Our final post in this series will be a little bit recap and a bit more for some additional tips … Starting out Remember that this is not a race. You will need to get to know your fellow networkers, and earn their trust, prior to seeing any real returns in terms of referrals. Be
Speaking for myself, I am all about R.O.I., Return On Investment. As such, I look at my networking activities as investments rather than expenses. While I can tell you that I can credit millions of dollars in projects directly to my networking efforts, you are going to want and need to track your own results.
Let’s talk a bit about power partners. Power partners are the secret sauce of the networking world. They can and should be a subset of every networking type group that you belong to and particularly in any leads group. They also function as a standalone networking resource. I’ll start with a true story. In 2005
One goal in social networking is to connect with others, in a meaningful manner, and then to develop these relationships. Our primary goal should be to do this with the right people … those who we can best assist with achieving their desired results and vice versa. Twitter is fairly simple and straightforward. You follow
Networking is a skill best learned through practice. And while our resident content strategist Erika Rykun has written a guide on what not do in your first conversation with someone you’d like in your network, we thought it would be best to expound on the challenges you may face when networking and how to navigate through them.
How to Maximize Your Networking Group Investment
I have personally been involved with networking groups, aka leads groups, since the early 90’s when I created my first member-run group. In 2007, I created NetWorks! Boise which is run as a for-profit business (get the how-to book on Amazon). At one point I had three of these groups but, as I am semi-retired,
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