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Mark Lee of Book Mark Lee wrote to me recently about him starting up in business. “As I mentioned however I did have 3,500 email addresses to notify when I started in business. To be fair this was not wholly… Read More »Keep the cards

“Whenever you enter a room’, she said, ‘you are not better than anyone else in the room and remember that they are no better than you.” In addition,remember this from me, Will Kintish. Everyone feels nervous. Everyone at a business… Read More »My delegate Ian told me his Auntie said

Went to a wedding of the daughter of a very old friend yesterday in the gardens of Middle TempleInvariably one meets ‘strangers’, people you’ve never met before and unlikely to meet again. I met one lady who told me her… Read More »Interested -v- Interesting

I attended an excellent presentation by Sandy Lindsay of Tangerine PR organised by Pro Manchester.I did 2 things badly1 I didn’t get a list of attendees before the presentation. I should have called the day before but even on the… Read More »Kintish doing it right + doing it wrong

I had 2 instances of this today. Tony, a senior man at a big bank asked if I’d do a free hour for him and his mteam on a particular aspect of networking. No problem. When I arrived they asked… Read More »Give and you shall receive

I heard this phrase for the first time yesterday. It was in reply to my question to delegates of Cyril Sweett Global Management Consultants. What personality traits are required to be an effective networker?”It is a common phrase used by… Read More »Unconditional positive regard

If you have an expertise and want the world to know about you start by GIVING IT AWAY.Today and last week we ran VIP events in Manchester and London where we invited potential clients to see and hear what we… Read More »One of the best way of marketing yourself

No work but pure fun and pleasure with all my family, The star was our granddaughter,little AimeeAnd there too were our 4 children who all came to stay with us in the Yorkshire Dales. We had fine weather for visits… Read More »A magical weekend for the Kintish family

When you walk into a room for business or social purposes how do you feel?Do any of these strike a cord? 1 Where do I start in this room full of strangers? 2 How do I break the ice? 3… Read More »Do the things you fear and the fear will disappear

When they lend money they think “CAMPARI & ICE”!Now we all know bankers like a good lunch but this is an acronym as follows. C haracterA bility (How good are you at what you do?)M eans (What’s your overall financial… Read More »Borrowing form the bank? Here are your manager’s secrets