Dec 28, 2014 | Business, Business Cards, Meetings, Networking, Networking Groups, Networking Skills
Before you start to network, you must have the right attitude and expectations. Networking events and informal get-togethers are an extension of your business, but remember that they are only a means to an end. To be successful at networking you have to move out of...
Nov 11, 2014 | Networking Skills
In the days when I had a ‘proper job’ and wore a suit most days, I used to help entrepreneurs and business people with their Sales, showing them and working with them how to be better sales people and improve their business bottom line. I ran a series of...
Jun 20, 2014 | Business, Business Cards, Follow Up, Networking, Networking Skills
Every day around the country hundreds of business network meetings take place. That’s many thousands of business people joining breakfast meetings, lunch meetings, afternoon and evening meetings, club and association meetings, the list goes on… You could...
Oct 28, 2012 | Business, Networking, Networking Skills
Working the Room: When you’ve plucked up the courage to eventually go to a Networking Event, many experts will tell you to ‘Work the Room’ This is not something you should be doing! Do you want your new networking colleagues to feel they’ve...
Sep 25, 2012 | Business, Meetings, Networking, Networking Skills
Reinforce your relationship with existing contacts, but spend most of your time (at least 80%) being introduced to and talking with people you don’t know. If possible, find out if any special guests or ‘movers and shakers’ have been invited to the...