Networking is the lifeblood of entrepreneurs especially Virtual Assistants and this even applies with online networking and one great way to get all you can out of your networking is to set some ground rules first. Ensure everyone in the networking group follows the ground rules and everyone will get more out of the networking event. Here are the rules:
1. Give your elevator speech (Name, company, and what you do)
2. Relay what you need now. Maybe you need a service, a newsletter, better business cards
3. What you will be buying in the next month or couple of months.
To put structure around your networking helps you organize your thoughts, helps others help you by being able to better visualize your needs. Now that the secret is out: to structure your networking discussions, you can come up with more refined questions and in your own networking events and situatios. I will be organizing my own networking event and will be setting these ground rules.
Take care,
Gretchen Koehler-Swaney
Prairie Business Partners LLC
www.prairiebusinesspartners.com
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