Grow your business: Peanuts and Crackerjack

Another entry today as part of our Grow Your Business series from Carol Ritter at Carol Talks.  You gotta love the baseball references.  Enjoy!
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Growing Your Small Business in 2012- Grow Your Business - Peanuts & Crackerjack

Take me out to the ball game, Take me out to the crowd, Buy me some peanuts and crackerjack, I don’t care if I ever get back, So it’s root-root-root for the home team, If they don’t win it’s a shame, For it’s one, two, three strikes you’re out at the old ball game. Sing it aloud.   May might bring us May flowers but in Boyertown, it’s baseball season.  Fifteen hundred children marched to the beat of Take Me out to the Ballgame on Saturday to kick off baseball in their community. I liken the game of baseball to the game of relationships.  Relationships sometimes are taken for granted. You cannot be a successful business owner, a successful business leader or a successful non-profit with out strong, solid relationships.

First BASE - you just met and it feels like a connection might be there. You both would like to get to know each other better and learn about what you both do for a living.

Second BASE - the relationship solidifies and you are ready to refer, support each other and be ambassadors for each other’s businesses.

Third BASE - heading towards home plate and the relationship is strong and could even flow into a  social relationship and the mutual respect blossoms.

HOME RUN-it’s official the trust is incredible, you are working together and mutually benefiting from each other and can’t wait to refer one another.  It’s all about trust and trust is most likely the most important piece of a solid business relationship.

Did you know-the average person has 10 people in their lives who love them, trust them and will carry their message (good or bad) without even trying, how about you leverage those 10 folks in your life.

I don’t know about you but I could sure go for some peanuts and crackerjack right about now!!

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