Awareness Quotient, "warm" calling, events

I just sent this blast:

How is your week? Is February being over a good thing? Are you ready to finish the first quarter strong or are there things that may be blocking that?

Are you aware?

A few years ago I came up with an idea and turned it into a blog post entitled “What’s your AQ”? (I liked it so much I actually put it in my book “The Universal Guide to Business Networking”.) Your AQ is your awareness quotient. It really helps you consider what is going on in and around your world. Turns out most people aren’t nearly as attuned to their lives as they could be. This is true in terms of both depth and frequency (how in tune you are and how often you are in tune).

My contention is that the more attuned to your life and that which surrounds it, the easier it is to be in the FLOW OF YOUR LIFE. When you are in flow, you are no longer swimming up stream. You get to turn around and let the current take you to fabulous places you’ve only dreamed of. I hope you will take a minute and click on “What’s your AQ?” and give it a read soon.

Warm calling

In March we at MCC are focused at warming up your calls. We have an ASK class at MCC on 3/5 that you’re invited to ($20 for non MCC members and free for them). Our MCC Live meeting on 3/13 in Commerce focuses on “how to effectively work a networking event”. Our 3/27 MCC Live meeting will be on “using social media status updates effectively”.

I don’t know about you but most people use networking as a way to avoid cold calling. And why shouldn’t they? Cold calling sucks! Just being able to use a name that the recipient of our call MIGHT recognize feels so much easier then calling into someone with zero connection.

The challenge is networking is an Art that few have taken the time to master. Sure there’s TONS of opportunities to practice, but what if you’re practicing wrong? What if when you were taught to read the person told you to read from right to left and that you had to practice it over and over? You’d be in for quite the wake up, when you found out left to right was the way to go, wouldn’t you? Let me say it this way. MOST PEOPLE NETWORK POORLY. It’s not their fault. They just weren’t taught the right way to do it.

Your fellow networkers and your wallet ASK that you pay special attention to Motor City Connect in March as we are going to help us all “take it to the next level”.

Upcoming events

March 5, MCC “All about the ASK” open to potential MCC members at a cost of $20. 9-10:30 at MCC HQ near square lake and telegraph.

March 5, Digital Marketing Monday at buz.fm Learn about how this cool Michigan based company can help your social media. There is such a thing as a free lunch.

March 13, MCC Live West SIIIIIDEE- “Effectively working a networking event” 11:30-1:00 Uptown Grill in Commerce

March 27 MCC Live Royal Oak- “Using status updates to grow your business” 11:30-1:00 the Oxford Inn in Royal Oak

Here’s to our best month ever!! Should we throw a 5th birthday bash this month or next? If we did, would you come?

Be connected-

Terry Bean

PS- A very happy birthday (saturday) to my lovely fiancee Stephanie