Are Your Networking Skills Working For You?

Are you tired of networking with people who don't seem to care? And if they act interested, you soon find out that perhaps they don't, because they don't follow up?

Follow up is the number 1 place where good networkers fall down. It's not a difficult skill to learn. It's quite easy, in fact. But, most people don't have a system that enables them to immediately, quickly and easily follow up with their networking peers.

If you don't follow up, your chances for building a relationship are severely diminished. If you don't build relationships, you don't have a very strong network. If you don't have a strong network, you don't have the resources to get the job you want, or to get your job done!

With today's easy access to people, information and online resources, it's easy to build a network of people who are interested in you and who will help you.

Don't miss that key factor.... follow up. Follow up begins when you are having a conversation. LISTEN GENEROUSLY to learn what that person is interested in. Find out what they are excited about. Listening is a key networking skill. If you haven't been getting the results you want from your networking efforts, talk less; listen more. Ask questions like, "What have you been working on lately?"

Make a point to follow up with at least one more person this week! If you do that, you will be 52X more likely to have people in your network that will help you get the bottom-line results you deserve!