The Great Debate: Quality or Quantity?

Technology can help you maintain high-touch relationships with a large number of people. But just how large should that number be? And what are the trade-offs, if any?

How Important Is Career Networking?

Is your career stagnant? Expand your network! This article shows you how building a career network can help you find your next job!

Business Groups - Make the Most of Your Membership

Business groups provide excellent marketing and networking opportunities. Finding the right group and getting used to the experience are key to maximizing your membership with the business group.

Networking 101 for Shy People

Networking is communicating, and communicating (face-to-face, written or via telephone) is vital to spread the word about your business. Yet, if you're a shy person, how do you go about surmounting this obstacle? How can you talk about yourself and your business, if your mind goes blank and you get the shakes just from thinking about meeting new people? It's not easy, but it can be done, and all it takes is a bit of imagination and a whole lot of bravery.

Networking for Introverts: Avoid Panic and Build Relationships for Business and Personal Success

Networking is always a popular career topic, and the reason is simple: the people you know and those who know you will have an enormous influence on your personal and career success. If you’re an introvert and the very thought of networking makes you want to dive for the nearest rabbit hole, that statement may provoke panic. But keep breathing, because networking doesn’t have to be painful -- not even for introverts.

A Quick and Easy Way to Maximize Your Networking Experience

Are you making full use of the name cards you collected? I'm going to show you a simple way to maintain your list and to build a personalized relationship with all the name card owners with just one simple email...

Five Ways To Boost Your Referral Marketing System

Where does most of your business come from? Most small businesses point to referrals as their primary source of business. What are you doing to build your referral marketing system?

Networking Online and at Chamber Mixers

Most people have heard about networking to attract new business and develop long-term relationships to increase referrals and increase sales in their businesses. Indeed it is a lot of fun to do business this way and it is much easier too. Networking events such as chamber of commerce mixers and social business type gatherings make a perfect place for such things. For those who are a little unsure of them selves there is another way.

A Good Networker Watches Their Mouth

Have you been to a networking Chamber of Commerce Mixer, Leads Club or other Business Social Event and watched how some people run off with the mouth with tall tales, stories and go on and on about nothing.

The Art of Starting a Conversation

Meeting new people and feeling comfortable is a learned skill. I’ve found that the more people you meet the easier it becomes and you get better at asking interesting and occasionally provocative questions. And, you have to learn to be an active listener. No one likes someone who interrupts or is preoccupied with getting his or her point across. Conversations are not about winning or loosing, they’re based on learning about another person.

Networking with Previous Customers

Your direct contacts may provide advice, counsel and support. But, it is THEIR contacts that create a new customer base, provide a supplier, get venture capital or introduce you to the person you need to close a deal. Perhaps the term business networking is a misnomer. Think of it as people networking, because it is PEOPLE that make networking successful.

Networking: How to Save a Starving Author Day

Learn how to save a starving author by helping them out with a bit of networking. New writers often plug away at their work alone for hours a day, not always conducive to making contacts. Offer your writer friend a break in the free publicity department by sharing knowledge: your contacts, their services and abilities.

Network Marketing - Its Three Deadly Sins And How To Find Salvation From Them

An unfortunate fact about network marketing is that approximately 95% of people who get involved never achieve significant success. This article summarizes the three main reasons for this and also introduces a new network marketing paradigm that can lead to a much higher degree of success and satisfaction.

Internet Presence - If You’d Like To Know A Little More About Me, Just Google Me

With a little effort, anyone can build a visible personal Internet presence in as little as a couple of months, and as a result, benefit from the power of being able to say, “If you’d like to know a little more about me, just Google me.”