.: Manners Top Related Articles
1). Beware - Borders and Boundaries
Have you ever had someone get right up in your face when they are talking to you? So close in fact that a letter "S' results in an unwanted shower? Often when we are out networking, we find ourselves in a loud environment as people try to talk louder to be heard over people trying to talk louder to be heard. This results in a roar that makes regular conversation difficult.
Article tags: networking, manners, etiquette, psychology
2). Maintaining a Professional Image for Your Home-Based Business
Most of us can easily list off 5 professional, and consequently unprofessional, business experiences we’ve had recently. Our interaction with these businesses may have been in the form of an email, a retail shopping experience, or a telephone conversation. In several cases, the deciding factor between a professional and an unprofessional experience may have been something so small, so simple, yet so significant.
Article tags: manners, image, professionalism, home based business, getting started, branding, professional image, sole proprietor, voicemail, telephone, documentation
3). Five Stumbling Blocks To Successful Networking And How To Overcome Them
The ability to connect with people is essential to success in any business. Professional networking events present opportunities to interact with others on a personal level and to develop profitable relationships. These occasions are critical for anyone who wants to grow a business or promote a career.
Many people are simply not comfortable walking into a room full of strangers and striking up conversations.
Article tags: business, network, networking, connect, connecting, icebreakers, conversation, relationships, manners, etiquette
4). Shut Up, Put Up, and Get Some Quiet Back
When firestorms raged across Southern California and land lines were down, having a cell phone to call my family was a blessing. When I could sit in my ocean front garden and use both hands while talking to my Mother in Florida, I adored my cell phone. After getting lost in a jumble of streets, a cellular call helped me find my client. It's become my everywhere companion and yet, I am aware that we might just have too much of a good thing.
Article tags: etiquette, manners, cell phone, relationships, quiet, phone calls, telephone, communications, peace
5). Email etiquette-losing business when you miss manners
Network etiquette is understood to be one basic rule: show consideration for the other party online. Until now, the edict has been written mostly from the point of view of relationships between individuals, or between businesses and consumers. One important group has often been overlooked: business-to-business (B2B). Business-to-business etiquette is a growing, evolving behaviour model for how to present oneself and represent one's company when networking online.
Article tags: email, marketing, business, manners
6). Manners-ism, How Etiquette may be the Next Avant-garde
Contrary to the notion that unruliness breeds innovation, is society, as it gets less and less well-mannered, also forfeiting the opportunity for fresh, innovative thought? Or fragrance?
Article tags: manners, good manners, etiquette, civility, avant-garde, thank you
7). Sealing The Deal Over The Business Meal
Doing business over meals is a ritual that has existed for centuries. Taking clients to breakfast, lunch or dinner has long been an effective way to build relationships, make the sale or seal the deal. These business meals are essentially business meetings. Knowledge of your product or your service is crucial to the success of the meeting, but so are your manners.
Article tags: business, dining, etiquette, meals, relationships, sale, deal, manners, seating, ordering, paying bill, tipping, breakfast, lunch, dinner
8). Musical Phones
"Let me transfer your call." What goes through your mind when you hear those words? Do you have visions of being placed on hold, waiting for someone else to come on the line, repeating what you just said, and then hearing one more time, "Let me transfer your call?" Feelings of frustration set in and your confidence in the company you dialed begins to diminish.
Article tags: telephones, callers, customer service, voice mail, transferred calls, business etiquette, manners
9). Anti-Spammers Need To Develop Better Manners
I sent my e-zine out last week and I received a copy of it back. It had been forwarded to me by a subscriber. In the subject line was a two word sentence; since most publications and websites frown upon vulgarity, obscenity, and profanity, I have spared you the exact wording. Be assured, however, that Miss Manners would definitely not approve.
It is understandable the frustration that people feel when they are inundated with unsolicited commercial e-mail.
Article tags: spam, spammer, anti-spammers, manners
10). Business Manners Apply to Interviewers As Well As Applicants
Today's job applicants are encountering a lack of courtesy that is all too common. Businesses are flooded with applicants for every opening and many are showing a lack of respect for job seekers by failing to respond to their applications.
Most employers request resumes and other documentation be sent by e-mail. Occasionally they use the old-fashioned method-the anonymous post office box.
Article tags: business, manners, applicants, interviewer, interviewing, jobs, employers, courtesy, etiquette, seekers
11). Being Nice May Not Always Be The Best Way To Win Customers
We spend a lot of time being nice to our customers. Why not, it's how we have been taught to behave towards our customers. Treat them with respect, massage their egos and they will reward us with their business. So we carefully craft our newsletters, and adverts, emails and websites to keep them happy, and on our side.
Then suddenly something comes along which turns this on its head.
Article tags: rich jerk, business etiquette, manners, promotion
12). Managing Messy Food
For the past month you have been attending more than the usual number of parties and receptions, and the end is not yet in sight. You knew before you arrived at these business related events that you were expected to be on your best professional behavior. No letting down your guard so you prepared ahead of time.
You thought about who would be there, what you would wear, and what you might talk about.
Article tags: lydia ramsey, entrepreneurs, family, familities, messy food, dining etiquette, manners, meals, parties, party, tips, eating, small business
13). Can You Afford What Rudeness Is Costing Your Business?
Have you ever thought about how much rudeness may be affecting your bottom line? What is the cost to your company when you or the people who represent you lack proper manners? Do you know how many clients are turned off by employees who would rather carry on a conversation with each other than with the person who came to purchase your service or product?.
Article tags: rudeness, business, profit, bottom line, manners, etiquette, employees, customers, clients
14). Solving The Utensil Puzzle
Many people know how to navigate place settings and know when to use each utensil. How to hold those knives, forks and spoons, where to put them when you are not using them and what to do with them at the end of the course or the meal may still be a challenge. Glancing around you while dining out and trying to get a clue from others may not solve the problem.
Article tags: utensils, business, dining, place, settings, knives, forks, spoons, meals, etiquette, manners