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Are You Tired, Yet?
Are you tired of having more days at the end of the month than money? Perhaps you've missed family time due to overtime ~ just to make ends meet. Maybe, your credit card bills are rising, too. Only, Murphy's Laws go into effect about the time you'd...
Building A Business That Works For You
Before you want to build your business , you need to know why you are in this business. Many of us entered business as a technician. You know the technical nature of this business; you do it everyday; over and over again. The question is: How can...
Going the Extra Mile and Getting Referrals
Successful salespeople have the ability to turn the customers they serve into advocates. They don't directly ask for assistance, they do it by going the extra mile when providing service . It is only natural for satisfied customers to refer...
Marketing Tips For Internet Beginners
The reason most people fail to make money on the internet is because they don't have the knowledge and tools they need to market their business effectively and successfully. They just end up spinning their wheels because they don't know where to...
“Work Stinks” Smelliest Shirt Contest
San Diego, CA – It’s time to say, “Work stinks!” No, this isn’t a new Country Western song title. It isn’t even a new idea. But it is a reality. At any given time, only 50.7 percent of the workforce is happy on the job, according to a study by NFO...
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Networking Events Success for your Business - Top Ten Reasons to Attend
1. Make new connections, meet new people.
The more people you meet, the more referrals you are likely to
get and most successful businesses are built on referrals. It's
not what you know but who you know that counts ...or to be more
precise, it's not even who you know, but who knows you that
really counts!
2. Experience the networking phenomenon and get into the
swing of things.
It's the cool thing to do! Networking is the "in" way to do
business, whether locally or online.
3. Identify potential new clients & customers, and those who
can refer you to them.
By getting out there and talking to people you can come up with
totally new ideas for potential clients, targets markets you
hadn't thought of and people who are willing to let you use
their name to get you through the door.
4. Discover how people in other businesses are getting
business, and adapt it to your own.
By hearing how other people operate, you can get great ideas for
changes, expansions even new directions for your own business.
They don't have to be competitors to be a source of inspiration
- often they can be in completely different businesses.
5. Get ideas for potential joint ventures and joint venture
partners.
Strategic Alliance and Joint Ventures can be very successful for
your business. By meeting lots of people you hear and come up
with new ideas for how you can work with others, how your
business can be complementary to another in a way you had not
thought of before. Open you mind to alliances and you'll be
surprised how many opportunities you can find.
6. Discover new products and services your have been looking
for.
Need an accountant, marketer, web designer? Need insurance, a
new vehicle, a warehouse? Whatever you are
looking for, if you
network enough the chances are you will find someone who can
provide what you're looking for, or give you a referral to
someone else who can.
7. Practice your 30 second introduction.
Most entrepreneurs know about being able to present their
business effectively in 30 seconds, but most make a miserable
job of actually doing it! Develop your "Elevator Speech",
practice it, then get out there and deliver it to a few new
contacts. If they immediately understand what you do and ask
questions, you've got a winner. If not .. back to the drawing
board.
8. Find others who've been in business longer and are
willing to share how they did it, giving you valuable tips.
Successful business people are usually secure enough to be
willing to share tips as to how they got where they are. Listen
and learn. There's no point in reinventing the wheel!
9. Make great new friends who have the entrepreneurial
spirit you love. Entrepreneurs have a very different energy.
If you are truly an entrepreneur in spirit yourself, you will
enjoy mixing with others who are similar.
10. Perfect your "mingling" skills till it become second
nature.
So many people say they dislike networking, but once you become
a master at the art, it becomes fun. It's just like anything
else... riding a bike wasn't much fun when you kept falling off,
but once you perfected it and could go racing down hills at top
speed it became a joy. Networking can be a joy too once you're
good at it (and ANYONE can become good with enough practice.)
About the author:
Fiona MacKay Young is a Business Startup & Career Coach.
http://fiona-online.com/
offers Career Coaching Services specializing in Workplace
Reentry and new Business Startup.
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