Screw Loose Business

Become A Networking Guru

July 15th, 2007

Want to become a networking giant? You can’t afford to miss these tips:

Develop as many contacts as you can. If you add one new contact each day, that will be 20-30 contacts in a month.
Tell people about one thing you personally feel you do best. Don’t tell them about all the things that you do, it would only serve to confuse them (not to mention it would make the conversation seem one-sided). Be clear and concise about what you do, and let the other person speak.
Be a leader, show initiative, and introduce yourself. Don’t start handing out business cards unless you have at least established a verbal connection with you potential contact.
Cultivate your contacts. Don’t use the situation to get immediate business, instead ask to meet privately later on. No one likes to feel pressured, and it only makes you look desperate.
Keep in touch. Email or fax articles that might be of interest to your contact; it would show that you listen to what they have to say, and would establish good rapport in between.