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Business owners beware !

Should you be doing business with reputable firms in our community ? Absolutely ! I am absolutely amazed how many times businesses will go outside our community to buy a product or services . Ottawa has some of the brightest and capable people who lead local firms. We as a community need to look at who supports this community with charitable donation , taxes and involvement in the community . These businesses should be supported by people who live in this city . We all want better roads , schools , hospitals ,community centers , sporting facilities but  many forget that community dollars are needed to build them. By promoting local business , you are leaving more dollars which can be spent here and in fact come back to you in form of services . Support Ottawa Business Community !

Networking , what is that ?

I want to build a strong network of people to help myself , my clients and my community . People sometimes confuse what networking is and think it is going to a breakfast meeting to distribute as well as get the most business cards possible . There are numerous methods to developing a strong network and they all work to a certain degree . My idea of networking is to look at opportunities to help people connect with others that can help them solve their needs . Having a network of people I can trust to help individuals that I introduce to them is worth gold to me . Often , people will ask me if I know somebody and when I am able to make the connection for them it makes me happy . David Perry asked me how he can help me and my response was " introduce me to people i do not yet know". I have been told that I should charge for all the work I do to enable people to meet as well as do business together but I will not . The service I provide is well beyond selling a product and it is  my core business which enables me to network with people . I am careful to introduce only those individuals which will deliver on their commitment . We all have a network but sometimes do not call it that by name !