tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33097494.comments2023-07-26T05:11:09.210+00:00Connecting is not EnoughAndy Lopatahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09727833067768795959noreply@blogger.comBlogger212125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33097494.post-76835195534392676322016-06-15T05:45:45.574+00:002016-06-15T05:45:45.574+00:00Thank you Clwyd,
I think networking has more sus...Thank you Clwyd, <br /><br />I think networking has more sustainability as it's more than just project focused. Rather than being aimed towards one goal, it's for the benefit for all over the long-term. <br /><br />Andy Lopatahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09727833067768795959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33097494.post-32252350874127443102016-06-13T05:36:22.144+00:002016-06-13T05:36:22.144+00:00This blog is good to read. You have explained corr...This blog is good to read. You have explained correctly the meaning of business networking and teamwork. You have differentiated the two words very well. Although networking and teamwork are slightly the same but there is a big functionality in the business industries. Networking is about helping or sharing knowledge to each other and teamwork is necessary for a group of people to accomplish the same objective in business. But I’d rather choose networking as a strategy to fulfill the goal of our business because it is a powerful marketing method to achieve and sustain professional success. Networking is a lifestyle for everyone especially when we want to have our business become more successful; it's about building the right set of relationships that make us an insider, not an outsider. It’s an exchange of information, contacts and referrals. Thanks for sharing your wonderful ideas about teamwork and networking. I’ve learned a lot in your blog. <br /><br /><a href="https://bnilondonukblog.wordpress.com/2016/06/10/the-art-of-pitch-interpersonal-skills-for-business-networking/" rel="nofollow">Clwyd Probert @ Business Networking in London </a>Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13775745370751669023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33097494.post-12679642120224241082013-09-18T10:05:16.149+00:002013-09-18T10:05:16.149+00:00I too don’t believe it’s my place to just suddenly...I too don’t believe it’s my place to just suddenly open the doors and pour all these people to them, so it’s also being clear about what’s the nature of the relationship between me and these other people and what are their expectations in terms of protecting that relationship too.<br />You deserve appreciations for giving out!<br /><a href="http://online-advertising-marketing.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow"> <br />online marketing strategies<br /><br></a><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16877545509060244480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33097494.post-60261583355986008312012-07-08T17:18:31.044+00:002012-07-08T17:18:31.044+00:00When you just met someone and you think they may h...When you just met someone and you think they may have something of value then you need to communicate like this.<br /><br />I just met so and so and he accomplished this and accomplished that. He helped me with this and I got...<br /><br />When explain to someone else what you accomplished from a situation and he asks you about the other person involved and wants to meet him. Then and only then it is appropriate to bring them together with not only the person who was impressed of what he heard but the other person as well. But you must have both of their permissions.<br /><br />Lawrence BergfeldAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33097494.post-39519553008619009332012-03-29T06:24:07.400+00:002012-03-29T06:24:07.400+00:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06471478460238145871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33097494.post-47815445511429898822010-08-06T11:03:58.402+00:002010-08-06T11:03:58.402+00:00Thank you for such an insightful comment Megan. I ...Thank you for such an insightful comment Megan. I particularly like your point about people wanting to be buddied, and how that relates to day-to-day business. I think, though, we need to remember that networking takes a lot of people out of their comfort zones, and there's nothing wrong with being supportive where possible. <br /><br />I attend a number of events every month. My focus will depend on the event, I am a member of some groups to boost my profile, others to learn and exchange ideas and others again to get referrals. <br /><br />If I understand my focus and how to participate accordingly, I get results. It's not a question of which is more successful, more of knowing what I want to achieve.Andy Lopatahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09727833067768795959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33097494.post-49974068024325798452010-08-06T10:44:42.922+00:002010-08-06T10:44:42.922+00:00Andy,
Thanks for the response and the link to thi...Andy,<br /><br />Thanks for the response and the link to this post.<br /><br />I think some people treat business networking events as a separate entity to their business, when really – it is an extension of their business and their brand - just outside the office walls.<br /><br />Great point about treating the networking as a business in order to get the most out of an event - developing a networking plan to sit alongside marketing & business plans is a great idea. I’ve had people turn up to our events wanting to be ‘buddied’ and have their hands held – if people had this mindset in day-to-day business affairs then nothing would ever progress. <br /><br />I think what you said in your newsletter is an important point “you are networking for relationships, not sales” which many fail to recognise. When companies focus on the tangible sales that are generated, they forget that an increased profile, better market knowledge and self-development is just as important as this is what leads to the sales.<br /><br />When you've been to networking events as a delegate have you mostly focused on generating the tangible or intangible value from networking events? And which have you found more successful?<br /><br />MeganMegan Harrisonhttps://twitter.com/meganlucy1989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33097494.post-5424311101713746312010-06-05T10:01:53.741+00:002010-06-05T10:01:53.741+00:00Totally agree with Andy regarding the difference o...Totally agree with Andy regarding the difference of networking and ponzi schemes.<br />The core value for your networking must be "helping others". The return might come, or not, but it must not be the primary objective.Jordi Robert-Ribeshttp://www.jordi.pronoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33097494.post-1083189641059805022010-06-05T08:19:39.539+00:002010-06-05T08:19:39.539+00:00Thank you for your question Sylvana.
Ponzi scheme...Thank you for your question Sylvana.<br /><br />Ponzi schemes and networking are two very different things. Ponzis are fraudulent schemes based on investing money on the promise of very high short-term returns.<br /><br />Networking is founded on people collaborating with each other, sharing their expertise, ideas, experience and contacts to help each individual achieve their own personal objectives more easily. Money is not typically involved, nor is networking based around investment programmes. <br /><br />You may be thinking about network marketing models, where distributors look to build their own 'network' of other distributors and get rewarded partly based on those results, but that is another model from either of the aboveAndy Lopatahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09727833067768795959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33097494.post-21296904221179162202010-06-05T04:47:33.034+00:002010-06-05T04:47:33.034+00:00Andy, why a modern network concept is not a Ponzi ...Andy, why a modern network concept is not a Ponzi scheme, in yours opinion?<br />Thanks in advance!Sylvanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05745487629947641168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33097494.post-425046820730232092010-06-03T07:23:28.262+00:002010-06-03T07:23:28.262+00:00Thank you both for your comments. Kap, you are abs...Thank you both for your comments. Kap, you are absolutely right to say that networking is just a label. The label provides a positive as well as a negative, providing the focus to do more effectively what we already do naturally. <br /><br />Jordi, thank you for the additional resources. Networking is a powerful tool whatever the culture (as the article you have posted demonstrates) but, as you point out in your blog, it's the experience of formal networking that may differ. <br /><br />I think there is a journey for any culture accepting networking as a valuable and valid business tool for the first time. There will be doubt, awkwardness and mistakes initially until 'best practice' becomes natural.Andy Lopatahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09727833067768795959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33097494.post-12860631877266870272010-06-03T03:01:30.760+00:002010-06-03T03:01:30.760+00:00There are cultural differences when it comes to ne...There are cultural differences when it comes to networking. However, networking works in all cultures one way or another (I posted two entries in my blog recently about this: <br />http://jordi.pro/netbiz/2010/03/is-networking-easier-for-some/<br />http://jordi.pro/netbiz/2010/02/happy-new-year-and-good-guangxi/<br />). <br />French and American managers are more similar in what regards networking than one would think, as the article "The Social Capital of French and American Managers" finds out (available at: http://faculty.chicagobooth.edu/ronald.burt/research/SCFAM.pdf<br />).Jordi Robert-Ribeshttp://www.jordi.pronoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33097494.post-12972925631206130512010-06-02T16:40:35.346+00:002010-06-02T16:40:35.346+00:00I think the journalist has hit the nail on the hea...I think the journalist has hit the nail on the head. Many of us do network naturally, but suddenly when what we are doing is given a label we go into panic mode. Cultural differences will have different effects on networking but ultimately it is the way we operate in any culture already, networing forums simply add a label, but more importantly a forum and an structure.Hilltothevalleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16669100386224558056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33097494.post-37229904056815569842010-05-27T20:42:24.876+00:002010-05-27T20:42:24.876+00:00Thank you for your comment Iosif.
You are right,...Thank you for your comment Iosif. <br /><br />You are right, if it is simply a gesture. My point is that the giveaway was part of a 'Buzz Marketing' campaign by Palm to promote positive word of mouth about the Pre. That can only work if the handset works and the support is superlative. <br /><br />If you want people to evangelize about your product or service, you have to give them something to feel positive and passionate about.Andy Lopatahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09727833067768795959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33097494.post-85478523441980507802010-05-27T17:52:31.791+00:002010-05-27T17:52:31.791+00:00You were lucky! If you get a cell phone is a nice ...You were lucky! If you get a cell phone is a nice gesture on their part!<br />Greetings!Iosifhttp://iosif-allunited.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33097494.post-22534731033057716022010-05-20T17:11:02.420+00:002010-05-20T17:11:02.420+00:00Thank you both for your comment Liz and for recomm...Thank you both for your comment Liz and for recommending Lucy's book.Andy Lopatahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09727833067768795959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33097494.post-52287567023077666692010-05-20T16:45:17.385+00:002010-05-20T16:45:17.385+00:00Well, I'm going to give this newsletter a look...Well, I'm going to give this newsletter a look! If nothing else it will be interesting to see a UK spin on things. I'd like to recommend (I firmly believe that the more info the better, especially when it comes to ways to grow your business) <a href="http://www.lucyrosen.com/" rel="nofollow"> Fast Track Networking</a> by Queen of Networking Lucy Rosen. It's coming out next month (already have my copy pre-ordered!) and is filled with tips, step-by-step methods to network, success stories and do's and don'ts. I'm not particularly great at networking, but with business down and finding the need to get out there and be more visible. I know of Lucy Rosen and how successful she's been, so I know she's going to have some great information for anyone in business, whether it's starting one, growing business or even looking for a new career.Lizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12553309379795237911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33097494.post-44470693413785196682010-05-10T21:07:11.648+00:002010-05-10T21:07:11.648+00:00Thank you Radu. I am speaking at the Antreprenor C...Thank you Radu. I am speaking at the Antreprenor Conference in Romania on the 27th May. Will you be coming along? <br /><br />http://ht.ly/1JhKqAndy Lopatahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09727833067768795959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33097494.post-81622225558917382832010-05-10T13:40:32.457+00:002010-05-10T13:40:32.457+00:00I really enjoyed this post. I have read over a few...I really enjoyed this post. I have read over a few other posts you have up and I will say you do a great job of blogging. I will be looking for new post daily...Keep up the good work! I invite you to see my post, I hope you will find interesting too.Radu Prisacaruhttp://www.raduprisacaru.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33097494.post-56177139798954935342010-05-10T13:39:42.372+00:002010-05-10T13:39:42.372+00:00Finally this is my first time I pop in here. I dis...Finally this is my first time I pop in here. I discovered a lot of remarkable substance on your webpage specially its conversation.Radu Prisacaruhttp://www.raduprisacaru.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33097494.post-50708693394085903262010-05-10T06:43:21.026+00:002010-05-10T06:43:21.026+00:00This is so true. The face of British politics has...This is so true. The face of British politics has to change. The reality of the fact that the system has been 'stacked' in favour of the 2 larger parties for years and still there is a situation where they cannot get 'past the post'.<br /><br />16.5 m people did not vote, the system needs to find out why.<br /><br />35 m did not vote for the Conservatives, so they need to listen.<br /><br />In fact a minority vote has alwasy Governed the country and like business, politics needs to adapt to the changing landscape.<br /><br />In business we have non-executive directors to monitor progress, Sarbanes-Oxley, company law changes and countless other checks to ensure things are done correctly.<br /><br />Businesses have been working on partnerships and sponsorships for years, and getting the most out of them a win, win, win for all.<br /><br />Politics, as business, must remember one thing. They are there to serve their customers. In the past they seem to have forgotten this, and this vote is proof that the electorate has had enough. If politics were a business at this stage it is currently Woolworths, lots on offer but no real appeal.Marc Lawnhttp://thebusinessgp.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33097494.post-7120860641104521722010-04-28T23:03:48.651+00:002010-04-28T23:03:48.651+00:00For most of our lifetimes, technology kept us apar...For most of our lifetimes, technology kept us apart and created an efficient, but sterile, world for us to live in. But recently, hardware and software advances have allowed us to start using technology to connect with each other. That might be an overstated way of saying that social media is not another tech fad. Sure, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube, etc may be fads, and could come and go in the next few years. But the concept of using technology to help us do what we are driven to do as humans is not going to go away. We want to connect, to engage, to contribute, to interact. And social media allows us to do that.<br /><br />So, no, Doug, I don't think it's a bubble. And I don't think it's going to burst.<br /><br />I do think the hype will blow over. But this is more than a fad - it is a deep trend that's here to stay.Graeme Codringtonhttp://www.graemecodrington.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33097494.post-16744545347169349152010-04-28T22:52:09.102+00:002010-04-28T22:52:09.102+00:00I know a lot of people are waiting for the bubble ...I know a lot of people are waiting for the bubble to burst Doug, but I'm not sure it will. <br /><br />Many people now have a lot invested in social media, in terms of relationships, contacts and intellectual property. All of this both professional and personal. <br /><br />While many will try it out and turn away, others will persevere. And most notable, I think the Millenial Generation and beyond see social media as the norm and won't think of a life without. <br /><br />As that generation grows up we will see social media become stronger, not weaker.Andy Lopatahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09727833067768795959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33097494.post-64812918385487306232010-04-28T15:39:52.478+00:002010-04-28T15:39:52.478+00:00I sometimes wonder whether there's such thing ...I sometimes wonder whether there's such thing as a 'social media' bubble - that may one day burst. What do you think?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33097494.post-3819736221582848192010-04-16T03:04:38.332+00:002010-04-16T03:04:38.332+00:00It is truly an advantage if the two persons with t...It is truly an advantage if the two persons with the same goal have something in common, just consider the fact that you'll get along easily with each other, just think if your in a middle of nowhere thinking facts and strategies, individual coaching is hard but if your with someone who shares with the same interest, ideas and probable solutions if you have something to solve will be much easier.Successful Investment Articleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10483956424008313484noreply@blogger.com