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Three keys to networking success

Earlier this week, Jason Cobine, shared his insights into the three keys to networking success at the NRG Marble Arch Networking Group in London. Basing his talk on his own experiences he identified the three as help others, help yourself, and follow up.

The first two keys, help others & help yourself, nicely summarise how networking works. If you want others to help you then take the lead and help them first. You can help yourself my making it crystal clear what you want so people can actually help you. He is also spot on about follow up which really is 'a simple way of standing out from the crowd'.

You can read more about the three keys from Jason in his blog 'Why are some business networkers more successful than others?'

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Dave Clarke
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Offline Social Networking

I have just returned from a weeks skiing in the French Alps with nearly 20 other business people. All people that I have met through networking in the last 5 or 6 years. The bonds built through this sort of social activity really do enhance the building of business relationships.

As William Buist put it in his Ecademy Blog on the skiing trip:

"There really is a lot of value in getting a deep understanding of how others think and seeing how they look out for you when you need support. Everyone in the party of nearly 20 was either well known to each other or to someone in the group. There's a camaraderie that's second to none."

Last year in 'Networking on the Piste' I reported on last year's trip. I have no doubt that the amount of business eventually generated between the people on the trip this year will exceed last year's as people got to know even more about each other.

Business Networking really can be fun!

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Dave Clarke
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How to explain what you really do

In 'How to answer that awkward question' I included my podcast on how to answer that tricky question "What do you do?"

My latest podcast is all about giving your answer in a way that is easily understood and gives an insight into what you really do. Listen here:

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Dave Clarke
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