5 Business Network Tips For More Effective Results 1. Present yourself well. Business networking is often about first impressions, and first impressions are often about presentation. At face-to-face events, dress well, polish how you speak, make eye contact and generally present yourself to impress others with your professionalism and charisma. 2. Dont bombard - interact. If you approach business networking solely as an opportunity to talk about yourself and your business, youll bore people. Make networking more enjoyable by strategically limiting how much (and how repetitively) you talk and by increasing your chances to listen to and interact with the business networking group. 3. Exploit all media. Traditional networking takes place in physical locations. In the age of social networking websites like Facebook and LinkedIn, however, a lot of networking takes place online. Be aware that opportunities to network span several media; take advantage of all of them. 4. Business networking groups. People define themselves as members of groups such as ones profession, religion, race, gender, language and even favorite sports team. List the affiliations that matter to you, then consider them as networking possibilities. Subsequently, you can network through such events as church picnics, support groups, tailgate parties, environmental causes and gender-specific professional organizations. 5. Be selective and diligent. Thousands of official networking events take place every day, and the Internet offers access to millions more; unfortunately, the availability of all of these opportunities leads some entrepreneurs to take a shotgun approach to networking - which results in the failure to pay sufficient attention to any one opportunity. Identify and act on the highest-value opportunities rather than pitching to every possible audience. Narrowing down opportunities will allow you to focus more. To test these ideas for your business visit 4BN here: meetup/4BNetworking/events/219066752/meetup/4BNetworking/events/209635682/ Source: sbinformation.about/lw/Business-Finance/Small-business-and-entrepreneurs/10-Best-Practices-of-Business-Networking.htm
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