Growing a Business: One Contact At A Time – Episode 3 – Creating Your Own Luck – Part 3
Are you networking the right way? Are you utilizing the time that you have during networking events to most effectively as possible? In this episode, business coach Clay Clark sitdown with Caleb Taylor to discuss how to leverage or time at networking events with people that are going to create value for your business. Clay Clark is the former US Small Business Administration Entrepreneur of the Year and teaches everybody how to quickly write down information about the person on the back of their business card in order to create a more memorable experience when you’re following up with them. This is a vital part of the networking process, because this sets you apart from all of the other superficial relationships that they will have had during that networking event. The goal is to have a few meaningful relationships from this networking event that you want to follow up with. The goal is not quantity. In fact, and not everybody has a right to speak into your life. You must consider the source. Are you allowing the people that can create value for your business to speak into your life? You must guard your time and sources of information with the utmost importance. When you do this, you will find that you’re surrounding yourself with more positive influences in your life. The average value of your network is your net worth. Do not take networking lightly. When you network properly it can be very effective for your business. However, most business owners and entrepreneurs did not network effectively, and therefore, do not have success from going to chamber events. If this is you, you can make a change today. Check out the other videos in this series, and sign up for tickets for one of the upcoming business conferences that we host at the Thrive headquarters.
