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Will You Add? - 51 Thoughts on Networking
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28. Be funny, but don’t tell jokes.
29. Discover the CPI, or Common Point of Interest with everyone you meet.
30. Carry blank business cards with you in case someone forgot theirs. They’ll thank you for saving their butt!
31. Never leave the house without a pen and paper. Sounds dumb, right? It isn’t. It’s genius. Nobody keeps napkins with scribblings on them.
32. Every week, introduce two people you know who need to know each other.
33. Wear your nametag above your breastbone and make sure it’s visible from 10 feet away. Nobody cares what side of your chest it’s on. Just make it big. And if you don’t like wearing nametags, then you probably don’t like people knowing who you are, either.
34. Oh, and it’s not who you know – it’s who knows you.
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2. So, no matter where you go – the Mall, church, out to dinner, the gym – you better have at least five business cards with you.
3. And be able to give an UNFORGETTABLE personal introduction in 10 seconds, 30 seconds and 6o seconds.
4. When someone on the phone says, “May I ask who’s calling?” get excited. Say something unique that makes that person say, “Um, okay…please hold.” Be unexpected. Be cool. Be memorable.
5. Get Google alerts on yourself, your company, your area of expertise and your competition. If you don’t know what a Google alert is, just Google it.
6. Networking isn’t selling, marketing or cold calling. It’s the development and maintenance of mutually valuable relationships. Don’t mix those things up.
7. The most important four letters in the word NETWORKING are W-O-R-K, because that’s exactly what it takes.
8. If you give your business card to somebody and they don’t reply, “Hey, cool card!” get a new card. (Thank you, Jeffrey Gitomer.)
9. When attending networking events, come early. Check out the nametags. See if you know anybody, or find people you’d like to meet.
10. Sit in the back so you can scan the room for specific people you’d like to connect with.
11. Email articles of interest, links or other cool stuff OF VALUE (not spam) to people you’ve met.
12. Publish a newsletter or ezine. Interview people from your network and feature them as experts. They will take ownership of their inclusion and spread that publication to everyone they know.
13. Spend an hour a week reading and commenting on other people’s blogs. If you don’t know what a blog is, you’re in trouble.
14. When you read an article you like, email the author. Tell him what you liked about it and introduce yourself. He'll usually write back.
15. Have an awesome email signature that gives people a reason to click over to your website. Just be careful not to have TOO much information included.
16. Get involved with social networking sites like LinkdIn, MySpace and Squidoo.
17. Remember that networking doesn’t have to be in person. The Internet is a great place to connect with people just like you! It’s called Internetworking. (Yep, I made that word up.)
18. Make your own words up. It’s really fun.
19. Have business lunches at least once a week.
20. Attend local events once a month.
21. Figure out where your target market hangs out (online and offline). Then hang out there.
22. Or, create your own regular “business hangout,” like a copy or coffee shop where you can regularly be found working, networking, reading or connecting with other professionals.
23. Talk to everybody. Don’t sell them; don’t probe them, just make friends. Make friends with everybody. Because people buy people first.
24. Take volunteer positions with organizations that are relevant to your industry. Be a visible leader to whom others can come for help.
25. Every time you meet someone, write the letters HICH on their business card: how I can help. Then think of five ways to do so.
26. Go to Borders and spend one day a month reading books on networking, interpersonal communication and marketing. I highly recommend The Power of Approachability and How to be That Guy. (I hear the author is super cool.)
27. Publish articles or a blog or both based around your expertise. Use titles such as “Top Ten Ways,” “Essential Elements” and “Success Secrets,” that grab the reader’s attention. Publish them on www.blogger.com and www.ezinearticles.com
28. Be funny, but don’t tell jokes.
29. Discover the CPI, or Common Point of Interest with everyone you meet.
30. Carry blank business cards with you in case someone forgot theirs. They’ll thank you for saving their butt!
31. Never leave the house without a pen and paper. Sounds dumb, right? It isn’t. It’s genius. Nobody keeps napkins with scribblings on them.
32. Every week, introduce two people you know who need to know each other.
33. Wear your nametag above your breastbone and make sure it’s visible from 10 feet away. Nobody cares what side of your chest it’s on. Just make it big. And if you don’t like wearing nametags, then you probably don’t like people knowing who you are, either.
34. Oh, and it’s not who you know – it’s who knows you.
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7. The most important four letters in the word NETWORKING are W-O-R-K, because that’s exactly what it takes.
8. If you give your business card to somebody and they don’t reply, “Hey, cool card!” get a new card. (Thank you, Jeffrey Gitomer.)
9. When attending networking events, come early. Check out the nametags. See if you know anybody, or find people you’d like to meet.
10. Sit in the back so you can scan the room for specific people you’d like to connect with.
11. Email articles of interest, links or other cool stuff OF VALUE (not spam) to people you’ve met.
12. Publish a newsletter or ezine. Interview people from your network and feature them as experts. They will take ownership of their inclusion and spread that publication to everyone they know.
13. Spend an hour a week reading and commenting on other people’s blogs. If you don’t know what a blog is, you’re in trouble.
14. When you read an article you like, email the author. Tell him what you liked about it and introduce yourself. He'll usually write back.
15. Have an awesome email signature that gives people a reason to click over to your website. Just be careful not to have TOO much information included.
16. Get involved with social networking sites like LinkdIn, MySpace and Squidoo.
17. Remember that networking doesn’t have to be in person. The Internet is a great place to connect with people just like you! It’s called Internetworking. (Yep, I made that word up.)
18. Make your own words up. It’s really fun.
19. Have business lunches at least once a week.
20. Attend local events once a month.
21. Figure out where your target market hangs out (online and offline). Then hang out there.
22. Or, create your own regular “business hangout,” like a copy or coffee shop where you can regularly be found working, networking, reading or connecting with other professionals.
23. Talk to everybody. Don’t sell them; don’t probe them, just make friends. Make friends with everybody. Because people buy people first.
24. Take volunteer positions with organizations that are relevant to your industry. Be a visible leader to whom others can come for help.
25. Every time you meet someone, write the letters HICH on their business card: how I can help. Then think of five ways to do so.
26. Go to Borders and spend one day a month reading books on networking, interpersonal communication and marketing. I highly recommend The Power of Approachability and How to be That Guy. (I hear the author is super cool.)
27. Publish articles or a blog or both based around your expertise. Use titles such as “Top Ten Ways,” “Essential Elements” and “Success Secrets,” that grab the reader’s attention. Publish them on www.blogger.com and www.ezinearticles.com
28. Be funny, but don’t tell jokes.
29. Discover the CPI, or Common Point of Interest with everyone you meet.
30. Carry blank business cards with you in case someone forgot theirs. They’ll thank you for saving their butt!
31. Never leave the house without a pen and paper. Sounds dumb, right? It isn’t. It’s genius. Nobody keeps napkins with scribblings on them.
32. Every week, introduce two people you know who need to know each other.
33. Wear your nametag above your breastbone and make sure it’s visible from 10 feet away. Nobody cares what side of your chest it’s on. Just make it big. And if you don’t like wearing nametags, then you probably don’t like people knowing who you are, either.
34. Oh, and it’s not who you know – it’s who knows you.
Today everyone knows at least one person who has lost their job to down-sizing, right-sizing, cut-backs, production reduction or a mean, vicious “bogus leader” who could care less about your family, your life or your existence at the company. This may sound a bit overboard, but everyone has probably experienced the manager, supervisor or company leader from hell, and if you haven’t just stick around.It is this type of leadership that is taking companies down the path of death and destruction. So what’s a jobless person to do? First you must get organized and do a serious self examination. Look at the things you love to do, your gifts and talents. This is not fluff, you may be at the best time of your life if you are willing to get real and do some serious work. You cannot expect others to do this for you, you have to own the unemployment label, and decide where you want to go from here. Leave the pity party for later.Do you ha
14. When you read an article you like, email the author. Tell him what you liked about it and introduce yourself. He'll usually write back.
15. Have an awesome email signature that gives people a reason to click over to your website. Just be careful not to have TOO much information included.
16. Get involved with social networking sites like LinkdIn, MySpace and Squidoo.
17. Remember that networking doesn’t have to be in person. The Internet is a great place to connect with people just like you! It’s called Internetworking. (Yep, I made that word up.)
18. Make your own words up. It’s really fun.
19. Have business lunches at least once a week.
20. Attend local events once a month.
21. Figure out where your target market hangs out (online and offline). Then hang out there.
22. Or, create your own regular “business hangout,” like a copy or coffee shop where you can regularly be found working, networking, reading or connecting with other professionals.
23. Talk to everybody. Don’t sell them; don’t probe them, just make friends. Make friends with everybody. Because people buy people first.
24. Take volunteer positions with organizations that are relevant to your industry. Be a visible leader to whom others can come for help.
25. Every time you meet someone, write the letters HICH on their business card: how I can help. Then think of five ways to do so.
26. Go to Borders and spend one day a month reading books on networking, interpersonal communication and marketing. I highly recommend The Power of Approachability and How to be That Guy. (I hear the author is super cool.)
27. Publish articles or a blog or both based around your expertise. Use titles such as “Top Ten Ways,” “Essential Elements” and “Success Secrets,” that grab the reader’s attention. Publish them on www.blogger.com and www.ezinearticles.com
28. Be funny, but don’t tell jokes.
29. Discover the CPI, or Common Point of Interest with everyone you meet.
30. Carry blank business cards with you in case someone forgot theirs. They’ll thank you for saving their butt!
31. Never leave the house without a pen and paper. Sounds dumb, right? It isn’t. It’s genius. Nobody keeps napkins with scribblings on them.
32. Every week, introduce two people you know who need to know each other.
33. Wear your nametag above your breastbone and make sure it’s visible from 10 feet away. Nobody cares what side of your chest it’s on. Just make it big. And if you don’t like wearing nametags, then you probably don’t like people knowing who you are, either.
34. Oh, and it’s not who you know – it’s who knows you.
Last Monday I met with a new client – a representative of a local university. She was a very cheerful lady but had no marketing background, and was completely in the dark about what promo item to choose. At the top of her list were custom magnets – she wanted refrigerator magnets with her university logo, and she wanted the enrollment and inquiry trunk line imprinted, too.I could see where she was coming from. Magnets are, after all, among the cheapest promo items, and at roughly $0.56 each, they fall right within her budget. But when I asked her what exactly she wishes to accomplish with these magnets, she answered, to promote ourselves to high school seniors so that they would consider us for college.RED ALERT. The common mistake people make when choosing promo items is choosing in terms of price. The cheapest is not always the most effective. In this case, for example, the magnets will only stay in the student refrigerators at h
23. Talk to everybody. Don’t sell them; don’t probe them, just make friends. Make friends with everybody. Because people buy people first.
24. Take volunteer positions with organizations that are relevant to your industry. Be a visible leader to whom others can come for help.
25. Every time you meet someone, write the letters HICH on their business card: how I can help. Then think of five ways to do so.
26. Go to Borders and spend one day a month reading books on networking, interpersonal communication and marketing. I highly recommend The Power of Approachability and How to be That Guy. (I hear the author is super cool.)
27. Publish articles or a blog or both based around your expertise. Use titles such as “Top Ten Ways,” “Essential Elements” and “Success Secrets,” that grab the reader’s attention. Publish them on www.blogger.com and www.ezinearticles.com
28. Be funny, but don’t tell jokes.
29. Discover the CPI, or Common Point of Interest with everyone you meet.
30. Carry blank business cards with you in case someone forgot theirs. They’ll thank you for saving their butt!
31. Never leave the house without a pen and paper. Sounds dumb, right? It isn’t. It’s genius. Nobody keeps napkins with scribblings on them.
32. Every week, introduce two people you know who need to know each other.
33. Wear your nametag above your breastbone and make sure it’s visible from 10 feet away. Nobody cares what side of your chest it’s on. Just make it big. And if you don’t like wearing nametags, then you probably don’t like people knowing who you are, either.
34. Oh, and it’s not who you know – it’s who knows you.
I recently read about a 66-year-old Romanian woman who gave birth to a baby girl. Sixty-six! She is the world’s oldest mother ever recorded, and it reminded me, as many things do, of the incredible uncertainties we face in life. (I’m uncertain whether the mother or daughter will need the most naps ... or diapers.)We hear stuff like this in the news every day, things that catch us completely off guard: Ken and Barbie (the dolls) break up after 40 years of dating, Martha Stewart goes to prison, SBC buys AT&T, K-Mart buys Sears ... People say, "These are uncertain times we live in," and they’re right. But people have always said that. There are cave paintings in France that have been translated to read: "These are uncertain times we live in."There’s no escaping the subtle and profound uncertainties in our lives. And although it’s tempting to try, we really shouldn’t want to escape. Think how boring complete certaint
28. Be funny, but don’t tell jokes.
29. Discover the CPI, or Common Point of Interest with everyone you meet.
30. Carry blank business cards with you in case someone forgot theirs. They’ll thank you for saving their butt!
31. Never leave the house without a pen and paper. Sounds dumb, right? It isn’t. It’s genius. Nobody keeps napkins with scribblings on them.
32. Every week, introduce two people you know who need to know each other.
33. Wear your nametag above your breastbone and make sure it’s visible from 10 feet away. Nobody cares what side of your chest it’s on. Just make it big. And if you don’t like wearing nametags, then you probably don’t like people knowing who you are, either.
34. Oh, and it’s not who you know – it’s who knows you. (Thanks again, Jeffrey Gitomer.)
35. And people will like you the minute they figure out how much they ARE like you.
36. Fear not to entertain strangers for by so doing some may have entertained angels unaware. (Hebrews, 13:2)
37. If you don’t have www.yourname.com, get it. It’s ten bucks.
38. Find local professionals with whom you share common interests, customers, ideas and products. Introduce yourself to them, get together, share ideas and find ways to help each other.
39. Form a mastermind group. No more than four people. Meet regularly to set goals, keep each other accountable and brainstorm.
40. Also, set your own networking goals each month for:
o Events to attend
o People to meet
o Emails to write
o Calls to make
o Articles/physical mail to send
41. Go onto Google and type in “articles on networking.” Read on!
42. Speaking of Google, Google yourself regularly. Find out what people are saying about you. If you don’t show up, you’re in trouble.
43. If you think you don’t need to network, you right. You don’t need to network: you MUST network!
44. And stop calling it networking. Ignore the title of this post. I only used that word in the title because my client made me. Networking – as a word – is tired and old and clich? and it makes people think you’re throwing around a bunch of cards trying to sell, sell, sell. No. All you’re doing is making friends. Not schmoozing, mingling or any of those stupid catch phrases. You’re making friends. That’s it. Friends. Make them every day.
45. If you think you suck at networking, don’t worry. You’re not alone. But also remember that anyone can develop their networking skills. That’s right, skills. Because it’s not something you’re born with or just plain “good at.” Anyone can do it effectively. You simply need:
o To develop attitude of approachability
o To read books on the subject
o To practice
46. So, when strangers ask, “How are you?” don’t say fine. You’re not fine. Nobody’s fine. Give a real answer that’s memorable and magnetic. I suggest, “Business is kicking ass!” or “Everything is beautiful!”
47. Come to every networking event with three great questions ready to go. Be sure they begin with, “What’s the one thing?” “What’s your favorite?” and “What was the best part about?”
48. When someone asks where you’re from, don’t just say “Austin.” Use the H.O.T technique: “Oh, I’m from Austin, home of the best college football team in the country.” Get creative. Get unique. Watch what happens.
49. Put your person before your profession. Your personality before your position. Your individual before your industry.
50. Don’t be different – be unique. Don’t be friendly – be approachable. And don’t be memorable – be unforgettable.
51. Think about the last five “luckiest” business contacts you encountered. Figure out what you did right, realize that there IS NO SUCH THING AS LUCK, then repeat as often as possible.
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