Build Relationships
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10 Ways to Build Relationships with your Existing Clients
Networking and Business Development is about building relationships. It is important to remember that this includes nurturing your existing relationships with your clients and customers. There are 10 simple things that you can…
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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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Use Networking to improve collaboration with colleagues
Networking with your peers and colleagues internally within your company can help you improve collaboration, team-working and innovation with colleagues. Small teams and companies can really benefit from close-knit teams who collaborate and…
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Quick Tip: Ask your Network for an Introduction
When you are starting out (and even if you are a regular networker) it is important to not be afraid of the ask. Asking your network for a favour, or an introduction. Asking…
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Quick Tip: Step outside your Comfort Zone
When networking it is easy to stick to people we know or stay within our comfort zone and network with people who look like us and/or have a similar background. However, it is…
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Unconscious Bias – Are you being biased when Networking?
Affinity Bias Affinity bias is the unconscious tendency to get along with others who are like us and to warm up to them easier. This means that it can be easier to socialise…
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Be Proactive in Building your Network
It is important to be proactive when it comes to your networking activities. If you are proactive in your networking activities it will mean that you are more likely to reap the rewards…
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Talk Business to Build your Relationships
A large part of building a relationship with others as part of your wider business development and networking strategy is that you must also talk business. There is sometimes an aversion to talking…
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Quick Tip: It is okay to be imperfect
It is ok to be wrong and imperfect and admit to it. Part of building a strong long term relationship with someone is being authentic and being human. Having a real conversation. Help…
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Be Curious and ask “Why”
There are lots of different questions that you can ask when networking to get the conversation started and to find out more about the people around you or a particular contact. The important…
