The Importance of Networking-AND Doing It Right! Part I
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Networking events are great venues to advertise yourself and your business. I enjoy attending these events because not only does it give me an opportunity to get the word out about my business but it allows me to step out of my comfort zone! 🙂 I am forced to polish up on my business “spiel” and work on my firm hand shake and eye contact. At past events I’ve attended, I have given out a lot ofbusiness cards and met a lot of people. However, there are things I’ve noticed at networking events that are not exactly Networking Event Etiquette.
Here are a few networking event tips to keep in mind:
1) Make sure you take plenty of business cards and information!
PROFESSIONALLY DESIGNED at that. I have received pieces of computer paper with information on it and once someone ran out of cards so they wrote info on a napkin. That is not professional and not a good way to give a “first impression”. You should also have your “spiel” down pat so you’re not struggling to find words when explaining yourself. At networking events you will be getting a lot ofbusiness cards so it is a good idea to write notes to yourself on the back of the cards.
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