc and his business. 1.  How do you get […]

Meet Evan Mestman, ProAttitudes

Evan Mestman is the CEO and Founder of ProAttitudes. From ProAttitudes: Your core beliefs, conscience and subconscious, drive your thoughts that feed your moods and motivate your actions. If you can reprogram the flawed core beliefs, you can create new neural pathways which literally change the way you think and feel. Change is possible if […]

Can I Pick Your Brain?

If you’re a respected member of a business or social network, you’ve inevitably been posed the question, “Can I pick your brain?” Besides just the ugly visual, there is something very selfish about this common request; particularly in a networking setting. Perhaps it’s just a sign of the times that help and advice are in […]

What Kind of Year Are You Going to Have?

Queen Elizabeth II once described 1992 as her “annus horribilis” – the year when the marriages of her two sons broke down and her beloved Windsor Castle caught fire. For us, 2020 was our annus horribilus. A pandemic, political upheaval, unemployment, food insecurity, business failures, we’ve all dramatically lowered our expectations and goals. The fear […]

Networking in 2021

We’re seeing a lot of posts about good riddance to 2020. This isn’t one of them. This is not a look back at 2020, but a seriously important and seemingly obvious message for 2021 – networking must be reciprocal. MUST be. I don’t mean tit for tat. I’m not that petty. I do mean you […]