How to Easily Increase the ROI on Your Networking
Networking is all about making new connections: creating a web
of friends and acquaintances by meeting new people, introducing
yourself, and allowing your friendship to benefit you both,
intellectually, economically, and, if you are lucky,
financially. Networking is important to everyone, whether they
are involved in making a business work, marketing a product, or
even simply finding a job.
The art of networking, however, is not as easy to learn and
master.
Networking requires a rich investment of time, money, and effort
- the return on this investment, or ROI, is brought about by
making the right connections in the right places, and is rooted
in following well-outlined goals.
Networking will not only allow you to make more friends. It can
get the word out on what services you can contribute. It can
also expand your business to even more clients. But just how
many calling cards can you give out before you finally see a
great ROI? How many conferences do you have to attend before
your ROI spells big profits? How much more money can you afford
to shell out before your ROI puts the cash back into your pocket?
How can you easily increase your ROI from networking?
To be able to easily increase your networking ROI, you have to
know what you want.
Ask yourself these questions: why am I networking? Am I making
sure that my business stays stable? Do I want more people to
know about my product or service? Do I want more people to buy
my product or avail of my services? Am I in between jobs and
need to find a better deal than the last one? Do I want a job
that will allow me to earn money easily on the side, even with
my present, demanding job?
Any good venture will end great if you start it right. Know why
you are networking, and focus on your goal. Focusing on your
goal will ensure that whatever strategy you will use in
networking, you will reach what you aim for.
Remember that networking means making yourself or your product
credible to more and more new people every time. This, however,
does not mean sacrificing quantity over quality. It may sound
clich