In May 2017, the Miss America Organization announced that Dosh would be its sponsor and Official Travel and Cash Back App. When booking travel arrangements, travelers can use the app to earn cash back. The app is easy to set up and allows people to do all the things they usually do, such as shopping and eating out, while earning cash back in the process. The Miss America Organization benefits when users download the Dosh app through either the Google Play Store or the Apple App Store using www.dosh.cash/missamerica.

Plus, Dosh allows users to donate the cash back they get from redeeming travel or other offers to a charity of their choice, further promoting one of the key pillars of the Miss America Organization, giving back.

In addition, Dosh provides other services and features that include:

• A streamlined cash-back process that includes no UPC scanning, receipt documentation, mail-in rebates, or promo codes.
• The ability to donate to charities or transfer cash earned to a bank account or PayPal directly from the application.
• A hotel-booking service that ensures the lowest prices and provides additional cash back.
• Marketing tools for businesses that include consumer data analytics and insights designed to increase customer loyalty and enable targeted advertising efforts.

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The world is absorbed with online connections. Today, in our hyper-connected world, people are focused their social media relationships built on Likes, Follows, Comments, and Shares. But does the number of “connections” you have on LinkedIn or the Followers you have on Facebook translate to the size and value of your network? I would argue that no, while the size and engagement level of your social graph is a powerful tool you can utilize to spread a message, it is not the same as networking or growing a strong personal or business network. No matter how the world changes, true, quality networking will always be about creating relationships by connecting with another individual.

What does networking look like today? Networking is so much more than passing business cards or connecting on LinkedIn. To be the most effective, you must enter every networking situation with a shift from a sales mindset to a relationship mindset. Ask questions. If I am in a room with business people, I ask about who they are and I get to know them in order to build a relationship. I feel that every single person I meet, could help make me a better person. And, that I have an opportunity to make their life better, as well. Relationships are the core of life and relationships create opportunity.

Then, I find something that we both have in common or an intersection of our worlds. This helps build a common bond that will be the spark for the relationship. This commonality could be something as simple as an interest in a sports team, having attended the same school, or any point of conversation that is memorable and unique to your relationship.

Finally, I focus on how I can give, before I focus on what I can get. I find a way to assist them with something they need, a goal they have, a passion, or a business need. Offering to help without expecting return will work to solidify the relationship we are building.

Networking today is the process of

1. Focusing on getting to know the other person,
2. finding a point of commonality, and
3. looking for a way to assist them with something they need. Always give without expecting a return.

I’ll share an example of a great networking experience I had recently. I met a business leader named Jon within a few months of moving to Austin. He has been part of very successful companies throughout his career and was introduced to me by someone who I had met in Austin. I had helped the first person with something and he helped me by introducing me to Jon. Relationships create opportunities!

When Jon and I went to have coffee, I focused on building the relationship, not selling him anything or jumping into shop talk. We talked about who he is what he is interested in. Eventually, we talked about my passions and our enthusiasm for Austin since moving, my desire to get to know the city, and the cash back app company I had founded called Dosh. Based on that interaction, he ended up offering to introduce me to his network. By the end of the day had already introduced me to 6 other business leaders. Within 24 hours, I had scheduled coffee or breakfast meetings with each of them.

Those 6 people have introduced me to a world within the Austin community that has led to tremendous opportunity, new personal relationships, and to new hires of outstanding caliber at Dosh. That one original relationship ended up leading to incredible connections for me personally as well as for Dosh as I work to grow the business. Relationships create opportunities!

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In addition, Dosh provides other services and features that include:

• A streamlined cash back process that includes no UPC scanning, receipt documentation, mail-in rebates, or promo codes.
• The ability to donate to charities or transfer cash earned to a bank account or PayPal directly from the application.
• A hotel-booking service that ensures the lowest prices and provides additional cash back.
• Marketing tools for businesses that include consumer data analytics and insights designed to increase customer loyalty and enable targeted advertising efforts.

For additional information on the Dosh app, visit www.dosh.cash.

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In addition, Dosh provides other services and features that include:

• A streamlined cash back process that includes no UPC scanning, receipt documentation, mail-in rebates, or promo codes.
• The ability to donate to charities or transfer cash earned to a bank account or PayPal directly from the application.
• A hotel-booking service that ensures the lowest prices and provides additional cash back.
• Marketing tools for businesses that include consumer data analytics and insights designed to increase customer loyalty and enable targeted advertising efforts.

The popular blog Tracy’s New York Life recently featured Ryan Wuerch’s Dosh mobile app and provided screenshots that revealed how it works and the cash back it generated on items such as Manhattan hotel rooms and the New York City PASS. In the blog, Tracy Kaler describes her family members as coupon clippers and said she appreciates Dosh for allowing her to get cash back without the hassle of finding specific coupons, cutting them out, and remembering to use them. Once people sign up with Dosh, they can take advantage of the platform by adding any credit cards and debit cards that they want. Each time a Dosh partner business registers a transaction, available offers are converted into cash that appears in the user’s Dosh wallet. The funds can ultimately be transferred into a user’s linked bank account. Tracy Kaler said she uses Dosh to earn cash back when she shops at various businesses. She also mentions Dosh offers at Lord & Taylor, Nike, Macy’s, and Dean & Deluca. The amounts vary: the cash back generated from a single transaction could be $2 or $100, for instance.

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In addition, Dosh provides other services and features that include:

• A streamlined cash-back process that includes no UPC scanning, receipt documentation, mail-in rebates, or promo codes.
• The ability to donate to charities or transfer cash earned to a bank account or PayPal directly from the application.
• A hotel-booking service that ensures the lowest prices and provides additional cash back.
• Marketing tools for businesses that include consumer data analytics and insights designed to increase customer loyalty and enable targeted advertising efforts.

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What is a defining characteristic you see in high-performing athletes, successful entrepreneurs, well-respected artists and high-level educators? The characteristic I see in all these individuals is present despite their different socio-economics, upbringing, education or experience levels.

It is PASSION.

I have spoken on the difference between a leader and a follower. Consider for a moment, how many successful leaders have you followed who have lacked passion or a drive to accomplish that which was in front of them? The answer is probably none.

Now consider where you are right now. What goal do you have for your business that you believe in so strongly, one you will go for despite all challenges and obstacles?

Accomplishing a dream and making a real change in the world around you is hard work. Steve Jobs said we have to have a lot of passion for what we do because if we don’t, any rational person would give up. I agree entirely.

Other successful entrepreneurs have said similar things on the importance of passion in work; Jeff Bezos said, “One of the huge mistakes people make is that they try to force an interest on themselves. You don’t choose your passions; your passions choose you.”

And when your passion is intertwined with love and the optimism of what could be, you will be driven to capture what most would think is impossible.  Mark Twain, I feel, said it best, “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”

See more of what Steve Jobs had to say on passion in this short video of his talk to entrepreneurs:

My passion is to see millions of people’s lives positively impacted through a social commerce platform that will redefine distribution as we know it.

I would love to hear what your passions are in the comment section below. Remember, when leaders are truly passionate, everyone around them who is part of their pursuit, feels that passion in themselves as well.

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