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handshake, and an emotional just may be the most profi table meeti ng people with the intent to
30 second commercial. These decision you’ll ever make. help others, but truly outstanding
elements when combined create networking is understanding your
a unique “synergy cocktail” that Great networking is about value, the value of those around
moves people to care. establishing your intentions. you, and bringing together people
Without intentions, you can’t with the intent of a sustainable,
Networking is not about head establish goals. Intenti ons establish long-term relati onship that benefi ts
trash. As a networker, do you your purpose to think, design all those in the conversati on.
have counterproductive thoughts? and implement your choices, and Yes, conversati on, where it all
Do you feel as if you don’t have networkers understand that if they begins, with a smile, a name, and
worth? Do you not recognize don’t know their intenti ons, their a handshake. Implementi ng these
the value that you are? If you do, ti me, eff ort, and energy becomes ideas going forward can make
these thoughts, along with many wasted. networking fun and lucrative.
more, are head trash. Head trash
is the self-defeating thoughts What type of goals should you Robert Jones is the Founder and
that create thoughts, feelings, establish? That’s dependent on Owner of Network Together,
or emotions that get in the way the type of outcomes you want LLC the largest non-franchised
of sound personal and business to generate. For example, if you independently owned business
decisions. These self-limiting intend to create an event, you may networking organization in Arizona.
beliefs are in my opinion the concentrate on high infl uencers, He is a former Internet Marketer,
number one cause of failure for event planners, and appealing Speaker, Leader and Mentor to
most entrepreneurs. Head trash venue operators. If you are looking business owners looking to practice
extends into leadership, personal to bring on team members, you the skills of networking, public
selling, presentations and common may want to secret shop potenti al speaking, digital promotion, and
etiquette. Head trash is just that, networkers at a networking event. event presentation.
it’s in your head. Working against Each intent necessitates diff erent
yourself, it’s more destructive than goals, acti ons and outcomes.
any rival. People are attracted to His company puts on over 1000
confidence and head trash is one Lastly, and most importantly, events and meetings per year and
of the most prominent attributes networking is about truly defi ning has at least 12 large-sized event
of a lack of profit. and establishing your value. management projects per year with
Knowing this factor helps all his company NT Events. He has
Networking IS about knowing networkers realize their worth. In media experience on stage, on set,
your calendar. A calendar is seminars, I may ask, “What is your and in studio as a host or guest.
everything in networking. For value?” Very rarely do I receive
many networkers, success and an appropriate response, if any Robert att ributes much of his success
failure is tied to being busy versus response at all. I may further break to his 20 years of independent
being productive. Time is our most it down to, “What is you worth business ownership with one of
valuable commodity if we choose per hour, or per year? For many the most successful bouti que style
to use it wisely. Work our calendar entrepreneurs, this is a questi on Search Engine Opti mizati on and
with the 18-hour rule. That is, that is seldom answered. Without Web Design Companies in America
make your high income producing beginning with that end in mind, and his experience as a community
connections, in-person meetings, what is it from a quanti tati ve leader and social arts organizer. He
phone calls, and webinars Tuesday standpoint that we working has help raise hundreds of thousands
through Thursday. Time block towards? Value is not linear, it of dollars for not-for-profit agencies
from 9 AM to 3 PM and work comes from both the inside and and has sat on boards of publicly
those hours so they are uber the outside. The fi rst step is to ask traded corporations.
productive and uber profitable. yourself, “What am I worth?” Is it a
Create an answering message that million dollars? And, if so, what do
offers a convenient time that you I need to do to get there. He served as a US Marine, is a
will return their call, or better yet, published poet, and is a health nut.
set up a call service to handle your Bad networking is meeti ng people
phones. This 18-hour time frame without intent, great networking is
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