Building a network is not just going to web page on the Internet!!! Perish the thought that you would think a valuable source of business and profit can be just picked up like any list in the phone book! You have to work it out, man, you gotta be a people person.
What do you do to get started?
- Talk to everyone you know about opportunities
- Find those friendly network spiders, those types of people who just seem to know everyone.
- Use the telephone.
- Go out of your way to be where people are.
- Get into the habit of being talkative.
- Get the contact details of people you meet. Not just exchanging business cards but stapling information like birthdays, anniversaries, hobby clubs, and key information onto their cards.
- Choose the right method for the right person.
- Warm up long-cold contacts.
- Use your network partners to find suitable companies.
- Gather key information on these companies.
- Figure out who is the one with the power to hire you.
- Find people connections and common areas of interest.
- Engineer an introduction.
- Build word-of-mouth exchanges about yourself.
- Have a line ready to get you past the secretary.
- Act as though you expect to be put through.
- Be ready to leave a short, persuasive message for the
decision-maker.