Schmoozing is for Suckers

That’s right, I said it. Schmoozing is for suckers. And I’ve finally grown tired of people using the word as a synonym for conversation, networking, mingling, small talk and chatter.

30 Online and Offline Business Networking Resources

Use these 30 resources for business networking both online and in your own backyard!

I Am Not a Number!

Some online tools that help you keep track of and maintain your personal and professional relationships can be downright impersonal. Here's how to use online networking tools without losing that personal touch.

Networking in Government Circles in Washington DC; How to act Gay

When networking in government circles in Washington, DC it would behoove you to learn a little of the homosexual lingo even if you are not gay. There is an incredible underground gay network in Washington, DC that runs our government and they are highly involved with the Congressmen and Senators at the staff level.

Business Contacts - Find the User/Influencers

Business contacts are all important. There are different categories and the influencer/user is the most powerful type of business contact.

Choosing a Suitable Network Company for your Home Based Business.

Many people left what seemed to be excellence future in their MLM Company because of conflict among their up-lines, down-lines and even side-lines. What seemed to be a perfect compensation scheme, being manipulated by some leaders for their own advantages!

How to Introduce Your Business in 60 Seconds or Less

As a small business owner, we have various marketing options to promote our business: advertising, telemarketing, direct mail. But my favorite is definitely networking. First, it is the most low cost marketing tool and second it is a way to build long-term relationships with people. If advertising can give you a great result in one shot, networking will bring you more in the long run.

Trade’s Networking

Imagine you are a project manager managing a big construction job. If you were that project manager, would you award a contract to someone who had a reputation for holding other trades up in their section because a job was not finished off properly?

What Are You Selling with Your Elevator Speech?

Write your elevator speech on a piece of paper. Cross out all the features and amplify the benefits. Make life easier in 13 words or less and they will beat a path to your door.

Networking: You are there to Network, Not Get a Date

When attending social gatherings for networking purposes you must understand that you need to concentrate on why you are there. Are you there to do business and meet some worthy contacts or are you there to get a date and socialize about nothing in particular and the weather and gossip column in general? Ask yourself; why am I here?

When Networking Stop Selling to Salesmen

If you enjoy going to networking business social gatherings or Chamber of Commerce Mixers as a way to develop a referral network and have some fun and do a little business then you need to stop trying to sell so hard to other salesmen and start talking about how you two can work together in a common cause, sharing information, customer databases and business card stacks. Why?

Network Business Contact Data Bases Considered

Over the years I have run local businesses and multi-State operations as a franchise system. One thing I learned early on in my 20s was that networking works at the local level and later I realized that networking at the National Level works well too.

A Business Deal starts with the Exchange of Business Cards

Billion dollar business deals are no doubt the breaking news on major news networks. While they’re chitchat topics in family dining tables or corporate lunch cafeterias, they generate stirs in corporate management meetings. What people may not talk about is that multi-billion and million business deals may start with the exchange of business cards.

Business Networking Locally

It is important to recognize that building a business network is NOT the same as selling a product or service. Your goal may be to find more clients but your network foundation will provide more than income. It is an expanded resource of knowledge, targeted information, support when you need it and relationships that will come in handy when you least expect it.

How to Productively Network During the Holidays

It seems during the crazy holiday time many organizations, associations, companies and social clubs have a networking event for you to attend. How can you possibly do it all? Well… you can’t. To ensure your networking is proactive, productive and profitable this holiday season you can apply these productive networking tips for the holiday season.