Networking is a contact sport which involves skills like good will and communication skills. You can find people through people for the right deed. It is like a snowball. People think about finding a job or networking marketing if they think about networking. Which is not always true. Networking can be filled with more senses than the above mentioned meanings. You need to be professional and leave a good first impression when you are networking to find new sources for the cause.
Show interest in the contacts.
To maintain a network you need to show your interest. It is just like walking into a shoe store and checking out the Nike Air Max on the shelf and you will attract the salesman in due time to help you out. Showing interest in the contacts and having social chats will help you maintain and will help you to be fruitful investing in the contacts you have gained. To network as a company to introduce your new products to the wholessale businesses you can organize a get together. Offer the visitors a drink and a bite to get to know each other. You can inform the wholesale businesses about the features and advantages of the products and discuss a price.
Get to know people through social media.
Sites like LinkedIn are quite specialists in job professionals. These sites are have huge potential to find any contact for the right cause. People are looking for people to do a job like consulting or sales. If you are a company looking to fill a job then it is easy to turn on your computer go to LinkedIn and find a right people for the right project. You can discuss through messenger and get the phone number and set up a date for a job interview. You can find their prior working experience and professional achievements or academic backgrounds. Facebook can be a good source for establishing contacts.
Build a relationship.
If you are networking to establish a relationship and maintain. How can you build a relationship?. That is through getting the contact information such the e-mail address or the phone number to be in contact on regular bases. Show that you have the time to create an ambience for mutual benefits. Patience is a virture and through good communication skills such as listening and being well willing to help each other. Be open to take advice and be willing to learn from each other. These networking contacts can be a source which is fruitful in the long-term. Invest now in networking you will have a great value in due time to get the best out of your contacts. Be honest about what you are looking for establishing a contact.
Do not be time consuming.
Keep the topics of the conversation relevant to the interest. Do not be too formal neither. You can not make the room temperture drop by being cold and being too professional. You are not in the church or in the court room. Be friendly and say things in brief manner. Both parties here know what you are in the store for. There are two parties involved and at the end of the day you both want to be statisfied. If one party feels like that the netwoking momentum did not gave what they wanted. Then their time is wasted. Time is money. These big business people feel like " I want to be my company's pocket to be fat because I work there". The time is the issue here. They do not want to sit the whole day with you talking about what you have to offer since you are not the only duck in the pond.
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