{"id":11025,"date":"2014-06-06T11:27:28","date_gmt":"2014-06-06T10:27:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.easyoffices.com\/blog\/?p=11025"},"modified":"2014-06-06T11:27:28","modified_gmt":"2014-06-06T10:27:28","slug":"networking-tips-how-to-nail-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.easyoffices.com\/blog\/business-advice-and-news\/networking-tips-how-to-nail-it","title":{"rendered":"Networking tips: How to nail it"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.easyoffices.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-Shrewdest-Moves-in-Business-9.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-11026\" alt=\"The Shrewdest Moves in Business (9)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.easyoffices.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-Shrewdest-Moves-in-Business-9-1024x682.png\" width=\"744\" height=\"496\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Whether you&#8217;re a social person or not and whether it is right up your street or your worst nightmare, networking is an essential tool if you want to be successful in most industries.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You may be really good at your job and an asset to your company and team, but it&#8217;s often a case of who you know as much as what you know.\u00a0 Contacts can be useful if you need information and resources, but how do you start off to then get to a stage where you are really &#8220;nailing&#8220; networking?<\/p>\n<h2>Start small<\/h2>\n<p>Even if you&#8217;re not the most confident person in the world you can start off small and then reach out.\u00a0 Start with people in your industry that you know.\u00a0 Touch base with them regularly and make sure that they remember you.\u00a0 Establish yourself as a useful person to know by helping them out if you&#8217;re ever in a position to.\u00a0 If you have relatives or old friends in your industry, it&#8217;s worth having a catch up when you can.\u00a0 Then you can start to expand you network.<\/p>\n<h2>Make the most of social<\/h2>\n<p>Social media is a good way of doing this.\u00a0 When you meet someone, even in passing, connect with them on LinkedIn or follow them on Twitter within the day while your name is still fresh in their head.\u00a0 LinkedIn will then suggest possible connections based on their connections, which is a good way to find new people.\u00a0 Social media is also a good way to contact people in the future with direct messaging, as well as share your news.<\/p>\n<h2>Think before you speak<\/h2>\n<p>Have a professional introduction pitch ready for when you do meet people.\u00a0 Introducing yourself by first name isn&#8217;t going to make you stand out, but a few practiced sentences saying who you are, what you do or where you study, and what you&#8217;re currently up to or why you&#8217;re there will give someone more of a reason to talk to and remember you.\u00a0 It will also prevent you from standing there awkwardly leaving them to find questions to ask you.\u00a0 A short introduction to yourself gives follow on questions for them to ask.<\/p>\n<h2>Come prepared<\/h2>\n<p>Make sure you&#8217;re ready to swap cards.\u00a0 Have a professional looking business card ready to give out.\u00a0 If the company you work for doesn&#8217;t make them or you are a freelancer, make your own.\u00a0 They don&#8217;t cost the earth and spend just a few pounds more for quality paper to make a good impression.\u00a0 Have them readily available without you having to fish through a bag.\u00a0 This will make them more likely to give you their card.\u00a0 Store it safely by filing it by who they are and why they might be useful instead of leaving it lying around to be thrown away.<\/p>\n<h2>Follow up<\/h2>\n<p>Lastly, don&#8217;t be afraid to call them; 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