Get the Attention You Crave

Try this trick for getting noticed at your next networking event.

May 23, 2003

Try wearing a button every day. Sporting an intriguing button onyour lapel is a sure-fire conversation starter that can lead to,well, who knows what? Use every conversation as an opportunity totalk about your business and what you do. Have five or six buttonsmade up with silly, funny or insightful sayings, and wear them topublic events, speaking engagements and business meetings.

Excerpted from 303 Marketing Tips: Guaranteed To Boost YourBusiness

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