It is Sunday night and I wanted to get this in before bed. The radio show was awesome. We had Alan Boyer http://www.leaders-perspective.com/a nationally know business coach along with Micheal Maher http://www.michaeljmaher.com/ along with myself and Tim Chin http://www.bizzbuzzlive.com/home and man did some great information come out about networking.
Here are the questions and abbreviated answers for you to put in your library of marketing weapons!
- WHAT IS NETWORKING? networking is not netsit, netthink, it is netWORK and you have to work at it to be great! It is an attitude and the number 1 way to build a referral based business
- WHY DO IT? to build influence, become a gatekeeper, and grow your business
- WHERE DO YOU NETWORK? Everywhere! You need to fine tune your opportunity radar. Some great places are the chamber, BNI, and LeTip. If you can;t find a group, start your own! Some other places are the school, sporting events, homeowner association meetings.
- WHAT ARE THE BEST TECHNIQUES? you need a bullet proof elevator speech. you also need to look the part and most of all need to be a giver! develop the heart of a giver because givers gain! the biggest mistake people make is not following up after the event. send a handwritten note card, and call your contacts! (imagine that picking up the phone)
- WHY ARE FIRST IMPRESSIONS SO IMPORTANT? people will judge you within the first 15 seconds. make sure you look the part and have your usp dialed in!
- WHAT ARE THE MOST EFFECTIVE ON-LINE NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES? http://www.linkedin.com/and our very own activerain.com
- IS IT EXPENSIVE? It depends on your return. The Hawthorne Effect says what get measured gets done! Are you measuring your return vs the time.
This certainly is the entire interview, but just a snapshot!
All men want to succeed; some want to succeed some badly they're even willing to work for it!
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