Networking: 2 Minute Training #20: Harness The Power Of Meetup.com

Sure, you have a networking group that you visit. You’re loyal, but you’re also on the lookout for great new opportunities. But how can you gain access to the people and groups that haven’t invited you? In an earlier piece, we mention that you should consider

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Networking: 2 Minute Training #19: Free Training = Free Training + Networking!

When you go to your Networking meetings, keep you ears open, and take note of the different individuals within the networking group. Some of them are educators, and some— like the leadership team— have close ties to the organizations that want to help small

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Networking: 2 Minute Training #17: Look The Part

Last week’s networking blog entry came with a flood of email messages (not too many comments though… I’ll have to look into that) letting me know that the story aspect really caught their hearts and minds. So today, we’re going to talk about looking the part by opening

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Networking: 2 Minute Training #15: Send A Personal Thank You

You just got off the phone with a referral you received this week. They love your work, and they’re willing to put $1200 down for a brand new widget. How can you thank the person who passed you their information? You’d love to do it in

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Networking: 2 Minute Training #14: Prime the Pump For Your Next One to One Meeting

You’ve met another networking individual, and set up a one to one meeting. This could become the foundation for a pivotal relationship, and you would really like this meeting to connect the hearts and minds of your organization with theirs.

You want

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Networking: 2 Minute Training #13: Don’t Sell to a Networker… Really.

The point of networking is this: You know about 50 businesses and business owners. Those businesses or business owners each know 50 businesses or business owners. So by introducing your product or service to one individual, you have the potential to contact 2,500 businesses.

So why

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Networking: 2 Minute Training #12: Go Where You Don’t Belong… Yet.

We network in order to get into contact with people and businesses that we haven’t met, and might not have an opportunity to meet during our usual, everyday activities. When you are meeting someone for the first time, an introduction is necessary. If a mutual

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Networking: 2 Minute Training #11: Not Every Network Meeting Is For Sales

In networking groups, people from lots of different businesses come together with the hopes of getting to know one another. Sure, many newer businesses use these meetings as a time to pitch their businesses or services to the networking individuals at the meeting.

This is

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Networking: 2 Minute Training #10: Join the Leadership Team

In networking groups, both large and small, someone has to keep the entire machine moving. That someone is the leadership team. The team itself may just be one person, or it might be a team of individuals. If you need to boost the recognition of your business,

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