Put Your Phone Down – It Could Cost You Your Next Job or Opportunity

This week and all summer we’re sharing our best tips to create and promote your professional business and brand. Follow us on social media for the biggest mistakes people make when pitching and trying to work with a new client. Here’s a hint. It’s connected to something most of us use every day – your mobile phone.

Here are a few of our best suggestions to make sure you don’t lose a business opportunity because of when and how you communicate.

1. You only get one chance to make a first impression so make sure you make it on time. There is NO excuse to be late for a pitch or client presentation. NONE.

2. Remember that pitching a potential client or interviewing for a job only takes ONE “yes” to be successful. Make the most of every opportunity to show others what you can do – by giving it your all.

3. Assume that everything you say and do is “on the record.” I have literally seen people talk themselves out of an opportunity by saying/doing the wrong thing at the wrong time. Remember you never know who may overhear your phone call in a crowded elevator or even bar (across the street from your prospective client’s office).

Be creative and find ways to increase your opportunities. For example, try to mix business with pleasure by networking wherever you go. You could actually find your next job or opportunity through a friend of a friend.