Strategic Follow Up: Five Easy Steps to Build Your Business (Prescription for Business Sucess)

After a networking meeting where introductions and business cards are exchanged, many people just don't get it when it comes to follow-up. Are you one of them, overwhelmed by the mountain of business cards you've collected?





Your business contacts are the key to unlocking the door to bigger and better things: practical connections, long-term relationships and super-sized synergies that can multiply your success… But just how does having this contact information get you to where you want to go?





If you don't follow up-or if you follow up haphazardly, little will come of your efforts, no matter how hard you try.





In Strategic Follow Up you'll discover: • A plan for every meeting you attend • The right prospects for you • A variety of ways to interact • What to say and how to track interactions • How to create long-term relationships with customers and prospects





When it comes to having a plan for networking, Dr. Kaaren Douglas, hits the nail right on the head on how important FOLLOW UP is and how to apply it properly. I will certainly be implementing this book as part of my Bring-It Mastermind Groups curriculum. AJ Kahn, CEO & EntreLeader of United States Business Bureau





The content is bite-sized and informative and inspirational for the audience. (people like me :) Kevin Hackenberg, Executive Producer, Get-Kinetic, Inc.





I think this is perfect. I like that it is in simple steps. Very concise. Certainly, anyone can take action steps on this. Dr. Brian Grossman, Clinical Psychologist, small business owner.





I am so grateful for your help and I'm so excited because I have fallen back in love with my business… Maria Durant, Owner Dance 4 Wellness.





Even shy folks like me can win big with Dr. Douglas's guide.- Kristine M. Smith, Yellow Balloon Publications





Think of the network you are building as an important personal asset. Dr. Kaaren Douglas gives you a prescription for how to find the right people to increase your business and create raving fans who will help you do it. Time to take your medicine.

Kaaren Douglas, MD, MSPH is a vibrant speaker and business mentor, focusing on assisting solopreneurs with home-based businesses, and those building a network marketing team. As a business owner, she has received commendations from the City and County of Los Angeles for her service as a Director of the Chatsworth/Porter Ranch Chamber of Commerce 2010-2011. Currently, she serves as an Entre Leader for Bring It, a Mastermind Group sponsored by the Ventura United StatesCounty Business Bureau.



Dr. Douglas enjoyed a solo family practice in Illinois before completing a Robert Wood Johnson fellowship emphasizing research and teaching skills. She launched a full-time academic career at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, moved then to a free-standing family practice residency program, and lastly the University of California-Irvine. While at UCI she supervised the interdepartmental Geriatric program, and completed a Management Development Program in Health Care to enhance her management skills.

Leaving academia, Dr. Douglas became the Director of Geriatric Programs at the Motion Picture and Television Fund (MPTF). She enjoyed meeting and caring for people who had worked in the motion picture and television industry. She has fond memories of listening to stories from people who worked behind the camera on films like The Ten Commandments and Planet of the Apes. I never expected I would meet people I had only known in movies, like DeForest Kelley, Roddy Macdowell, or Kirk Douglas, Dr. Douglas related, Or hold an Oscar awarded to John Chambers, gifted makeup artist, in my hands.



She served as a Board Member of the Southern California Cancer Pain Initiative, inspired by her desire to assist her husband when he was diagnosed with cancer. Dr. Douglas left her full-time position at MPTF to care for her terminally ill husband. After his passing, she decided to branch out from medicine, and discovered an interest and passion for entrepreneurial pursuits. Her experiences as teacher/clinician and manager are assets in helping her guide other entrepreneurs to be more effective in their own businesses.



Dr. Douglas has served as a consultant to multiple academic institutions and national agencies, including the Senior Citizen Advisory Committee for former U.S. Representative Lynn Martin and The American Academy of Family Practice. She is the author of A Practical Guide to Clinical Teaching in Medicine, as well as numerous scientific and research publications.