Proof once again that I do get out from time to time, here are a few photos from last night’s “Drop-In” party at the Greenville Chamber of Commerce, where I met many very smart, talented people – some of whom are already on Twitter, and others… well, soon will be. I should have taken more photos, but I was too busy yapping my mouth, as always.

First up (above, right to left): Liquid Highway’s @BigJonEvans (John Evans), @benchmarkngbabe (Jessica Smith), and with the bottle of coke and the gray dinner jacket, Ken Flournoy (The picky people’s plumber).

Below (left to right this time): John (again) and G-Magazine’s Jack Bacot? (Is that right? I met a dozen peeps from G and – maybe it’s the wine – but I am getting them all mixed up in my head. Sorry about that, but that’s what happens when you don’t wear a name tag.)

And further below, some young handsome lad drinking blush wine out of a plastic cup while wearing diagonal stripes (two more reasons he may have gotten kicked out of France) and the ever present Jon Evans – whose quasi empty beer cup was in desperate need of a refill. (Someone please buy Jon a beer.)

As a bonus, check out this photo of the Liquid Highway setup. I have absolutely no idea what was going on there. The best I can figure is something along the lines of coffee kung-fu. Oh, and yes, a team of pretty ladies to make sure no one got to jacked up on caffeine.

Okay, that is all.

Attended a great workshop at The Greenville Chamber last week.  It focused on How to Become More Memorable and How to Become Priceless in a Few Key Relationships.  The speakers (Paul Clark and Donna St Clair) gave some phenomenal tips on how to turn the ordinary business encounter into something much more powerful.  They made a great point on how people want to do business with people they like.  That makes so much sense and is written in almost every sales book but unless you practice, its very hard to do.  You have to fight the nasty habit, displayed by almost everyone that has tried to sell me something, of jumping right into pitching your product or service.  Any experiences with good salepeople that you would have bought from regardless of what they were selling?