Networking is the process of building and maintaining relationships. It’s the development of a team that will support your efforts and the efforts of your network teammates to reach your respective goals. Networking is about forging bonds and sharing.
Networking Do’s:
1. Believe networking will work
2. Target the right audience
3. Make a strong first impression
4. Network with those you emulate
5. Talk to everyone you meet
6. Learn to read people
7. Listen
8. Be willing to help
9. Be prepared
10. Find common denominators
11. Bring value
12. Be honest, courteous, and fair
13. Follow up
14. Keep referrals informed
15. Look at the big picture
Networking Don’ts:
1. Don’t act desperate
2. Don’t sell
3. Don’t monopolize
4. Don’t ask too soon
5. Don’t solicit companies
6. Don’t show off or brag
7. Don’t interrupt
8. Don’t just talk about you
9. Don’t play it by ear
10. Don’t misrepresent yourself
11. Don’t promise what you can’t deliver
12. Don’t pry
13. Don’t linger with “hanger-ons”
14. Don’t overextend
15. Don’t get discouraged
The Do’s and Don’ts of Networking - To learn more about this author, visit Jill Lublin's Website.
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Jill Lublin
(Visit Jill's Website)
Praised as a modern-day Dale Carnegie for
how to be influential, Jill Lublin
authored Get Noticed�Get Referrals:
Build Your Client Base and Your Business
by Making a Name for Yourself
(McGraw-Hill, June 2008). She is also the
coauthor of the national bestselling
books, Networking Magic and Guerrilla
Publicity, the PR bible. Jill is the
founder of GoodNews Media, Inc. and hosts
the TV program, Messages of Hope, and the
nationally syndicated radio show, Do the
Dream. In addition she has created two
audio programs, three DVD training videos,
and a workbook.
Jill is a popular international speaker
who teaches powerful publicity,
networking, and how to be influential
techniques. As the CEO of the strategic
consulting firm, Promising Promotion, Jill
has trained companies in innovative
techniques to improve bottom line results.
In the past twenty years, she has worked
with ABC, NBC, CBS, and other national
media, and knows what the media wants.
Jill has been featured in The New York
Times, Women�s Day, Fortune Small
Business, Inc, and Entrepreneur Magazine,
and on ABC and NBC radio and TV national
affiliates.
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