I Am Not a Number!

Some online tools that help you keep track of and maintain your personal and professional relationships can be downright impersonal. Here's how to use online networking tools without losing that personal touch.

Networking: The Core of Your Career

It's a smart career move to always be networking, no matter what's going on for you professionally. If you don't need help at this time, build-up your networking power by helping others.

6 Ways to Get More Referrals and Increase Your Income

How To Get More Referrals - Increase your income!

Business Groups - Make the Most of Your Membership

Business groups provide excellent marketing and networking opportunities. Finding the right group and getting used to the experience are key to maximizing your membership with the business group.

Performance Metrics - Measure Your Networking Effectiveness

Performance metrics in the area of networking are those measurements that will tell you whether your efforts are resulting in business. You need to know where to spend your time and you do this by analyzing key performance metrics.

Business Referrals: Use Your IT Consultant Network

Business referrals are a critical aspect of a successful IT Consulting business. Niche technology providers as well as accountants are two great sources of high quality business referrals.

Networking 101 for Shy People

Networking is communicating, and communicating (face-to-face, written or via telephone) is vital to spread the word about your business. Yet, if you're a shy person, how do you go about surmounting this obstacle? How can you talk about yourself and your business, if your mind goes blank and you get the shakes just from thinking about meeting new people? It's not easy, but it can be done, and all it takes is a bit of imagination and a whole lot of bravery.

How to Introduce Your Business in 60 Seconds or Less

As a small business owner, we have various marketing options to promote our business: advertising, telemarketing, direct mail. But my favorite is definitely networking. First, it is the most low cost marketing tool and second it is a way to build long-term relationships with people. If advertising can give you a great result in one shot, networking will bring you more in the long run.

Networking for Introverts: Avoid Panic and Build Relationships for Business and Personal Success

Networking is always a popular career topic, and the reason is simple: the people you know and those who know you will have an enormous influence on your personal and career success. If you’re an introvert and the very thought of networking makes you want to dive for the nearest rabbit hole, that statement may provoke panic. But keep breathing, because networking doesn’t have to be painful -- not even for introverts.

It's All About the Connections

everything in life is about people connecting with people

Precision Networking: The Secret to Extraordinary Results

Building deep relationships with people takes a long time. Sure, you can go out and meet dozens of people in one evening, but how well will you know each person next week? Since each of us have the same amount of available time in our day, it becomes nessessary to target your networking efforts if you desire superior results.

Innovation and Organisational Networks

Typically an organisation chart shows control or seniority, it does not show how the organisation actually works. On a daily basis people communicate with each other, give advice and provide support for each other. These factors are mirrors for the organisational culture that exists and hence a determining factor in the ability of an organisation to innovate. It would therefore be useful to have a measure of the extent of the advice, trust and communications networks.

Business Networking Techniques

Clearly business networking is one of the most effective methods of generating and maintaining business, but how do you do it? When you first enter a room full of business people, how do you overcome your fear and work the room? UK Business Networking guru provides a few handy hints.