Trade Shows: Networking Amongst Equals The primary function of those who participate in trade shows is to show off the products in an enticing manner to attract customers and to eventually affect a sale. However, for astute networkers, a trade show can become even more meaningful. In addition to offering the opportunity of meeting and selling customers and prospects, the trade show offers the people "working"... (10 views)
Faith-Based Networking In Places Of Worship Places of worship are great places for building networks, be it a church, a temple, a mosque or any other belief-based house of worship. These are places where you will not only meet your old friends, but are likely to meet new people, every time you go there. Religion is an authoritative unifying force – the congregation at any religious ceremony or service feels a bond... (34 views)
Categorizing the Knots In Your Network Net What is the literal meaning of network? It is the intersecting of horizontal and vertical lines to form a net – so as is apparent by the name, your network is like a net. Imagine it being woven and held together by a series of interconnecting knots. Each knot represents a person you can call on and use to help gain success. Most of the people (knots) will play minor... (16 views)
The Right Way To Use Your Social Network Purposefully Your determination to have a network has worked. You have got a network in place. What are you going to do with it? Do you know how to use it purposefully and that you can milk it to its utmost potential and advantage. It is seen that whilst people, with the initial drive and passion to develop networks manage to do so they are not very tactical when it comes to the best... (12 views)
Powering Your Networking Through Reading A great ad campaign of several years ago was based on the headline "Send Me A Man Who Reads." The campaign extolled the virtues of reading. As with the famous Wall Street Journal ads, the campaign suggested that reading, and particularly reading the right things, was a golden road to success and happiness. The campaign was sponsored by an internationally renowned paper... (2 views)
Trade Shows Are Big Business And A Great Place To Network Trade shows are big business and simply great for networking. Reports that trade shows are the fastest growing segment of today's marketing mix. (24 views)
Some Types Of Professional Networking Groups In recent year’s specific groups, clubs, and associations have been formed for the express purpose of helping their members’ network with each other. Some of the groups have been formed to develop networks of business contacts. Others exist as self-help groups or support groups using networking techniques to accomplish their goals. Still others meet in a structured way... (366 views)
Measuring Value Of Volunteering – Its Priceless Volunteering and networking are made for each other. They bring together a combination of wants and needs and they offer a combination of giving and receiving of talents and joys. Anybody who has actively pursued any kind of volunteer effort will tell of the satisfaction, many personal joys and spiritual enrichment of helping someone in need. (3 views)
Using Networking Tools To Find A New Job The jobless rate in America continues to be a serious cause for concern amongst the youth and others who are desperately seeking jobs. Each day's newspapers announce new layoffs at major corporations and small companies alike. There seem to be more people looking for jobs than at any time in our memory. (10 views)
Does Your Business Card Really Mean Business? It's a ritual that happens millions of times a day, in millions of places - in airports, restaurants, hotels, shops, warehouses and street corners around the world. Two or more business people or professionals meet, talk, and then exchange cards. For networkers it's almost always the essence of their first contact with a new acquaintance. (71 views)
Do’s And Don’ts Of Having Your Own Newsletter Having your own network newsletter is a concept that matured in the late 80’s, but today is now an accepted and established format that pays rich dividends and reduces dependency on other media for getting your messages and information across. Creating a newsletter is akin to having your own personal media, through which you can convey your own personal news. (15 views)
Networking Databank: Remember It’s Your Most Valuable Asset In today's marketing jargon, you'll frequently hear about data base marketing. Direct marketers invented the concept specifically for direct mail purposes. Lately telemarketing has also benefited from database marketing. Your database is basically your mailing list. The list could (and should) be expanded to include more than just the names and addresses of customers and... (6 views)
The Art Of Public Relations Networking Public relations is the ability to promote your products or services and sell them through mediums that don’t cost money and yet are as effective as paid advertisements. It is said that he who whistles down a well, about the goods he has to sell, will never glean the golden dollars, as he who scales the heights and hollers. (38 views)
Understanding Networking And Tapping Its Immense Potential It is happening millions of times each day. In the work place, at home, at the club, in restaurants, supermarkets, churches, on planes, trains and boats; on the golf course, on street corners and even at the beach. (3 views)
Never Stop Networking For Friendships: You Can Never Have Enough Social networking, whether for platonic friendships, a spouse, or to increase network of really close friends, utilizes most of available networking opportunities. (2 views)
How To Widen Your Circle OF Friends Through Networking Everybody likes to have a wide circle of friends and most feel that they know many people who could be classified as friends. But how many people do you really know? (176 views)
The Nine Magical Words Of Effective Networking Over and over again we read or hear stories in the media about how people unexpectedly come to the aid of others. The stories range from life-saving super heroism to acts of charity for someone whose plight has caught the attention of the public. (67 views)
Networking At Your Workplace Is Walking A Fine Edge Networking at the workplace calls for a lot of caution and treading carefully. If it is so fraught with possible problems, why network in the work place? Reasons include striving for increased compensation, aspiring for a personal promotion, contributing to the overall success of the business or seeking better working conditions. (8 views)
Importance of Letter Writing In Networking One of the most important things we learn in school is how to communicate. It is a skill that is absolutely essential to your success, no matter what career path you follow. Despite the dramatic innovations in technology - laser beams, fiber optics, memory chips, satellites, etc. that are changing the way in which we communicate, the written word is still important and... (28 views)
Listening Is A Great Source For Learning: Utilize It There is another form of networking listening - listening for learning. We're talking about listening to audio tapes on subjects pertinent to networking and listening to speakers whose topics address some aspects of the networking process. Some of the time you can use to listen to audio tapes is really free time. It's the time you spend driving - to work, for pleasure or... (6 views)
Cultivate The Habit Of Listening. It’s Vital For Success Communication is obviously a two-way process. You write, someone reads. Someone speaks, you listen. You speak someone listens. However, simple as it sounds, this is not always true or at least not fully true. (45 views)
The Art Of Selling Through Multi-Level Networking If you have to pinpoint one prime aspect of networking and what does it really boil down to, it is probably selling. Networking to sell a product or service is probably the most recognized and most often used form of this specialized communications process. (31 views)
Proud To Be Bald: How Networking Helped Create A Worldwide Organization For The Bald John T. Capps, III founded the Bald Headed Men of America in 1972 to create a forum where bald people could meet and interact with other bald friends. It has now become a worldwide network of proud bald men and even, women. Networkers of the Bald Headed Men of America believe that what’s in the head is more important than what is on top of it, or not on top of it. (94 views)
Ten Skills That Will Transform You From Being A Good Networker To A Great One Networking is not merely shaking hands and distributing business cards. Networking is really about building relationships, developing them and, most importantly maintaining them. It is the building of your social capital that really speaks if you are cut out for networking and do you have it in you to become a good networker. (1231 views)
Networking's Two Most Essential Words : Thank You There are reams and reams of paper on which experts expound the basic concepts of networking and whilst all that is important, there is little doubt that networking's two most important words are "Thank You." (81 views)
Understanding The Eleventh Commandment Of Networking Success Networking is really not all that difficult. It is only knowing the art of communication and knowing when to get in touch and with whom to get in touch. Time is of a great essence and once call will lead to another and eventually you will be guided to the right person. (12 views)
Role models of Women entrepreneurship One of the earliest forms of networking was the "good old boys" network, characterized by a well-to-do gentleman sitting in a leather covered chair in the library of his private club, smoking a cigar and reading the Wall Street Journal. (17 views)
High Tech Networking Don Crescimanno started as a salesperson in the computer business in 1966 when, in Don's words, "computers were doing only very boring stuff - payrolls, taxes, massive inventories and scientific projects." (9 views)
The Elevator to Success Ed Bobrow's company specializes in marketing and marketing management to such clients as Honeywell, Dow Corning, Gillette and Norelco. Additionally, Ed is an Adjunct Assistant Professor at New York University. He lectures extensively to businesses, trade associations and universities. He has written 5 books and over 100 articles on sales and marketing. (3 views)
Long-lasting Networking Techniques In the beginning, a young child, Kim Hill, was diagnosed with leukemia. Her father, Fred, a former All-American at Southern Cal and a professional football player with the Philadelphia Eagles, was devastated but found great consolation with immediate help from his neighbors and teammates. (13 views)