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I hear complaints from sellers and business owners all the time about how much time and effort they’ve wasted attending networking events. The conclusion for a huge number is that networking events are no longer part of their prospecting activity. That’s unfortunate because networking events really can be great places to find and connect with prospects. If you can walk out of a networking event with three or four good potential contacts, you have done well. MORE
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There can be no doubt that there has never been a more critical time to add networking skills to our “armoury” of essential traits if we wish to be successful in any kind of commercial role. Their motivation to want to talk to people regularly and to network is naturally high. MORE
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Early on, as I was building my networks, I didn’t scrutinize the requests very closely. I like connecting with real people: Yes, there are fake people trying to network with real people. Every day, I get dozens of connection requests through all sorts of channels.
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