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The holiday party is a great time to meet people but… you should have a plan! Everybody goes to parties, and the holiday season is full of them. It’s also a business slowdown season for many of us who are not in retail.
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If you had any lingering thoughts that social media was just a "fad," you may want to let those go, particularly in light of LinkedIn’s recent IPO -- with a valuation of $4.3 billion. I’ve been following the development of online business networking for several years, particularly at the inception of sites like Ecademy.com, Ryze.com, and of course LinkedIn.
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I was at a networking event in Europe last year where more than 500 people were in attendance.The speaker who was on stage just prior to my presentation asked the audience: “How many of you came here hoping to do some business today–maybe even make a sale?”  The overwhelming majority of the people in the audience raised their hands.  He then asked, &l
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    There are three trends in business networking that I foresee over the next several years.  They relate to: Integration Education Association Integration
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Have you ever purposely sought advice from your network members?  If not, you are missing out on one of the secondary benefits of being involved in a networking group. Sure, you are networking primarily to get referrals, but you also gain access to professionals in almost every type of business.
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There’s a very good reason why referral networking is becoming an accepted and important marketing strategy in businesses worldwide: it works.   Imagine being dropped off in a foreign city with nothing but a few hundred dollars and told that the only way to get home was to start a business and make a lot of money—in six days. Well, you don’t have to imagine it. Just watch the BBC television show The Last Millionaire.
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Just like fishing,  the  process of meeting people, staying in touch, and then asking for their business is something you can do time after time. Do referrals happen by accident?
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On a flight, when your plane takes off, the pilot tells all the passengers to stay in their seats with their seatbelts buckled. In many cases, the pilot will say, “We expect a certain amount of turbulence for the first part of the flight, so please stay buckled up.” When you start any new business or job, you will experience turbulence as well. Control Your Responses 
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Ivan Misner the master of Business Networking shares how he took an idea and built it into the worlds largest referral organisation .
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