Ryan Stephens Marketing

Networking: Pick up the Phone

Just the other day I read that in order to truly connect and form an authentic relationship with someone you need to reach out to people in at least three different methods, typically via email, the phone and a face-to-face meeting. [For the life of me I cannot recall where I read this, Keith’s Ferrazzi’s [...]

How I Made $300+/Month And Learned How to Network

So let’s face facts. Most people never learn how to properly network. Some get fortunate enough to learn in a solid program in a good school. Others might finally learn if they join a solid company, but the truth is that most people’s problems boils down to one primary issue. Most people approach networking with [...]

The Value of Making Connections in Business

It’s a relatively simple concept, but what does it entail and why don’t more people take the time to do it? Making connections is an integral part of succeeding both with relationship marketing and with business in general. My Dad always told me that it is who you know and not what you know, and [...]

Expanding Your Network: Sharing Your Passions

So I have had an influx in traffic the last couple of days due to all the discussion surrounding Seth Godin’s Summer Internship. I was not surprised to see other applicants utilizing social media and the Internet in an effort to get noticed. After all, Seth’s internship will invariably have a very competitive applicant pool [...]

Reciprocity in Online Marketing

How many of the TOP online gurus do you think got to the top all by themselves? I assure you that the answer is probably “not very many”, and most likely “none.” Nobody gets to the top of any business all by themselves. Somewhere they had help along the way. Maybe they had a mentor [...]