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Here you will find a wide variety of articles written by expert networkers. You are invited to submit articles that might fit nicely in this menu. Enjoy!

Help for People Who Don't Do Well with Networking - Jeff Beals, Guest Author - As a marketer, you can strategize about using the media, you can build a powerful Website, and you can craft brilliant presentations, but ultimately nothing is more effective than informal networkingshowing up and schmoozing at political functions, service clubs, fraternal organizations, philanthropic events, professional association meetings, and conventions.

Networking: How to Get Past the Myths and Benefit from the Reality - Susan RoAne, Guest Author - So, you think "networking" is a new phenomenon? A growing trend? A buzzword? Well, it has existed since time immemorial. Proof: "No room at the inn? Can you recommend a barn...with a manger?" Sound familiar?

How to Network - This is a link to a video featuring Tom Wood and Dr. Sheila Murray Bethel as they outline strategies for networking your way to success in any field.

Conference Networking: It's in the Planning - Personal Development BLOG, Guest Author - Meet new colleagues. Renew old acquaintances. Learn new skills. Develop problem-solving strategies. Re-energize personally and professionally. These are opportunities unique to conferences and conventions.

Building Your Network - Brian Tracy, Guest Author - We live in a society, and as a member of that society, it is likely that every change in your life is strongly influenced by other people in some way. At every crossroad in your life there is usually someone standing there pointing you in one direction or another.

25 Absolute Essentials for Networking Success - Anand Dhillon, Guest Author - In business, it is often said that success is determined not by what you know but by who you know. Additionally, the level of your success is determined greatly by the quality of your relationships with others.

How to Craft a Killer Elevator Pitch - K. Stone, Guest Author - This article will explain the elements of a powerful elevator pitch and then walk you through how to craft yours.

The 10 Mistakes We Make At Networking Events - Mac Cassity, Guest Author - You can meet 100 people per month at networking events and still get no business. What you do and say at events and mixers is incredibly important. Most folks think if you go to enough events and pass out enough business cards you'll start to get that phone ringing.

Tips on Working the Room - Dave Sherman, Guest Author - How often has this happened to you? You show up at a networking function or a social function fashionably late. The room is filled with people mixing, mingling, and schmoozing. Unfortunately for you, everybody has formed small groups of three to five people and there are very few people left with whom you can create a conversation.

Giving Without Expectation - Bob Burg, Guest Author - The typical question most salespeople ask themselves before giving someone a referral, or doing any type of kindness is, "If I do this for him, what will he do for me?" Instead, see how much you can give without expecting anything in return.

What to Do? What to Do? Thoughts on the Dilemma of Choice! - Larry James - Life is what happens to us while we are deciding what we want to do with our life. We may be wise to design a plan that will free us up to "happen to life" instead of the other way around. When we know we need to be doing something different we most certainly will be confronted by all the reasons why we think we can't. They are reasons why disguised as excuses. They are, in reality, one and the same.

The Joy of Collaboration - Ian Percy, CSP, Guest Author - It doesn't matter how rich or poor you are; whether you are an athlete or a couch potato. Being good looking, amazingly clever and highly educated doesn't change a thing. You could be of royal descent, and it still wouldn't matter. No way around it - life is something you do in teams. Life requires collaboration!

Fresh Blood in the Gene Pool - Jeff Glaze, Guest Author - How many times did you see me at a networking event in the past month? If it is a staple of your business it should have been more than once. How many people did you meet for the first time while networking? I am hoping that you can't even think of the number. If you can count the number of new contacts that you made, I would ask "is your business growing?"

Community Vs. The Loner - Jeff Glaze, Guest Author - I am sure that you have heard the phrase "safety in numbers" before. In the animal world, creatures travel in groups because they instinctively know that, when there are many of them, predators have less of a chance of being successful during an attack.

Networking: A Woman's Contact Sport - Larry James - Most successful business women that I know are active networkers. Women excel in networking. Ask me, I know. I know a professional networker when I see one. I have built my professional speaking and publishing career by networking.

Networkings' Top 10 Hot Ideas - Larry James - To achieve maximum benefits while attending any function where the opportunity for networking exists, it is important to have a clear understanding of networking. You will notice that my definition of networking has two parts. #1 ~ Helping others, and #2 ~ Helping yourself. In that order.

Building Personal People Skills - Donna Fisher, CSP, Guest Author - Once a good introduction has been made, the follow-through with people is the most critical factor in word-of-mouth marketing. Check out these ideas for honing a new relationship.

The Ten Commitments of Networking - Larry James - Having a clear understanding of the definition of networking is a prerequisite for networking success. What you put out to the universe, always comes back to you! Disappointment may follow if you expect a return from the person to whom you have contributed. Networking is about building supportive personal and business relationships; it's consistently meeting new people and making new friends, sharing ideas and having lots of fun in the process!

Are You Shooting Yourself In The Foot? - Jeff Glaze, Guest Author - Have you ever been at a networking function talking to someone when during the conversation you felt very self-conscious trying to say the right thing? Were you afraid that maybe if you said the wrong thing the person might not find you likeable, and therefore not want to do business with you? If you have, I am about to tell you why you should not worry about it.

The Buzz on Being a Shameless NetShaker! - Larry James - Internet secrets revealed! Larry reveals what he considers to be the most important key to shameless self-promotion on the Internet. This article has loads of shameless examples! This article appears in the book, "Confessions of Shameless Internet Promoters" by Debbie Allen. Now available in Larry's Book Store in the Author/Speaker Section.

Self-Promote or Disappear! - Larry James - This article reveals many of Larry's "self-promotion" secrets and is featured in the book, "Confessions of Shameless Self-Promoters" by Debbie Allen. Now available in Larry's Book Store in the Author/Speaker Section.

Networking Faux Pas - Ivan Misner, Guest Author - Think you're a good networker? Make sure you're not making 1 of these 3 big blunders.

When Fear Comes Calling - Jeff Glaze, Guest Author - Do you ever wonder why you feel anxious when a very large deal is pending, something that you have been wanting really bad? Could it be that as a child you were programmed to believe that if something very good was to happen, that something very bad would follow?

3 Easy Networking Questions to Stand Out from the Crowd - Brian Hillard, Guest Author - Three terrific questions that will get the conversation going and get you information you need.

Power Networking - The Seven Points of Contact - Jeff Glaze, Guest Author - Have you ever heard that it takes at least seven points of contact before someone will consider doing business with you? In order for someone to trust you enough to buy from you, you have to be able to let them get to know you.

Networking Bigger To Achieve Your Dreams - Jeff Glaze, Guest Author - You have heard it said, "It's not what you, know it's who you know", and you have shrugged it off. You have told yourself that it is not true and you continue to stay in your comfort zone.

Make Yourself Visible - Jeff Glaze, Guest Author - In the networking environment, this practice of hiding in plain sight is detrimental to your goal of finding new prospects or clients.

National Networker Interview - Bette Daoust, Ph.D., Southwest Bureau Chief - Read an interview with Larry James for TheNationalNetwroker.com

Just How Referrable Are You? - Victoria Trafton, Guest Author - We all want more referrals for our business right? Who wouldn't, 1 out of 6 referrals close versus 1 out of 20 prospects obtained by other marketing methods. Studies at Referral Institute of Central Arizona show that 1 out of 10 past clients buy again so a referral is even better than a past client.

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Networking Coaching - Need more info? Have specific questions? Learn from someone who is doing it! Larry James is available for coaching for beginning networkers or for networkers who are stuck and need encouragement and some powerful ideas to move ahead. Perhaps true wisdom is not only possessing knowledge, but knowing who to ask.