How To
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Quick Tip: Invite a Colleague for a Walk
Another alternative to grabbing a coffee or a sit-down lunch is to invite a co-worker to go for a walk with you. It can be a welcome break to sitting at your desk…
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Quick Tip: Networking as a Team? Have regular BD/Networking Calls or Meetings
If you are doing business development and networking as part of a wider team or where you are representing a company or team within a company it is important to have a joined-up…
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Quick Tip: Have a Networking & Business Development Buddy
Part of your networking plan and strategy should be to have a Buddy. This might be someone that you go networking with and who helps you with your networking activities. Alternatively, this might…
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Quick Tip: Create a Master List of Business Development Activities
You should always have a list of business development and networking activities that you can get involved in. This list should be maintained and reviewed based on work works well for you and…
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Quarterly Profile Refresh Checklist
This is your quarterly reminder to update your profiles. It is important to ensure that your social media profiles and website profiles are up to date and are relevant. If you are not…
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Quick Tip: Research the Guest List
A common complaint from people I meet who are fed up with or don’t like networking is that they never meet the people they are hoping to meet. This is why preparing for…
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Join (or Create) a Mastermind Group
What is a Mastermind Group? A mastermind group is a peer-to-peer mentoring and advice group used to help members solve their problems with input and advice from the other group members. Group members…
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Quick Tip: Chat with people to learn new things
The great thing about networking is that it presents an opportunity to learn new things. Take advantage of the opportunities. Networking can present an opportunity to talk with: other people within your team…
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Quick Tip: Read Articles and Share Interesting Reads with your Network
A large part of networking is of course about asking questions and finding out more about others but you also need to have things that you can talk about and share with your…
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Quick Tip: Use Gift Credits to Share Interesting Articles
A quick and easy way to follow up and show something that you are thinking about them is to share an interesting article that you have read. I often find some great articles…
