Networking tools you can use to effectively win more business.
You have the wonderful opportunity to get to know your clients much better in person.
Attracting warm, pre-qualified leads, generate sales, and build your business…
How? It’s understanding what makes your customer tick. It is you beginning to understand what makes them happy and how you can help them get what they want.
These are the tools you need to use to start becoming comfortable with what you share at live networking groups. And, it means that you are also will become more authentic and start standing in your power.
5 Steps to Success
#1. Stay one step ahead of your competitors.
That means you really do have to know your ideal customers better than your competitors.
- Ask your customers, and prospects, how they understand what you do and who you help?
#2 As we grow up we learn social etiquette – use it when you network…
You can easily make a great first impression with everyone you meet.
- Be interested in people first, business second.
- And, effectively work a room – bringing out your own charisma.
#3 The art is in making your marketing be an expression of who you are.
- If you are going to build your credibility, visibility, social capital, and personal brand you’ve got to behave and think like a business person, and a friend.
#4 Networking Commercial
Finding the words that express who you love to work with, what they may be struggling with, and your great solutions will help you and those around you want to visit more with you.
- You come across confident and make it easier to enjoy networking.
- Bring about your own charisma. Help others feel special, listen more than you talk.
#5 There is a science to knowing which specific words, strategies and techniques are going to work.
- If you get to know people first, opportunities will follow.
- Then you can turn your network into your own online community – there are no boundaries between online and face-to-face networking.
Tip: 80% of success from networking comes from…follow up. It also sets you apart. 90% of people don’t follow up after networking.
Is networking something you can do? Of course, it is – it’s a learned skill and art form…
- I am a professional networker, online and offline.
Because I love people and enjoy being around them. But, the professional part happened once I understood the 5 Success Tools. Then I started having more fun, as I started getting more positive attention for my business. And, my own ‘quirky’ personality came out – my authentic self finally showed up!
You know I am curious about how you feel?
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I work for a busy real estate agent several days a week and also have my own business providing strategic guidance for divorce and co-parenting challenges.
Since clients are the life-blood of both the real estate and consulting businesses, your point about following up is so essential to remember since it takes time and energy from us to build up trust before our clients decide to move forward.
Nancy Kay recently posted..A New Home Equals A New Post-Divorce Start
Thank you Nancy – It’s great to understand that follow up is the key – I hope we can have a virtual coffee chat sometime and so glad you stopped by 🙂
I enjoyed reading your five success tools. Get to know my clients’ and their challenges. Understand what makes them tick and what their big pain points are.
Thanks.
Rachel Lavern recently posted..12 Days to Get Your Online Biz Booming: Day 3
Hey Rachel – thank you so much for stopping by – I did check out and posted a comment on your blog – but it said error – hope it went thru – Happy Holidays 🙂
Hi Donna,
We can learn a lot by learning from our customers. What they are thinking, where they hang out, how they talk. All of these ideas will definitely keep you ahead of the competition!
Nate Leung recently posted..Business Tips: How To Overcome Your Fears of Failure and Move Forward
Thank you, Nate – Learning from our customers is our goal – and also getting to know them in person, on the phone, gives us a more rounded of who they are – it is becoming more aware of their needs, wants and how they talk about the results they want.
So glad you stopped by, Nate 🙂
Hi Donna,
Great layout of a plan to achieve success here. Being one step ahead of competitors puts you in a knowledgeable position and you are now someone who understands what to do. This creates your leverage for having great networking experiences.
Jason Power recently posted..How More Failures Eventually Lead Towards Success
Thanks Jason – It does take practice to get successful results at anything – so glad you stopped by! 🙂