On the Schmooze

Today’s guest is known as the LinkedIn Whisperer. An experienced sales trainer, she has extensive knowledge of traditional sales techniques and has adapted them for LinkedIn. As CEO of Social Sales Link, she guides professionals to establish themselves as a thought leader with a subject matter expert brand. She helps them find and engage their target […] The post OTS 319: True Social Selling – Brynne Tillman appeared first on Robbie Samuels: Virtual Event Design Consultant | Executive Zoom Producer | Business Growth Strategist.

Today’s guest is a sought-after speaker who has shared the platform with everyone from today’s business leaders and broadcast personalities to even a former U.S. President. A prolific author of books on sales, marketing, and influence, for years he was best known for his book “Endless Referrals” – that is until he released “The Go-Giver” […] The post OTS 158: The Essence of Influence – Bob Burg appeared first on Robbie Samuels: Virtual Event Design Consultant | Executive Zoom Producer | Business Growth Strategist.

Today’s guest believes you have within you the ability to attract your ideal partner, create your ideal body, become a more empowered parent to your children, and magnetize success and abundance in every aspect of your life. She is a Transformational Leader, Celebrity Coach, and the New York Times bestselling author of “The Art of […] The post OTS 128: Living in Abundance – Christy Whitman appeared first on Robbie Samuels: Virtual Event Design Consultant | Executive Zoom Producer | Business Growth Strategist.

Today’s guest has been named one of the Top 5 Social Media Influencers in the world by Forbes.com. He earned that title by telling the truth about social media marketing, with his signature sardonic humor. Namely that companies are largely using it incorrectly and getting distracted by every big shiny object that comes along. In […] The post OTS 045: Speak with Conviction – Scott Stratten appeared first on Robbie Samuels: Virtual Event Design Consultant | Executive Zoom Producer | Business Growth Strategist.

Welcome back to On the Schmooze. Thank you so much for joining me. Last week I had the pleasure of interviewing Mary Pilon, this week you’ll be hearing from me, your host. Every other week I’ll be offering my take on some aspect of networking and relationship-building. These shorter podcast episodes will include practical networking tips and […] The post OTS 044: Communicating Across Disability – Robbie Samuels appeared first on Robbie Samuels: Virtual Event Design Consultant | Executive Zoom Producer | Business Growth Strategist.

Today’s guest has covered a wide range of topics as a reporter for The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times. She chiefly covers sports, business, and politics, including both the Rio & London Olympics, doping coverage, features on legal and financial issues in sports, and the occasional video shot from a dog sled. Her work regularly appears in leading publications like the New Yorker, Esquire, and Bloomberg BusinessWeek. Her work has received many honors and awards, including as part of The Wall Street Journal’s team that won Gerald Loeb and New York Press Club Awards in 2011 for covering the “Flash Crash” of 2010. She was included in Forbes magazine's first-ever 30 Under 30 list for media. We met at a networking dinner hosted by Dorie Clark and I was fascinated to learn that she had written a New York Times bestseller about the history of the board game Monopoly. She really has a broad range of interests and experiences. Please join me in welcoming Mary Pilon. Would you leave an honest rating and review on iTunes? Or Stitcher? They are extremely helpful and I read each and every one of them. Thanks for the inspiration! On the Schmooze is on C-Suite Radio. Listen to our show and many other great business podcasts at C-SuiteRadio.com. In this episode we explore: how she defines leadership, “Leadership when you are in a creative field, you need to be a little bit more subversive and a little bit more out of the MBA box.” the power journalists have, "Figuring out where do you want people's attention to be shifted." why she thought she would have a greater impact as a journalist rather than a lawyer what she does to stay relevant in an ever-changing industry how she manages her time as a solopreneur, "Nobody tells you to take a vacation, no one tells you to take a break." Stay tuned until the end of the episode to hear what I thought were the key takeaways you could put into practice this week and benefit from for years to come. LINKS Mary Pilon on LinkedIn and Twitter www.MaryPilon.com Buy her book, "The Monopolists: Obsession, Fury, and the Scandal Behind the World's Favorite Board Game" Articles referenced in this episode: “The Ripple Effects Of The Travel Ban On High-School Basketball.” (New Yorker) "Surviving the Long Haul" (maryreview.com) "A Big Win in Court for Female Truck Drivers in Sexual Harassment Case" (The Investigative Fund) "A Reporter Unplugs and Still Finds Connection" (New York Times) Contactually (free 14-day trial) - questions about this? I'm happy to help you get set up for success. Do you host a conference or convention and want your attendees to feel that your event was incredibly valuable because of all the connections they made? I work with associations and companies to design events that increase engagement and create a welcoming culture for all attendees, especially your first-time attendees. The result is that long-time attendees, presenters, and board members have a host mentality and all attendees have the tools to strategically build relationships and their professional network at your event. If you want to increase ROI for your attendees and therefore their retention schedule a time for us to chat! Stay Connected: Interested in booking me to speak? Learn about my Art of the Schmooze session on effective and inclusive networking, and the other sessions I offer Schedule a 15-minute phone or Skype chat to discuss working together Connect with me on LinkedIn @RobbieSamuels on Twitter and Instagram New to my website? Start here On the Schmooze podcast archive and show notes for recent episodes Subscribing and leaving a rating and review on iTunes helps this podcast be discovered. Need help using iTunes? 10 Steps to Subscribe, Rate & Review on iTunes. Thank you! Sometimes I'll recommend a product or service for which I receive an affiliate commissio...

Welcome back to On the Schmooze. Thank you so much for joining me. Last week I had the pleasure of interviewing Stephanie Chung, this week you’ll be hearing from me, your host. Every other week I’ll be offering my take on some aspect of networking and relationship-building. These shorter podcast episodes will include practical networking tips and techniques you can put into practice right away. My hope is those insights from me, and my guests will help you achieve the leadership position you’re seeking, build and sustain your professional network, and find the work/life balance that works best for you. This week, I'll be sharing the details of a study that explains why networking makes us feel dirty. Subscribe and leave an honest rating and review on iTunes. Thanks! Are you resisting networking because you feel like it’s dirty business? Well, you are not alone. A study published in 2014 found that networking with the goal of career advancement made people feel icky. The study, co-authored by professors from Harvard Business School, University of Toronto, and Northwestern University, used one experiment to conclude that this kind of transactional networking for professional gain made people subconsciously rank cleaning products higher than other household or office products. In another experiment participants who thought about this kind of professional networking answered fill-in the blank words with words associated with bathing, while those thinking about personal networking to build friendships did not. What leads to this feeling of being dirty? We are our harshest critics, so if we cannot justify our networking behavior and feel we are using others without offering anything in return, we may question our moral purity and that makes us feel dirty. All networking is not created equally. Listen to the rest of this episode... On the Schmooze is on C-Suite Radio. Listen to our show and many other great business podcasts at C-SuiteRadio.com. Want to be able to print these tips with ease and share them? Send me the transcript! STUDY LINK: "The Contaminating Effects of Building Instrumental Ties: How Networking Can Make Us Feel Dirty" Do you host a conference or convention and want your attendees to feel that your event was incredibly valuable because of all the connections they made? I work with associations and companies to design events that increase engagement and create a welcoming culture for all attendees, especially your first-time attendees. The result is that long-time attendees, presenters, and board members have a host mentality and all attendees have the tools to strategically build relationships and their professional network at your event. If you want to increase ROI for your attendees and therefore their retention, email me to schedule a call. Learn about my Art of the Schmooze session on effective and inclusive networking, and the other sessions I offer. Schedule a complimentary 15-minute phone or Skype chat to discuss these networking tips. Contactually (free 14-day trial) - questions about this? I'm happy to help you get set up for success. @RobbieSamuels on Twitter and Instagram Connect with me on LinkedIn New to my website? Start here. On the Schmooze podcast archive Subscribing and leaving an honest rating and review on iTunes helps listeners discover this podcast. Need help using iTunes?  10 Steps to Subscribe, Rate & Review on iTunes. Thank you! Podcast guest suggestions welcomed. Email me your ideas.

Today’s guest is first and foremost a dad. What began as a small playgroup in 2008 became the NYC Dads Group and in 2013 expanded into the City Dads Group network with 26 groups across the country. This diverse community supports dads of all stripes, providing opportunities to socialize as they navigate parenthood together. In addition to co-founding these groups, he co-hosts The Modern Dads Podcast, a monthly show highlighting stories of 21st-century dads and families. He regularly contributes to and is quoted by media outlets interested in telling the stories of involved dads. As an at-home dad myself, I was grateful to discover this network of involved fathers existed and have become actively involved with the Boston Dads Group. I had an opportunity to meet my guest in person at HomeDadCon, hosted by the National At-Home Dad Network. Please join me in welcoming Matt Schneider. Would you leave an honest rating and review on iTunes? Or Stitcher? They are extremely helpful and I read each and every one of them. Thanks for the inspiration! On the Schmooze is on C-Suite Radio. Listen to our show and many other great business podcasts at C-SuiteRadio.com. In this episode we explore: how he defines leadership, “Seeing an opportunity to make change and taking it. Having the wherewithal to step in.” what is holding dads back from being full parents the effort to change the media’s portrayal of dads how he scaled his hyper-local playgroup to a national movement ways he found to monetize as the group has grown balancing being an at-home dad and entrepreneur Stay tuned until the end of the episode to hear what I thought were the key takeaways you could put into practice this week and benefit from for years to come. LINKS Matt Schneider on LinkedIn and Twitter City Dads Group website, Twitter, and Facebook Page The Modern Dads podcast website and iTunes Boston Dads Group and New York City Dads Group HomeDadsCon - hosted by The National At-Home Dad Network Third Path Institute Buy "Miracle Morning" by Hal Elrod, you may also be interested in "Miracle Morning for Parents and Families", "Miracle Morning for Writers", or one of the many other great spin-offs Contactually (free 14-day trial) - questions about this? I'm happy to help you get set up for success. Buy a "Dads Don't Babysit" and "My Dad Doesn't Babysit" shirt, onesie, or sweatshirt Stay Connected: Interested in booking me to speak? Learn about my Art of the Schmooze session on effective and inclusive networking, and the other sessions I offer Schedule a 15-minute phone or Skype chat to discuss working together Connect with me on LinkedIn @RobbieSamuels on Twitter and Instagram New to my website? Start here On the Schmooze podcast archive and show notes for recent episodes   Do you host a conference or convention and want your attendees to feel that your event was incredibly valuable because of all the connections they made? I work with associations and companies to design events that increase engagement and create a welcoming culture for all attendees, especially your first-time attendees. The result is that long-time attendees, presenters, and board members have a host mentality and all attendees have the tools to strategically build relationships and their professional network at your event. If you want to increase ROI for your attendees and therefore their retention schedule a time for us to chat! Subscribing and leaving a rating and review on iTunes helps this podcast be discovered. Need help using iTunes? 10 Steps to Subscribe, Rate & Review on iTunes. Thank you! Sometimes I'll recommend a product or service for which I receive an affiliate commission. I only recommend things and people I admire.

Welcome back to On the Schmooze. Thank you so much for joining me. Last week I had the pleasure of interviewing Stephanie Chung, this week you’ll be hearing from me, your host. Every other week I’ll be offering my take on some aspect of networking and relationship-building. These shorter podcast episodes will include practical networking tips and techniques you can put into practice right away. My hope is those insights from me, and my guests will help you achieve the leadership position you’re seeking, build and sustain your professional network, and find the work/life balance that works best for you. This week, I'll be sharing some tips about how to approach tight networking circles at events. Subscribe and leave an honest rating and review on iTunes. Thanks! Over the last few months, I’ve been working on a new book and in the process asking my network to share their problems networking at conferences. Over and over I received questions that could be boiled down to - How do I get more value out of the experience of going to conferences? It’s a lot of time and money and I’m never sure how to meet people while I’m there. Maybe I shouldn’t bother going? Maybe you’ve asked yourself a similar question? Conferences are expensive and time intensive, but I wouldn't recommend avoiding them altogether. What you need is a strategy that will boost your confidence and help you feel your time and money were well spent. Listen to the rest of this episode... On the Schmooze is on C-Suite Radio. Listen to our show and many other great business podcasts at C-SuiteRadio.com. LINKS Want to be able to print with ease and share these tips? Send me the transcript! Interested in booking me to speak? Learn about my Art of the Schmooze session on effective and inclusive networking, and the other sessions I offer. Schedule a complimentary 15-minute phone or Skype chat to discuss these networking tips. Contactually (free 14-day trial) - questions about this? I'm happy to help you get set up for success. @RobbieSamuels on Twitter and Instagram Connect with me on LinkedIn New to my website? Start here. On the Schmooze podcast archive Do you host a conference or convention and want your attendees to feel that your event was incredibly valuable because of all the connections they made? I work with associations and companies to design events that increase engagement and create a welcoming culture for all attendees, especially your first-time attendees. The result is that long-time attendees, presenters, and board members have a host mentality and all attendees have the tools to strategically build relationships and their professional network at your event. If you want to increase ROI for your attendees and therefore their retention, email me to schedule a call. Subscribing and leaving an honest rating and review on iTunes helps listeners discover this podcast. Need help using iTunes?  10 Steps to Subscribe, Rate & Review on iTunes. Thank you! Podcast guest suggestions welcomed. Email me your ideas.

Today’s guest is an award-winning executive coach with more than 25 years of team management, business development, and sales leadership experience. Early in her career, she was recognized for her ability to negotiate multimillion dollar contracts with senior executives of numerous Fortune 500 companies. Having mastered the art of high-ticket sales, she went on to mentor, coach, and develop some of the highest paid, most elite, sales professionals in the country who have sold well over 1 billion dollars and counting. Every successful executive can cite a mentor or advisor who helped them bridge the gap from middle management to C-level leadership. Every business owner has relied on a trusted guide to make the jump from breaking even to breaking profit records. Having successfully navigated each stop on the journey to elite executive status, my guest’s passion is in helping business owners, sales leaders and seasoned executives achieve the success they desire. Please join me in welcoming Stephanie Chung. Would you leave an honest rating and review on iTunes? Or Stitcher? They are extremely helpful and I read each and every one of them. Thanks for the inspiration! On the Schmooze is on C-Suite Radio. Listen to our show and many other great business podcasts at C-SuiteRadio.com. In this episode we explore: how she defines leadership: ““One word describes leadership - influence." her experience being a “professional new kid” and moving every two years taught her the importance of being adaptable and influenced her style of leadership how her c-level executive clients have, by all outside measures achieved success, but still strive to reach their full potential. Stephanie says, “It’s no longer about success, it’s about significance.” challenges of being a woman and a minority in upper management in private aviation, which she moved through with her motto, “No excuse. Just produce.” the steps she takes to recharge and replenish. “In order to give my best, I need to be my best.” her belief that networking is about being in service as she cultivates relationships. “At some point the law of reciprocity will kick in.” Stay tuned until the end of the episode to hear what I thought were the key takeaways you could put into practice this week and benefit from for years to come. LINKS Stephanie Chung on LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook Page StephanieChung.com "Profit Like a Girl: A Women's Guide to Kicking Butt in Sales and Leadership" Contactually (free 14 day trial) - questions about this? I'm happy to help you get set up for success.   Stay Connected: Interested in booking me to speak? Learn about my Art of the Schmooze session on effective and inclusive networking, and the other sessions I offer Schedule a 15 minute phone or Skype chat to discuss working together Connect with me on LinkedIn @RobbieSamuels on Twitter and Instagram New to my website? Start here On the Schmooze podcast archive and show notes for recent episodes Do you host a conference or convention and want your attendees to feel that your event was incredibly valuable because of all the connections they made? I work with associations and companies to design events that increase engagement and create a welcoming culture for all attendees, especially your first-time attendees. The result is that long-time attendees, presenters, and board members have a host mentality and all attendees have the tools to strategically build relationships and their professional network at your event. If you want to increase ROI for your attendees and therefore their retention schedule a time for us to chat! Subscribing and leaving a rating and review on iTunes helps this podcast be discovered. Need help using iTunes? 10 Steps to Subscribe, Rate & Review on iTunes. Thank you! Sometimes I'll recommend a product or service for which I receive an affiliate commiss...

Welcome back to On the Schmooze. Thank you so much for joining me. Last week I had the pleasure of interviewing Jeffrey Hayzlett, this week you’ll be hearing from me, your host. Every other week I’ll be offering my take on some aspect of networking and relationship-building. These shorter podcast episodes will include practical networking tips and techniques you can put into practice right away. My hope is those insights from me, and my guests will help you achieve the leadership position you’re seeking, build and sustain your professional network, and find the work/life balance that works best for you. This week, I'll be sharing my thoughts on a common networking practice that I believe is highly ineffective. Listen to learn what not to do. Subscribe and leave an honest rating and review on iTunes. Thanks! Whether you know the phrase “spray and pray” or not, you probably have experienced this phenomenon and possibly, like me, you have been guilty of doing it. When I first started promoting a group I founded over a decade ago, I whipped out a business card within seconds of meeting anyone who might remotely be interested. It took me awhile to realize this wasn’t the most effective way to network. When friends and colleagues began to talk up my group, instead of me doing all the promotion, the group really took off. Now, I teach people how to stop wasting time networking and I have a PSA: Stop Spraying and Praying. When people tell me they don’t like networking, it’s this kind of behavior that is turning them off. Listen to the rest of this episode... On the Schmooze is on C-Suite Radio. Listen to our show and many other great business podcasts at C-SuiteRadio.com. LINKS Want to be able to print with ease and share these tips? Send me the transcript! Interested in booking me to speak? Learn about my Art of the Schmooze session on effective and inclusive networking, and the other sessions I offer. Schedule a complimentary 15-minute phone or Skype chat to discuss these networking tips. Contactually (free 14-day trial) - questions about this? I'm happy to help you get set up for success. @RobbieSamuels on Twitter and Instagram Connect with me on LinkedIn New to my website? Start here. On the Schmooze podcast archive Do you host a conference or convention and want your attendees to feel that your event was incredibly valuable because of all the connections they made? I work with associations and companies to design events that increase engagement and create a welcoming culture for all attendees, especially your first-time attendees. The result is that long-time attendees, presenters, and board members have a host mentality and all attendees have the tools to strategically build relationships and their professional network at your event. If you want to increase ROI for your attendees and therefore their retention, email me to schedule a call. Subscribing and leaving an honest rating and review on iTunes helps listeners discover this podcast. Need help using iTunes?  10 Steps to Subscribe, Rate & Review on iTunes. Thank you! Podcast guest suggestions welcomed. Email me your ideas.

Today’s guest is a global business celebrity, best-selling business author, and award-winning public speaker. He has faced many challenges and achieved many successes in his career - most notably he is credited with the economic turnaround of Kodak after the Great Recession. Currently, he is a prime time television host on C-Suite TV and a radio host on CBS Radio’s Play.it and C-Suite Radio. He takes viewers inside the c-suite of some of the world’s biggest companies to discover what makes c-level executives like CEOs, CFOs, and CMOs tick. He also conducts exclusive one-on-one interviews with business celebrities to discuss the strategies they’ve utilized to make it big. He shares his executive insight and commentary on television networks like Bloomberg, MSNBC, and Fox Business and has been cited as a leading business expert in publications such as Forbes, SUCCESS, and Mashable. He is a turnaround architect of the highest order, a maverick marketer who delivers scalable campaigns, embraces traditional modes of customer engagement, and possesses a remarkable skill set of mentorship, corporate governance, and brand building. Please join me in welcoming Jeffrey Hayzlett. Would you leave an honest rating and review on iTunes? Or Stitcher? They are extremely helpful and I read each and every one of them. Thanks for the inspiration! On the Schmooze is on C-Suite Radio. Listen to our show and many other great business podcasts at C-SuiteRadio.com. In this episode we explore: how he defines leadership: “Getting people where they don’t always like to go or where they want to go and didn’t know they could get there." his guidelines for life - his conditions of satisfaction - "What is it I want to get out of life? What is it I want to do?" what led him to build C-Suite Network, which has grown to half million c-level executives who are seeking a trusted and vetted network how failure informs and impacts his professional career - as he says, "No one's going to die." "What can I do to help you?" - the question that helped him build his vast network a peek into the life of a global business celebrity and how he has to trust his team to manage little and big details Stay tuned until the end of the episode to hear what I thought were the key takeaways you could put into practice this week and benefit from for years to come. LINKS Jeffrey Hayzlett on LinkedIn and Twitter Hayzlett.com C-Suite Network C-Suite Radio C-Suite TV Buy his books on Amazon "The Mirror Test: Is Your Business Really Breathing?" "Running the Gauntlet" "Think Big. Act Bigger" "7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change" by Stephen R. Covey National Speakers Association - Jeffrey and I met through NSA's annual Influence conference Contactually (free 14 day trial) - questions about this? I'm happy to help you get set up for success.   Stay Connected: Interested in booking me to speak? Learn about my Art of the Schmooze session on effective and inclusive networking, and the other sessions I offer Schedule a 15 minute phone or Skype chat to discuss working together Connect with me on LinkedIn @RobbieSamuels on Twitter and Instagram New to my website? Start here On the Schmooze podcast archive and show notes for recent episodes Subscribing and leaving a rating and review on iTunes helps this podcast be discovered. Need help using iTunes? 10 Steps to Subscribe, Rate & Review on iTunes. Thank you! Sometimes I'll recommend a product or service for which I receive an affiliate commission. I only recommend things and people I admire.

Welcome back to On the Schmooze. Thank you so much for joining me. Last week I had the pleasure of interviewing Susan RoAne, this week you’ll be hearing from me, your host. Every other week I’ll be offering my take on some aspect of networking and relationship-building. These shorter podcast episodes will include practical networking tips and techniques you can put into practice right away. My hope is those insights from me, and my guests will help you achieve the leadership position you’re seeking, build and sustain your professional network, and find the work/life balance that works best for you. This week, I'll be sharing my thoughts on the ABCs of business cards. Subscribe and leave an honest rating and review on iTunes. Thanks! Over the last few months, I’ve been working with an association to increase connections at their convention. In an age where information is found with one click and we count “likes” as engagement, conventions hold the promise of meaningful in-person connection with like-minded colleagues. Only through thoughtful and strategic planning will this promise become a reality. Prior to my work with the association, I asked questions about their membership and the culture they had created at their convention over the last three decades. That’s when I discovered that a lot of the front line staff attending this event would likely not have business cards. As I shared in episode 14, “Are Business Cards Dead?”, even in the age of smartphones and apps, business cards are a critical tool for networking. This episode’s title is “The ABCs of Business Cards” because I believe you should Always. Bring. Cards. Remember those ABCs and you’ll be ready to make connections. Listen to the rest of this episode... On the Schmooze is on C-Suite Radio. Listen to our show and many other great business podcasts at C-SuiteRadio.com. LINKS Want to be able to print with ease and share these tips? Send me the transcript! Interested in booking me to speak? Learn about my Art of the Schmooze session on effective and inclusive networking, and the other sessions I offer. Schedule a complimentary 15-minute phone or Skype chat to discuss these networking tips. Contactually (free 14-day trial) - questions about this? I'm happy to help you get set up for success. @RobbieSamuels on Twitter and Instagram Connect with me on LinkedIn New to my website? Start here. On the Schmooze podcast archive Subscribing and leaving an honest rating and review on iTunes helps listeners discover this podcast. Need help using iTunes?  10 Steps to Subscribe, Rate & Review on iTunes. Thank you! Podcast guest suggestions welcomed. Email me your ideas.

Today's guest is a best-selling author and a sought-after keynote speaker. Known as "The Mingling Maven®," she gives her multi-generational audiences the required tools, techniques and strategies they need to connect and communicate in today's global business world. Her practical, informative, and interactive presentations are known for what The San Francisco Chronicle calls her "dynamite sense of humor." A former teacher, she now lectures at major universities and keynotes for Fortune 500 companies. Over 25 years ago she released her groundbreaking best-seller, “How to Work a Room®,” and is now considered the undisputed and original networking and conversation expert. That was the first of her seven best-selling books and she has sold over a million books worldwide. Nearly three decades later, she continues to shape the industry she launched. Please join me in welcoming Susan RoAne. Would you leave an honest rating and review on iTunes? Or Stitcher? They are extremely helpful and I read each and every one of them. Thanks for the inspiration! On the Schmooze is on C-Suite Radio. Listen to our show and many other great business podcasts at C-SuiteRadio.com. In this episode we explore: how she defines leadership: “Having a great deal of knowledge & experience, and being the kind of person who sees potential." the connection between the economy and entrepreneurship - “accidental entrepreneurs” how the real quality of being the networker is making things happen for other people getting beyond vanity social media metrics with an exercise to help you know who you know the importance of phone calls at a time when we count "likes" as engagement Stay tuned until the end of the episode to hear what I thought were the key take-aways you could put into practice this week and benefit from for years to come. LINKS Susan RoAne on LinkedIn and Twitter SusanRoAne.com and on Facebook "How to Work a Room" 25th anniversary edition “Accounting for the Numberphobic: A Survival Guide for Small Business Owners”  Chrome Extension Dux-Soup - tag LinkedIn profiles Contactually (free 14 day trial) - questions about this? I'm happy to help you get set up for success.   Stay Connected: Interested in booking me to speak? Learn about my Art of the Schmooze session on effective and inclusive networking, and the other sessions I offer Schedule a 15 minute phone or Skype chat to discuss working together Connect with me on LinkedIn @RobbieSamuels on Twitter and Instagram New to my website? Start here On the Schmooze podcast archive and show notes for recent episodes Subscribing and leaving a rating and review on iTunes helps this podcast be discovered. Need help using iTunes? 10 Steps to Subscribe, Rate & Review on iTunes. Thank you! Sometimes I'll recommend a product or service for which I receive an affiliate commission. I only recommend things and people I admire.

Welcome back to On the Schmooze. Thank you so much for joining me. Last week I had the pleasure of interviewing John Corcoran, this week you’ll be hearing from me, your host. Every other week I’ll be offering my take on some aspect of networking and relationship-building. These shorter podcast episodes will include practical networking tips and techniques you can put into practice right away. My hope is those insights from me, and my guests will help you achieve the leadership position you’re seeking, build and sustain your professional network, and find the work/life balance that works best for you. This week, I'll be sharing my thoughts on a new definition of networking. Subscribe and leave an honest rating and review on iTunes. Thanks! What do you think of when you hear the word “networking”? If you are most people, that word has a negative connotation based on your experience. If you keep going to networking events, have a bad experience and feel they are ineffective, then go out to another event and not change anything - well, it’s like that saying, “insanity is doing the same thing and expecting a different result.” You need a new definition of networking. One that isn’t based on transactional exchanges with strangers or brief stilted conversations meant to screen very quickly everyone you meet. These limited definitions aren’t working for you and won’t get you the results you seek. For many people, the phrase “what’s in it for me?” is top of mind when they are at a networking event. If you are approached by someone with this frame of mind, you would feel like they were quickly screening you to see if you were worth speaking with further and then being chummy to get something from you that they need. Even if you offer them exactly what they are looking for, you won’t feel a bond with them or the desire to stay connected. Listen to the rest of this episode... On the Schmooze is on C-Suite Radio. Listen to our show and many other great business podcasts at C-SuiteRadio.com. LINKS Want to be able to print with ease and share these tips? Send me the transcript! Interested in booking me to speak? Learn about my Art of the Schmooze session on effective and inclusive networking, and the other sessions I offer. Schedule a complimentary 15-minute phone or Skype chat to discuss these networking tips. Contactually (free 14-day trial) - questions about this? I'm happy to help you get set up for success. @RobbieSamuels on Twitter and Instagram Connect with me on LinkedIn New to my website? Start here. On the Schmooze podcast archive Subscribing and leaving an honest rating and review on iTunes helps listeners discover this podcast. Need help using iTunes?  10 Steps to Subscribe, Rate & Review on iTunes. Thank you! Podcast guest suggestions welcomed. Email me your ideas.

Today’s guest shows entrepreneurs and small business owners how to bring in more income and clients by building real human relationships with influencers, VIPs, and people who matter. He’s had a very varied work history that includes working in the heart of three major industries. He was a White House writer during the Bill Clinton Administration and Speechwriter to the Governor of California. He’s also worked in Hollywood and the heart of Silicon Valley. Currently, he owns his own boutique law firm in the San Francisco Bay Area catering to small business owners and entrepreneurs. He is the creator of Smart Business Revolution and host of the Smart Business Revolution podcast. He’s also the cofounder of Rise25 Inner Circle, an annual accountability and group coaching program for professional service entrepreneurs who want to diversify their revenues and scale up. Please join me in welcoming John Corcoran. Would you leave an honest rating and review on iTunes? Or Stitcher? They are extremely helpful and I read each and every one of them. Thanks for the inspiration! On the Schmooze is on C-Suite Radio. Listen to our show and many other great business podcasts at C-SuiteRadio.com. In this episode we explore: how he defines leadership, “Focus on delivering value to other people, that is going to lead to people respecting you enough that you have the credibility as a leader.” what he learned from his mentors and the leadership he witnessed, including how Bill Clinton treated everyone with respect and gave them his full attention importance of taking the time to be grateful for what you have instead of focusing on the next big thing how being part of a mastermind group helped him realize his niche was relationship-building how to develop deeper business relationships through thoughtful and strategic outreach throughout the year Stay tuned until the end of the episode to hear what I thought were the key take-aways you could put into practice this week and benefit from for years to come. LINKS John Corcoran on LinkedIn and Twitter www.SmartBusinessRevolution.com www.Rise25.com "25 Networking Experts for 2015" - great resource created by John John and I were both featured in Dorie Clark's book "Stand Out: How to Find Your Breakthrough Idea and Build a Following Around It" Contactually (free 14 day trial) - questions about this? I'm happy to help you get set up for success. Stay Connected: Interested in booking me to speak? Learn about my Art of the Schmooze session on effective and inclusive networking, and the other sessions I offer Schedule a 15 minute phone or Skype chat to discuss working together Connect with me on LinkedIn @RobbieSamuels on Twitter and Instagram New to my website? Start here On the Schmooze podcast archive and show notes for recent episodes Subscribing and leaving a rating and review on iTunes helps this podcast be discovered. Need help using iTunes? 10 Steps to Subscribe, Rate & Review on iTunes. Thank you! Sometimes I'll recommend a product or service for which I receive an affiliate commission. I only recommend things and people I admire.

Welcome back to On the Schmooze. Thank you so much for joining me. Last week I had the pleasure of interviewing Dorie Clark, this week you’ll be hearing from me, your host. Every other week I’ll be offering my take on some aspect of networking and relationship-building. These shorter podcast episodes will include practical networking tips and techniques you can put into practice right away. My hope is that insights from me and my guests will help you achieve the leadership position you’re seeking, build and sustain your professional network, and find the work/life balance that works best for you. This week, I'll be sharing my thoughts on the different ways outgoing extroverts like myself have something I’m calling extrovert privilege. Subscribe and leave an honest rating and review on iTunes. Thanks! On the Schmooze is on C-Suite Radio. Listen to our show and many other great business podcasts at C-SuiteRadio.com. LINKS Want to be able to easily print and share these tips? Send me the transcript! Interested in booking me to speak? Learn about my Art of the Schmooze session on effective and inclusive networking, and the other sessions I offer. Schedule a complimentary 15 minute phone or Skype chat to discuss these networking tips. Contactually (free 14 day trial) - questions about this? I'm happy to help you get set up for success. @RobbieSamuels on Twitter and Instagram Connect with me on LinkedIn New to my website? Start here. On the Schmooze podcast archive Subscribing and leaving an honest rating and review on iTunes helps this podcast be discovered. Need help using iTunes?  10 Steps to Subscribe, Rate & Review on iTunes. Thank you! Podcast guest suggestions welcomed. Email me your ideas.

Today’s guest has held a wide array of leadership positions including, presidential campaign spokeswoman, nonprofit executive director, award-winning journalist, documentary filmmaker, and she received a Master of Theological Studies from Harvard Divinity School. And proving that she can do anything she puts her mind to: two days before this episode aired she became a Grammy-winning jazz producer! All of these experiences inform her work as a marketing strategy consultant, professional speaker, and frequent contributor to many publications including Harvard Business Review, TIME, and Entrepreneur. Recognized as a “branding expert” by the Associated Press, Fortune, and Inc. magazine, she is the author of two books "Reinventing You" and "Stand Out." For "Stand Out" she interviewed 50 of the world’s top experts to understand how they developed powerful ideas and got recognized for them. I’m pleased to share that I was one of the experts she interviewed. Stand Out was named the #1 Leadership Book of 2015 by Inc. magazine and was a Washington Post bestseller. She consults and speaks for a diverse range of clients, including Google, the World Bank, Ford Foundation, Yale University, and the National Park Service. She is also an adjunct professor of business administration at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business and a Visiting Professor for IE Business School in Madrid, Spain. She was recognized in Forbes as one of “25 Professional Networking Experts to Watch in 2015” and is quoted frequently in the worldwide media, including NPR, the BBC, and MSNBC. Please join me in welcoming Dorie Clark. Would you leave an honest rating and review on iTunes? Or Stitcher? They are extremely helpful and I read each and every one of them. Thanks for the inspiration! On the Schmooze is on C-Suite Radio. Listen to our show and many other great business podcasts at C-SuiteRadio.com. In this episode we explore: her definition of leadership: “Being aware that your actions have consequences for other people and therefore not taking them lightly.” how being an out gay woman, who is recognized as a business authority, is a form of activism how changes in how media was created and consumed required her to keep changing her business focus the advice she would tell anyone looking to stand out and build a following her strategy of hosting private dinner parties to create networking opportunities Stay tuned until the end of the episode to hear what I thought were the key take-aways you could put into practice this week and benefit from for years to come. LINKS Dorie Clark on LinkedIn and Twitter DorieClark.com Dorie Clark's free 42-page Stand Out self-assessment workbook to help professionals develop and share their own breakthrough ideas Dorie Clark's books on Amazon - "Stand Out", "Stand Out Networking", and "Reinventing You" Dorie Clark's private dinner party networking strategy via "Entrepreneur Magazine" Email Marketing Checklist by Pat Flynn of Smart Passive Income Contactually (free 14 day trial) - questions about this? I'm happy to help you get set up for success. Stay Connected: Interested in booking me to speak? Learn about my Art of the Schmooze session on effective and inclusive networking, and the other sessions I offer Schedule a 15 minute phone or Skype chat to discuss working together Connect with me on LinkedIn @RobbieSamuels on Twitter and Instagram New to my website? Start here On the Schmooze podcast archive and show notes for recent episodes Subscribing and leaving a rating and review on iTunes helps this podcast be discovered. Need help using iTunes? 10 Steps to Subscribe, Rate & Review on iTunes. Thank you! Sometimes I'll recommend a product or service for which I receive an affiliate commission. I only recommend things and people I admire.

Welcome back to On the Schmooze. Thank you so much for joining me. Last week I had the pleasure of interviewing Howard Putnam, CSP this week you’ll be hearing from me, your host. Every other week I’ll be offering my take on some aspect of networking and relationship-building. These shorter podcast episodes will include practical networking tips and techniques you can put into practice right away. My hope is that insights from me and my guests will help you achieve the leadership position you’re seeking, build and sustain your professional network, and find the work/life balance that works best for you. This week, I'll be sharing best practices for making introductions via email. Subscribe and leave an honest rating and review on iTunes. Thanks! On the Schmooze is on C-Suite Radio. Listen to our show and many other great business podcasts at C-SuiteRadio.com. LINKS Want to be able to easily print and share these tips? Send me the transcript! Interested in booking me to speak? Learn about my Art of the Schmooze session on effective and inclusive networking, and the other sessions I offer. Schedule a complimentary 15 minute phone or Skype chat to discuss these networking tips. Contactually (free 14 day trial) - questions about this? I'm happy to help you get set up for success. @RobbieSamuels on Twitter and Instagram Connect with me on LinkedIn New to my website? Start here. On the Schmooze podcast archive Subscribing and leaving an honest rating and review on iTunes helps this podcast be discovered. Need help using iTunes?  10 Steps to Subscribe, Rate & Review on iTunes. Thank you! Podcast guest suggestions welcomed. Email me your ideas.

Today’s guest has lived through many challenging leadership moments. His career in aviation began as a baggage handler and he rose through the ranks until he became CEO of an airline, and later was recruited to be CEO of another one. He has also been an entrepreneur and has served as director of several start-up technology companies. Specifically, he is the former CEO of the highly successful Southwest Airlines whose foundation and culture placed people first. Later, when recruited to be the CEO of failing Braniff International, he was the 1st CEO to successfully restructure a major airline into…through, and out of Chapter 11. Earlier he spent over twenty years with United Airlines, his final position being Group VP of Marketing. He learned along the way that cultures that place “people” as their #1 priority have the greatest long-term impact and success. He has shared his leadership lessons in his book “The Winds of Turbulence” and through a case study Harvard University wrote about his experiences at Braniff International, called “The Ethics of Bankruptcy.” He is a speaker and advisor on business issues, such as change, leadership, and ethics. His passion for aviation began when he was growing up on an Iowa farm and learned to fly out of a pasture. Please join me in welcoming Howard Putnam, CSP. Would you leave an honest rating and review on iTunes? Or Stitcher? They are extremely helpful and I read each and every one of them. Thanks for the inspiration! On the Schmooze is on C-Suite Radio. Listen to our show and many other great business podcasts at C-SuiteRadio.com. In this episode we explore: how he defines leadership: “Someone who was willing to stand out in front, take the flack that’s coming at you, and protect your people.” the advice he received from Zig Ziglar as he began his speaking career the dangers of doing too much and living an unbalanced life the importance of remembering that our work has an impact far beyond individual interactions, there is a ripple effect that can have a positive impact on everything in that person’s life his intentionality when it comes to staying in touch with people he used to work with or with whom he shares a passion Stay tuned until the end of the episode to hear what I thought were the key take-aways you could put into practice this week and benefit from for years to come. LINKS Howard Putnam on LinkedIn Speakers Office - contact them if interested in booking Howard HowardPutnam.com Harvard University Case Study "Braniff International: The Ethics of Bankruptcy" Contactually (free 14 day trial) - questions about this? I'm happy to help you get set up for success. Stay Connected: Connect with me on LinkedIn @RobbieSamuels on Twitter and Instagram New to my website? Start here. On the Schmooze podcast archive and show notes for recent episodes   Subscribing and leaving a rating and review on iTunes helps this podcast be discovered. Need help using iTunes? 10 Steps to Subscribe, Rate & Review on iTunes. Thank you! Sometimes I'll recommend a product or service for which I receive an affiliate commission. I only recommend things and people I admire.