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</description><title>Business Tips Blog</title><generator>Tumblr (3.0; @oroi)</generator><link>http://blog.oceansideroi.com/</link><item><title>Simon Sinek: How great leaders inspire action</title><description>&lt;object width="400" height="292"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://video.ted.com/assets/player/swf/EmbedPlayer.swf" /&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /&gt;&lt;param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent" /&gt;&lt;param name="bgColor" value="#ffffff" /&gt;&lt;param name="flashvars" value="vu=http://video.ted.com/talks/dynamic/SimonSinek_2009X-medium.flv&amp;su=http://images.ted.com/images/ted/tedindex/embed-posters/SimonSinek-2009X.embed_thumbnail.jpg&amp;vw=432&amp;vh=240&amp;ap=0&amp;ti=848&amp;introDuration=15330&amp;adDuration=4000&amp;postAdDuration=830&amp;adKeys=talk=simon_sinek_how_great_leaders_inspire_action;year=2009;theme=unconventional_explanations;theme=a_taste_of_tedx;theme=not_business_as_usual;theme=new_on_ted_com;event=TEDxPuget+Sound+;&amp;preAdTag=tconf.ted/embed;tile=1;sz=512x288;" /&gt;&lt;embed src="http://video.ted.com/assets/player/swf/EmbedPlayer.swf" pluginspace="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" bgcolor="#ffffff" width="400" height="292" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" flashvars="vu=http://video.ted.com/talks/dynamic/SimonSinek_2009X-medium.flv&amp;su=http://images.ted.com/images/ted/tedindex/embed-posters/SimonSinek-2009X.embed_thumbnail.jpg&amp;vw=432&amp;vh=240&amp;ap=0&amp;ti=848&amp;introDuration=15330&amp;adDuration=4000&amp;postAdDuration=830&amp;adKeys=talk=simon_sinek_how_great_leaders_inspire_action;year=2009;theme=unconventional_explanations;theme=a_taste_of_tedx;theme=not_business_as_usual;theme=new_on_ted_com;event=TEDxPuget+Sound+;"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;h1&gt;&lt;span id="altHeadline"&gt;Simon Sinek: How great leaders inspire action&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://blog.oceansideroi.com/post/3365310400</link><guid>http://blog.oceansideroi.com/post/3365310400</guid><pubDate>Wed, 16 Feb 2011 10:10:00 -0800</pubDate><category>simon sinek</category><category>why</category><category>leadership</category><category>video</category></item><item><title>Live Webinar: Facebook Page Marketing with Q &amp; A</title><description>&lt;a href="http://www.hubspot.com/webinars/facebook-page-marketing"&gt;Live Webinar: Facebook Page Marketing with Q &amp; A&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;p&gt;Register for the live webinar at this link.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://blog.oceansideroi.com/post/3296504602</link><guid>http://blog.oceansideroi.com/post/3296504602</guid><pubDate>Mon, 14 Feb 2011 13:03:27 -0800</pubDate></item><item><title>Networking Meetings Do Help Your Business</title><description>&lt;a href="http://business.ezinemark.com/networking-meetings-do-help-your-business-31f62864ee3.html"&gt;Networking Meetings Do Help Your Business&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://blog.oceansideroi.com/post/3296456952</link><guid>http://blog.oceansideroi.com/post/3296456952</guid><pubDate>Wed, 09 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate><category>networking</category></item><item><title>How to Generate More Referrals</title><description>&lt;a href="http://sueclement.com/articles.html#morereferrals"&gt;How to Generate More Referrals&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;p&gt;Barb presented these tips from Sue Clement and Barb also shared with us her glowing testimonial of Lisa M., Realtor Extraordinaire.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://blog.oceansideroi.com/post/3069335389</link><guid>http://blog.oceansideroi.com/post/3069335389</guid><pubDate>Wed, 02 Feb 2011 09:07:05 -0800</pubDate></item><item><title>10 Tips for the First-Time Business Owner</title><description>&lt;a href="http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/printthis/203254.html"&gt;10 Tips for the First-Time Business Owner&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;p&gt;Advice from a young entrepreneur in the trenches&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Scott Gerber &lt;span&gt;|&lt;/span&gt; September  8, 2009 &lt;br/&gt;“…here are 10 pieces of advice that I wish someone had given to me before I launched my first venture.”&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://blog.oceansideroi.com/post/2061131186</link><guid>http://blog.oceansideroi.com/post/2061131186</guid><pubDate>Wed, 01 Dec 2010 09:31:00 -0800</pubDate><category>entrepreneur</category><category>tips</category><category>barb</category></item><item><title>7 Top Business Building Tips for Entrepreneurs </title><description>&lt;a href="http://ezinearticles.com/?7-Top-Business-Building-Tips-for-Entrepreneurs&amp;id=5229199"&gt;7 Top Business Building Tips for Entrepreneurs &lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://blog.oceansideroi.com/post/1471587764</link><guid>http://blog.oceansideroi.com/post/1471587764</guid><pubDate>Wed, 03 Nov 2010 10:03:00 -0700</pubDate><category>entrepreneur</category><category>tips</category></item><item><title>Generating Leads: Referrals with John Jantsch</title><description>&lt;iframe width="400" height="240" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/AeSDYhdmm9Y?wmode=transparent&amp;autohide=1&amp;egm=0&amp;hd=1&amp;iv_load_policy=3&amp;modestbranding=1&amp;rel=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Generating Leads: Referrals with John Jantsch&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://blog.oceansideroi.com/post/1311402632</link><guid>http://blog.oceansideroi.com/post/1311402632</guid><pubDate>Wed, 13 Oct 2010 22:53:00 -0700</pubDate><category>referrals</category><category>jantsch</category><category>leads</category></item><item><title>Four Simple Prep Steps to Make Every Meeting a Win-Win</title><description>&lt;a href="http://www.keithferrazzi.com/meetings/four-simple-prep-steps-to-make-every-meeting-a-win-win/"&gt;Four Simple Prep Steps to Make Every Meeting a Win-Win&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://blog.oceansideroi.com/post/1086976241</link><guid>http://blog.oceansideroi.com/post/1086976241</guid><pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 09:04:13 -0700</pubDate><category>meetings</category></item><item><title>Top 11 (Yes, 11) Networking Tips from RMA</title><description>&lt;a href="http://www.keithferrazzi.com/business-networking/top-11-yes-11-networking-tips-from-rma/"&gt;Top 11 (Yes, 11) Networking Tips from RMA&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;p&gt;Kelly’s Business Tip of the Week.  Think of your networking tip to share with the group next week and OROI will develop it’s own list.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://blog.oceansideroi.com/post/903393457</link><guid>http://blog.oceansideroi.com/post/903393457</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2010 09:14:00 -0700</pubDate><category>networking</category></item><item><title>10 Tips to go from Nobody to Front Page News</title><description>&lt;a href="http://www.keithferrazzi.com/career/10-tips-to-go-from-nobody-to-front-page-news/"&gt;10 Tips to go from Nobody to Front Page News&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;p&gt;Kelly’s Business Tip of the Week.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://blog.oceansideroi.com/post/903386379</link><guid>http://blog.oceansideroi.com/post/903386379</guid><pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate><category>publicity</category></item><item><title>Make the most of Google Local Search</title><description>&lt;a href="http://www.google.com/places"&gt;Make the most of Google Local Search&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://blog.oceansideroi.com/post/816295301</link><guid>http://blog.oceansideroi.com/post/816295301</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 12:41:00 -0700</pubDate><category>google</category><category>seo</category></item><item><title>Thoughts</title><description>&lt;p&gt;Be careful of thoughts,&lt;br/&gt;for your thoughts become your words&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Be careful of your words&lt;br/&gt;for your words become your behavior&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Be careful of your behavoir&lt;br/&gt;for your behaviors become your habits&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Be careful of your habits&lt;br/&gt;For your habits become your destiny….&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Be careful of your thoughts…&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;from &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.oceansideroi.com/members/BobbiLaird.html"&gt;Bobbi Laird- Sealyte Counselling Services&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://blog.oceansideroi.com/post/595425812</link><guid>http://blog.oceansideroi.com/post/595425812</guid><pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2010 08:13:00 -0700</pubDate><category>misc</category></item><item><title>Video</title><description>&lt;iframe width="400" height="320" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/RIOiwg2iHio?wmode=transparent&amp;autohide=1&amp;egm=0&amp;hd=1&amp;iv_load_policy=3&amp;modestbranding=1&amp;rel=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description><link>http://blog.oceansideroi.com/post/538695543</link><guid>http://blog.oceansideroi.com/post/538695543</guid><pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2010 11:03:00 -0700</pubDate><category>communication</category><category>personality</category><category>colors</category></item><item><title>Rest for Success: Four Ways to get more ZZZZ's</title><description>&lt;a href="http://www.canadianbusiness.com/entrepreneur/article.jsp?content=20060906_143202_5084&amp;amp;page=9"&gt;Rest for Success: Four Ways to get more ZZZZ's&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://blog.oceansideroi.com/post/487326927</link><guid>http://blog.oceansideroi.com/post/487326927</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2010 13:31:04 -0700</pubDate><category>rest</category></item><item><title>Tips to perfect your elevator pitch.</title><description>&lt;a href="http://motivatednetworker.com/your-elevator-pitch/"&gt;Tips to perfect your elevator pitch.&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;p&gt;We watched “How to craft your 30 second elevator pitch…” look for more tips on this Website.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://blog.oceansideroi.com/post/487310983</link><guid>http://blog.oceansideroi.com/post/487310983</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2010 13:22:00 -0700</pubDate><category>elevator pitch</category><category>networking</category><category>usp</category></item><item><title>The 7-Step Master Blueprint To Generate Leads On LinkedIn </title><description>&lt;a href="http://www.betternetworker.com/forums/main-mlm-discussion-f2/the-7-step-master-blueprint-to-generate-leads-on-linkedin-t18460.html"&gt;The 7-Step Master Blueprint To Generate Leads On LinkedIn &lt;/a&gt;: &lt;p&gt;Now that you are on LinkedIn, generate leads.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://blog.oceansideroi.com/post/469124465</link><guid>http://blog.oceansideroi.com/post/469124465</guid><pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 10:56:27 -0700</pubDate><category>linkedin</category><category>leads</category></item><item><title>Social Media Revolution (via Socialnomics09) </title><description>&lt;iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/sIFYPQjYhv8?wmode=transparent&amp;autohide=1&amp;egm=0&amp;hd=1&amp;iv_load_policy=3&amp;modestbranding=1&amp;rel=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIFYPQjYhv8&amp;NR=1&amp;feature=fvwp"&gt;Social Media Revolution&lt;/a&gt; (via &lt;a href="http://youtube.com/user/Socialnomics09"&gt;Socialnomics09&lt;/a&gt;) &lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://blog.oceansideroi.com/post/470586135</link><guid>http://blog.oceansideroi.com/post/470586135</guid><pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 10:54:39 -0700</pubDate><category>social media</category></item><item><title>Get more done (in way less time)</title><description>&lt;a href="http://www.canadianbusiness.com/entrepreneur/article.jsp?content=20060906_143202_5084"&gt;Get more done (in way less time)&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://blog.oceansideroi.com/post/468928843</link><guid>http://blog.oceansideroi.com/post/468928843</guid><pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:44:00 -0800</pubDate><category>time management</category></item><item><title>Giving, Receiving and Appreciating Referrals</title><description>&lt;p&gt;Barb Ashcroft of &lt;a href="http://recallwhen.com"&gt;Recall When&lt;/a&gt; shared some great tips with us.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Many of the ideas were learned through Networking Like a Pro from &lt;a href="http://www.sueclement.com/referrals.html"&gt;Sue Clement.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Train your outreach to know what to look for.  Here is Barb’s message, personalize for your own business:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Dear _____;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I do appreciate your effort and focus in finding referrals for me – so here are some qualifiers to look for and what I’d be thrilled to receive as a referral.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Association or group who is hosting an event (reunion, milestone, wedding, anniversary or special birth date)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Biz owners who have a product or service that would require a professional looking portfolio – note, these could be cosmetic dentists that want to show before &amp; after, realtors who want to gift their home owner with a coffee table book of their home; artists who have jewelry, pottery, artwork to display in a beautiful book format.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Not for Profits or organizations that wish to give a memorable keepsake to their volunteers as year end or end of their show or gala.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;Please let me know if you have any questions,&lt;br/&gt;Thank you again,&lt;br/&gt;Barb Ashcroft&lt;br/&gt;Your Personal Publishing Consultant&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.RecallWhen.com"&gt;www.RecallWhen.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;250-752-5499 or 1-800-919-1998&lt;br/&gt;BarbAshcroft@shaw.ca&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://blog.oceansideroi.com/post/407142422</link><guid>http://blog.oceansideroi.com/post/407142422</guid><pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 07:51:26 -0800</pubDate></item><item><title>8 questions and a why</title><description>&lt;a href="http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2009/12/8-questions-and-a-why.html"&gt;8 questions and a why&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;p&gt;This discussion this week revolved around defining a niche.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://blog.oceansideroi.com/post/372882459</link><guid>http://blog.oceansideroi.com/post/372882459</guid><pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 12:00:00 -0800</pubDate><category>niche</category><category>positioning</category><category>usp</category></item></channel></rss>

