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Don’t Be That Guy – Fake Outrage Guy
“If I show up at your door, chances are you did something to bring me there.” – Martin Blank, Grosse Pointe Blanke Usually these ‘Don’t Be That Guy’ blogs are written as a response to someone we come across in our networking group, or that send us a ridiculous email, or simply need to be…
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The Vanishing
“If I show up at your door, chances are you did something to bring me there.” – Martin Blank, Grosse Pointe Blanke “You’ve just been erased” – John (Arnold Schwarzenegger), The Eraser Here’s a great way to piss us off – ask us to do you a favor, and then yell and scream at us…
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Don’t Be That Guy: Suburban Kryptonite
“Maybe there are forces in this universe we don’t understand. But I still believe we make our own miracles.” – Huey Freeman, The Boondocks “If I show up at your door, chances are you did something to bring me there.” – Martin Blank, Grosse Pointe Blanke “This is why we can’t have nice things!” –…
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LinkedIn Is Not A Video Game
This blog post is a result of a conversation that I wind up having around once a month. A conversation that completely makes me crazy, mostly because it should never happen…but it does. And like an idiot, I’m surprised again every time it happens. It usually goes something like this:
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We Are Not Your Marketing Department
“If I show up at your door, chances are you did something to bring me there.” – Martin Blank, Grosse Pointe Blank. “Networking isn’t really about you. It’s what you can do for other people to make a mutually beneficial connection and relationship” – us, constantly It happens more often than I care to remember…
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Don’t Be That Guy – The Booty Call Networker
“If I show up at your door, chances are you did something to bring me there.” – Martin Blank, Grosse Pointe Blank. There’s a very good reason why the contacts in my phone have made the journey with me through the years. They’ve stayed in place from clamshell to flip, from sidekick to smart phone,…
