Now that you have your “Who and Do What” statement in place, let’s talk about how to network. In the Book Yourself Solid method, networking is doing three things:
Sharing who you know
Sharing what you know
Sharing your compassion
In today’s post, I’ll focus on number 2, sharing what you know. Here’s a short video showing how I do this every day:
Now that you have your “Who and Do What” statement in place (last post), let’s talk about how to network. In the Book Yourself Solid method, networking is doing three things:
Sharing who you know
Sharing what you know
Sharing your compassion
In today’s post, I’ll focus on number 1, sharing who you know. Here’s a short video showing how I do this every day:
For 2011, let’s change how we approach networking! For the next few posts, I will be discussing the “Shift”, things that we can change to make our networking more comfortable, more effective and more fun.
This starts with changing your attitude before you start networking.
If you are thinking about getting leads or getting someone to do business with you before you enter a networking event, you need to change. Start with a simple goal, have as many conversations as you can.
All sales ultimately start with a conversation. All sales ultimately happen once trust and credibility are established. So how the heck can you establish trust and credibility if you aren’t having conversations?
Here’s a video on one way I use to start meaningful conversations: