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Meet Charles Hooker – Home Inspector

What do you do, when you are in meetings in another city, but you planned to get #OneOnOnes done each week…..

You meet up with someone on a #plane and do it there!!!! rotflol 🙂

I met with Charles Hooker with Charles Home Inspection
Charles@CharlesHomeInspection.com
www.CharlesHomeInspection.com
615.295.0325

Contact him if you or someone you know, wants or needs a home inspected – or you want to just get to know a super great guy to add to your network! <3

#NashvilleNetworking #100Coffees #4of100sinceIstartedCounting#BusinessNetworking #RelationshipMarketing #BuildYourBusiness#business #socialmedia #marketing #networking #Home #House#Inspection #Inspector

 

Steve Morris with ADS security

I met with Steve Morris – He is with #ADSsecurity

He focuses on showing businesses, corporations, as well as homes how to #protect what they love most!

He has also been in the management field for many years and consults with owners of what they need to do to better their business!

Contact him if you or your company may need something like this!

#NashvilleNetworking #100Coffees #BusinessNetworking #RelationshipMarketing #BuildYourBusiness #business #socialmedia #marketing #networking #security #alarmsystems #protectyourfamily #protectyourbusiness

Come network was Jonathan’s grille in Hendersonville

Come network w us!!! 1130-1pm #JonathansGrille #Hendersonville 2nd Thursday every single month! #NNBL #nashville #NashvilleNetworking #NashvilleNetworkingBusinessLuncheon #NashvilleBlogger #motivationalspeaker #BusinessCoach #BestSellingAuthor

Today I chose #HappyFall colors!!!

#Twiggy gorgeous orange #cardigan #Slinky black sleeveless top #ChristopherBanks #olive green skirt I picked up on sale last week and #Fioni peach/orange #stilettos 😊

#FashionBlogger #fashionistas #OutfitOfTheDay

 

Do you treat your business, as a business or as a hobby?

This came up again recently in talking w a few people….so I thought I would *talk* about it here –

When I hear people say ‘treat it as a business not a hobby, if you treated it as a business you’d find time’

(granted I agree, to a point) — for me, I was not treating my business as a hobby, I have always treated my *business as a business*, I am very professional, honest, ethical, etc in my business….. and have always worked it consistently for almost 25 years being self employed (25 web & graphic design, branding & marketing, 15 years speaking, coaching and training, 15 years in my Networking Luncheons business, 15 years in my greeting cards and gifting business, etc), BUT I have had a job at times as well, also own a few non-profits, had a husband for a long time and homeschooled my kids, and I was not going to neglect my family *in order to build a business*…..I designed and started my businesses to ENHANCE my family.

Others have said even build it so you can spend more time w your family later, which makes sense “to a point” ….but also I’ve seen many “lose” their marriage and/or kids during that process (and I did make that mistake some when I was younger, and sometimes still do, I have always been a *work-a-holic* but I also absolutely LOVE what I do, so it is not like work), and as I have experienced a few years ago, what if your spouse or child is not *here* one day? so….. then what was it worth????? Make SURE you don’t *neglect* them to build now totally, and plan for later, cuz you might not have a later with them….

My number one focus is FAMILY
but still being consistent in business at the same time…..

You have to learn to schedule…..too much of anything, good or bad, can become a bad thing….so you need to schedule your job, your spiritual time, your personal time, your business time, your spouse time, your kids time, etc, if it is not scheduled, you probably won’t make time for it, and you must be flexible of course as well – and to a point you can work your business around your personal life too….

CONSISTENCY is the KEY, a little bit or a lot a bit, every day, every week, every year, with out giving up…..remember your WHY you started it in the first place, WHY you are doing it and what you want out of it or from it……that is one of the things that has helped me

KISS = 95% word of mouth referral?

By this we mean “keep it so simple”
What if you could get repeat business from customers 2, 3, 4, or even 8 years later?
Today’s show features Allen Throndson, of Lighthouse Enterprises out of Heber, UT. Allen has specialized in remodeling kitchens and bathrooms since 2006.

Basically 90 to 95 percent of Allen’s business is referral business, and It’s really not uncommon for him to get a call from somebody that he’s done a job for up to eight years later.
Allen says…”Showing gratitude toward your customers, and taking care of your customers, are the keys to growing your business.”
Find out how a “Keep it stupid simple” relationship strategy, and being a member of a professional networking group, has earned Allen a 95% word of mouth referral based business.
https://www.appreciationpal.com/relationship-marketing-weekly-kitchen-bathroom-remodeling/#!195
#business #remodeling #wordofmouth

Do you respond to people that contact you in business?

BUSINESS TIP:
RESPOND to people that contact you! (this can apply to any type business)
 
The last two weeks, I contacted 5 different guys that were recommended to me for our AC unit…..
— 3 did NOT even respond!!!!
— 1 responded but said he was too busy
— 1 responded, apologized for not being able to come that day, but told me he could come the next, had me fixed super short time and coming back to finish today.
 
TIPS
— You want to be in business and stay in business, at least respond and reply to people trying to give you business. Most will understand if you are busy, that is a good thing right? But at least respond and be respectful.
— When you do respond, if you are busy, let them know when you could come, possibly, and if you can’t, maybe even offer to refer them to someone else in your network you trust….I have lots of people in my business that do what i do, if I cannot do a website, a graphic, speak at an event due to a conflict, etc — I offer a recommendation to someone in my network that does the same, to help them for someone I trust, and be a referral source for my people. (not just leave them hanging) But people in your industry are not competition, they can be great referral sources – use each other and share business w those you know, like and trust. There is abundance in the world, treat it that way, and it comes back to you 🙂
— Provide excellent service. When this guy came, he told me it would take a bit to be able to cool and fix, but gave me ideas that were free and easy to do, and a fast fix, and then he’d be back the next day to finish what he needed to do.