Networking Tip #160 - What to do when your cell phone goes off in a network meeting.
This howcast video shows you how to network. Not necessarily the best advice in the world, but it does… [more]
By now we’ve all gotten the Facebook invites to events we can’t attend by “friends” we don’t even know. Maybe you haven’t, maybe you’ve only gotten the stuff from Evite or maybe you were invited to a baby shower or tupperware party… the point is that we’ve all been invited to events and we’ve all had a negative experience at least once being invited.
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Most business professionals have some goals. Fewer have written goals. Fewer still have a written plan on how to achieve those goals, but almost no one we talked to had any networking goals.
Then why do you do it?
It’s not just a social hour, it’s not the sometimes free coffee or bagels or donuts, although many go for this reason.
You network to build your database, you network to receive referrals, you network for leads, you network to connect to other business professionals, you network for recognition and you network to market yourself.
Why not attach obtainable goals to this?
Why not determine the amount of business you would like to receive from a given activity. If you want referrals, how many? How many referrals from one networking group do you want?
Here’s a simple idea for you to help.
So, per month it’s costing you $1,200 to attend networking events and meet with people. So you need at least 3 referrals per month from your efforts to break even with a little profit too.
What if you don’t get 3 referrals is your time wasted?
No, you might make a few connections that could lead to big business later on. That’s what networking is all about. However, that’s why you must be INTENTIONAL about your networking so that you don’t waste $1,200 a month or $14,440 a year!
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