Growing your Business
Some people say that doing business is hard, so I ask, what do you mean by ‘Doing Business’? The most common answer is “getting in front of the decision maker is the hardest part in doing business, once I’m there the rest tends to be easy and business get’s done”
Does this sound familiar? It sure does to me!
My blog today is about business networking and connecting people to help their business to grow… Have a read, hope you enjoy… Feel free to provide your thoughts…
Meeting new & existing contacts
When I first started out doing business networking it was scary, who to approach, who to speak to, what to say…actually I think I’ll leave! I never left but instead, after my first networking event, thinking it was successful I went back to the office and searched the internet for useful tips on how to network effectively. What I thought was a successful event was quite the opposite! All I did was collect about 17-18business cards!
It’s all about building trust and relationships with people, sometimes this takes only 1 minute – 1st impressions count! Sometimes you will need to meet people on a regular basis to build trust and relationships.
Connecting people…
It wasn’t long before I realised that I have a gift, I have a gift of remembering most types of businesses that I meet, and also remembering what they are looking to achieve in business. If you’ve read my first blog (or read the tag line on my business card) then you’ll know that I love to help people to feel better.
Helping fellow business people to get more business is also what I love to do.
I like/get on with Person A, I like/get on with Person B, Person A is looking to meeting people/businesses like Person B
Well, I like both people and think there could be an opportunity for them to do business or start some form of a strategic alliance, so why not introduce them to each other?
Some of you may disagree and/or be thinking “What’s in it for me?” For you there’s probably not much except a feeling that you may have helped someone to grow there business, and this in itself will go a long way in terms of public praises and gratitude towards you – third party testimonial/praises are worth much more than praising yourself.
Sometimes when you introduce people to each other no business get’s done. However, the doors were opened because you could see a potential, and that’s what people are looking for… An OPPORTUNITY to do business.
I was working this week on creating these opportunities for fellow business contacts and it only took less than 5 minutes per introduction!
1.5mins to speak to Person A, 1.5mins to speak to Person B, 1.5mins to do an email intro/text each other with contact details.
The rest is up to them!
