When i was at University, i was told that NETWORKING is the essence of business development. Most networking is conducted outside of the office…i remember my director used to entertain clients, get them drunk, hence the barriers would come down, and a bond would be formed between them = a sucessful business partnership/or at least a better one.

I’ve read loads of business journels and i personally beleive 90% of business is done outside of the office walls. What i’ve learnt through NLP and from life ingeneral, is that people react to certain triggers of your behaviour, including those in the professional business world too. When we want someone to like us, we’ll do a number of suttle things ; smile, warm and gentle persona, keep your body language open, be accomodating in your speech, mimick the cues in the other persons language. If people spent more time doing this in business…..well…REALLY watch for it, and try it for yourself…it can work wonders!

I stopped in at the apartment management office yesterday to ask about a letter delivered into our box by mistake, and mentioned that I was available for speaking, so if they belonged to or knew of any social or business groups interested in hiring a speaker to teach them quick and easy techniques to relieve stress, let me know; and I left a couple of cards. The lady who is the manager for our complex seemed interested in inviting me to speak at a meeting of all the employees (this company owns a couple of apartmetnt complexes in the area, and apparently they have combined employee meetings).

So….we shall see!

I did hear you asking and hence the posting, It truly does work. Even if it’s just your smile or your unique way of laughing or an interesting way of introducing yourself, does wonders for not only your confidence but also your self-marketing.

I imagine it was quite a shock to find yourself on Cable TV!!!

You must have heard me asking about this topic! I have mentioned to a couple of people in the last day that I don’t know anything about self-promotion and I’m always open to advice in that area, especially since I’m trying to get my stress management consultancy started.

I will definitely follow your advice…thanks!