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Getting the most out of One2One meetings | 01/03/09 One2One meetings are the ‘engine room’ when it comes to developing your inner network. They take time, so make sure you are as effective as possible. Networking meetings can be a prime source of meeting new people. When you meet new people you need to decide: more | 19/02/09 NRG Networks have teamed up with one of our longest serving partners, LiaiseOnline, to bring you some amazing added value for NRG Members. The BLG Lunch Box gives you online business lead generation while you eat! more
LinkedIn your best online networking friend | 07/02/09 Will Kintish writes: LinkedIn is simply one enormous community database, brilliantly constructed by someone who knows all about offline ‘real live’ networking and who has created something as close as possible to add to, enhance and augment your face-to face networking. Careful though, it becomes very addictive! Once you start looking you see Jack knows Jill and then, oh look, Jill knows Mary. Ahaa, Mary has a little lamb and I need to get into the shepherding business and so on! Unless you’re In, come and get LinkedIn; we all need all the help we can get in these challenging times. more
Who’s in your network? | 29/08/08 Do you ever meet people who boast about the amount of people in their network – “I know over 1000 people!” And there you are thinking you don’t know anybody. Well of course you do, but the real question is “How many of the right people are in your network?.” more | 21/07/08 Andrew Benson works with Positive Solutions, the largest Independent Financial Adviser in the UK. He has worked in the financial services industry since 1987 and has held some senior positions in various disciplines within financial services before setting up his own practice in 2000. more | 28/06/08 PRH Design is a graphic design consultancy based in Maidenhead, Berkshire. Set up by Paul Holden, a graphic designer and creative director with over twenty years experience in graphic design studios and advertising agencies both in the UK and in Asia. more
10 top tips to get sustainable business through networking | 30/05/08 1. Develop a plan You need a destination for your life and business. If you don’t know where you are going with your networking how can others help you? Ask yourself the following: * what is my target market? * what is my proposition? * who is likely to have access to my target market? * how do I get to know them? * how do I motivate them to introduce me to their network? When you can answer these questions you are have the basis of a networking plan. more
Part 8: Having that meeting | 11/05/08 Taking (most of) the ‘work’ out of Networking Part 8: Having that meeting by NRG Business Networks It may be time for a quick recap. 1. You’ve decided that it makes sense to include networking as a major element in your marketing mix. 2. You’re keen to take it seriously and to prepare yourself for the task at hand. 3. You’re clear as to what you want to achieve from your networking, and have prepared a scintillating answer to the question, “What do you do?” 4. Your business cards are concise as to what you do, carry all pertinent information and can be read without a magnifying glass. 5. You’ve planned ahead as to the networking events you’re going to attend, found out who’s going to attend and done your homework. 6. You’ve turned up, met the people you wanted to, been fascinated by their conversation and collected their cards, with a promise to ring them in the next day or two, and 7. You’ve gone straight back to the office and made copious notes about all the people you’ve met, to refer back to in the future. 8. And you’ve made that follow up phone call and arranged a meeting. more |
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