November 28th, 2009
As A Marketing Professional, What Are Some Tactics On Expanding Your Network?
Mba knowledge, by mba ranking.Events I should attend? Books I should read? Websites I should join? Extracurricular activities that will strengthen my marketing skills?
I want to “up my game,” and I’d like to understand what it takes to be a leader in the world of marketing and amongst your marketing peers.
Greetings Nosy One, and salutations to all in the Hinterland.
One of the very best networking forums I have found online is called LinkedIN. I encourage you to check it out – after you return from the shotgun wedding, of course.
LinkedIN enables you to connect or reconnect with people from past jobs. Once your register – which is free, by the way, you basically write down all the places you have ever worked. Those businesses will then come up along with the names of everyone else within the LinkedIN network. Then, if you see names of people you’ve lost contact with, you can drop them a line and “reconnect.” You can also connect with people in THEIR network whom you do not know.
Through LinkedIN, I’ve actually reconnected with people I haven’t seen in over ten years.
There are other feature of LinkedIN that make it rather nice, too, such as the ability to recommend people you know or have worked with.
If you sign up, let me know and we’ll link up.
Until we meet again in cyber space…
D.
The absolute most important point to remember is that Network Marketing is NOT a sales business. Network Marketing is a People business. The best advice I can give you is to learn about people and their personalities.
One of my first reads is also one of my favorites. The book is called ‘Personality Plus’ by Florence Littauer. You can get it at the library or anywhere books are sold.
One of the industries top Networkers, Michael Dlouhy, also promotes training in personality types through his ebook ‘Success In 10 Steps’. This book is available free online, or, you can purchase a soft cover copy.
Feel free to contact me for more information on this since I have been a close personal friend of the author for several years.
The last thing is to start teaching everything you learn. Do it for practice, and do it for free. People will appreciate your information, since it will be coming from your heart and not your head.
I hope this helps get you on the right road, and, I wish you much success.
Your Friend in Cleveland,
Dan