Give Daily and Get Joy, Peace and Personal Satisfaction
If you are older than eight years old, you likely agree that it feels better to give than to receive. This time of year, it is even more keenly evident with the holidays approaching at super-sonic speed. When we were young and immature (and some of us still are – lol), we loved the “get”. We wrote letters to a fictional elf and believed that if we were good we would “get” anything and everything we asked for. Then, one year we began to think, “Hey, my mom is pretty awesome, maybe I should make her something, or get her something.” We began to mature. When she opened that hand pressed rock we painted, she smiled and shed tears of joy that we cared enough to “give” her something – and thus it began. The joy of giving to others. Many of us find much more joy in the give – so why don’t we do it year-round?
The Problem of Needing More Time and Money
Oh, I know the answer. We grew up, became adults with kids, and mortgages and twelve-hour work days. OH! That’s what happened. I don’t have the strength, time, OR money to give anymore. We know something BIG is missing – our purpose, our hope, our dreams, and our joy – but we have NO CLUE how to get them back. What can we do every day to build that feeling back in ourselves that says, “Wow, that felt really good to do something nice for someone else?” Not to mention all the health benefits we gain when we have joy, patience, calmness, peace – does this Nirvana even exist?
The iconnectu Solution
We have truly found the way, both internally in our own business, and externally by inspiring others. How do we do it? It’s a secret, and you have to join our secret society and send in your cereal box labels for a year to find the answer to the mystery……no really, we have matured now. We actually have three ways to get there – all of which having compassion and giving at their core.
When you join the ICUGrow Members Only group of entrepreneurs, business development professionals, sales reps, regional leaders, and real estate pros, you discover how to get out of the “push your message out in 20 characters or less” world and into a real relationship building world. You will discover things about the people in your network you never knew – thus finding ways to help and support them outside of just your product and/or service. For instance, wouldn’t it be nice to know the wedding anniversary date of you biggest client and then annually send them a message of congratulations – marriage is something to celebrate these days, is it not? Or, what if you knew that a key referral source of yours was working on her golf game and you were able to connect her to a golf pro you know. Do you think shaving five strokes off her game would give you favor with her? Heck yeah! ICUGrow brings people together and allows you to be thoughtful of every single person you know. This thoughtfulness is your opportunity to give to others with no expectation in return.
With our second product, ICUCare, you find the truth as your customers see it, thus giving you a clear vision. But wait! I thought we were working on giving? Yes. We are. When our professional customer experience reps GIVE your customers a call, they are greeting them with sincerity. They ask about how your company is doing and if there is anything that can be improved. And, wait for it…. we are THANKING them for choosing to do business with you. I know – ITS CRAZY! What would happen if you actually thanked your customers for their business? Do you think they would feel special? Is it possible they would want to tell others how awesome you are both in person and on Social Media sites? Could it be that they may stay and be loyal to you because you care enough to ask how they are that day and how you did? It is amazing. This giving is three-fold. The customer receiving the call is given unconditional gratitude. Our customer experience representative making the call is gaining favor and happiness from giving sincere gratitude to your customer. Finally, you are gaining priceless knowledge to help you improve your business, positive stories on social media, happy employee follow-up stories, and loyal customers for life. ICUCare is a triple give that gains so much more as it flows. Our clients love this tool and we love providing it.
The third awesome product in the Iconnectu suite of services is called ICUGive – I know shocker, right? ICUGive provides the life support the community seeks aligned to your unique mission, vision and values. We have all been in firms that try to do a give back strategy. The entire job of organizing it, rallying the troops, and cleaning up afterwards falls on one or two already overworked employees and while there were momentary moments of hope and happiness in helping others, the short-term benefits were much less than the long-term work leading up to it. It backfires, and then no one wants to do it year after year. But, there is a better way. ICUGive shows you how to build a giving strategy into every aspect of your business. The benefits your company receives while giving to the community are amazing such as lowering the amount of cash laid out, increasing team building, breaking interdepartmental silos, attracting a qualified millennial workforce and giving each and every person in the organization a part to play in the success of the “help”. When this happens, a strange thing occurs. People find their wonder, dreams, hope and joy again in coming to work. They find purpose in yet – another boring board meeting – and they take a few steps towards Nirvana.
How do we know this works? Well, we have had over one hundred clients use ICUGrow and they discovered an easy and fun way to gain real referrals and revenue. ICUCare has customer experience reps across the United States making calls on behalf of customers. And, when we bring you into service, iconnectu sponsors a child in need on your behalf. That’s Iconnectu’s give back! Finally, we teach others how to do just this same thing with ICUGive. We really are changing the world and building better businesses for the greater good. What are YOU going to do to make a difference today? Click here and let us take the GROAN out of GIVING.
