Is your Networking Paying Off?
Sometimes when I ask my clients that question, they think they are getting results. I don’t like bursting their balloon but sometimes I have to help them see that they are leaving money on the table. And, I know that’s not their goal!
Haphazard networking might produce some activity and customers….
but wait….there’s more …so much more if your networking is guided with a plan.
I know…how unsexy is that! A plan sounds like a lot of work and a lot of blah, blah, blah…
Networking is about quality vs quantity. If you’ll take the time to plan how to market your business using the currency of networking, you’ll have a very different approach to your networking…different results, too.
Don’t be fooled into thinking that the business owner who shows up at the most networking events wins. Good networking requires strategic thinking and planning after you’ve identified your target market. BTW – Your target market isn’t everyone who has a wallet.
Register here: for the Make Your Networking WORK for YOU MasterClass on October 12th – 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm (ET).
You’ll walk away with a plan that will lift your networking activity off the ground floor and into the C-Suite!
Look for the next Blog where I’ll share what the Networking C-Suite is!
Everyone who makes a presentation wants to engage the audience and make their presentation enjoyable and memorable. A good presentation can be a business game-changer if — and only if — you are interesting and noteworthy.
Get It Right!
We’ve been at this Working From Home environment for over a year now. Remember how easy it was to interact with your manager and peers when they were nearby? You could have spontaneous conversations over a cup of coffee or in the hall. You were noticed.
Do you put off things that you know you “should” do? For instance, taking the time to get a 10 Minute Presentation ready? Wouldn’t it be to your advantage to be able to say, “yes” to every invitation to give a 10 Minute talk – even on the spur of the moment? How would it feel to know that you engaged your audience from the first second and kept their interest until the final second of your presentation? Would it serve you and your business to deliver this marketing outreach in a way that opened doors for potential clients to do business with you? 
So, you want to be a better than average presenter! In the Win It ~ Don’t Wing It “Boot Camp” starting March 8th at 4:30 pm (Eastern), you will learn the basics as well as tips and tricks to make your presentation Oscar-worthy.
Get and keep their attention during your 10 Minute Presentation
Seth Godin, author of countless books on Marketing wrote, in 
We’re in a virtual interviewing world, a singularly challenging process for both the candidate and you, the hiring manager. Both sides of the interview are having to adjust. Managers and candidates have been educated to conduct in-person interviews where body language, tone and expression matter, but in virtual interviews they are no longer available in the same way. We’re playing a very different game now, and both sides of the screen must learn how to connect and grab attention.