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Upcoming Events:
Manchester
Country Club
Speed Networking Event
Date: Thrus, Oct 8th, 2009
Time: 5:30p
The Manchester Country Club
305 South Main Street
Manchester, CT 06040
Click to Register
$40 Business Professional
$35 Glastonbury Chamber Member
$45 At the Door
INCLUDES DINNER
For More Information contact:
Thrive Assistant Services
Phone Number:
(860) 940-8570
Email address:
melissa@thriveassistants.com
To be contacted for all upcoming events please join our mailing
list!
TESTIMONIALS
"What a cool
night! Can't wait until the next one! Laurie and I had a blast."
Jeff Roberts
RMS Electrical Contractors, LLC
READ
MORE TESTIMONIALS
To get a list the list of contacts you made at past events go to
http://www.5minutenetworking.com
and log in!
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TIPS for a SUCCESSFUL evening
- SELECT 5 INDUSTRIES NOT 1 or 2
During
registration, SELECT 5 industries that you are targeting.
This information is used to optimize your introductions at
the event. If you only pick one or two, you may be limiting
yourself when you are meeting up to 20 people. For
instance, if you want to meet CPA's and only two attend, the
system does not know how to optimize you to meet the other
18 and will randomly place you. Pick 5 of your top choices.
Though we
certainly can select industries we sell to, 5-Minute Networking is
NOT the time to sell. It's time for an introduction. Besides, why
sell to one person when you can network with those who have
influence over your prospects. By building a relationship with
them, you can be introduced to dozens of your best prospects with a
glowing referral from your new contact!
- FIRST
IMPRESSIONS ARE IMPORTANT
First impressions are
important and many times you won't have the opportunity to change
someone's mind once they've decided. You want to come across as a
real professional, but relax and be yourself. If you are likable
and credible, people will want to meet with you again to get to know
you better.
If you try to give a sales pitch,
chances are you will turn that person off. Instead create a
quick, clear concise message about who are and how you bring a
benefit to others. Then invest in being interested with the
person across from you. Ask questions and see if there is a way you
can help them. Networking is reciprocal! Remember, the
speed networking opportunity is to create
networking
relationships.
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SET THE
STAGE DURING YOUR 5-MINUTE TIME FRAME
If you think the person
across from you is a good connection, make sure to suggest a future
meeting before leaving the table. Tell them you will email
them the next day to set up a time to get together...and then DO it.
Some may try to
tell you there' is a short cut, but you can't get to quality without
going through some type of quantity. Certainly not every person you
meet in any venue is going to be a good connection for you,
but speed networking allows you to recognize this in JUST 5 MINUTES
and move onto the next person. This saves a ton of time. After the
event you can follow up with those that you feel you would like to
build a networking or business relationship with.
The
biggest mistake I see people
do after 5-Minute Networking is not follow up. Speed Networking is
a FIVE MINUTE introduction; it is not the end of the road. After
the event, go to the website
5minutenetworking.com
and locate all the contact information of everyone you've met the
night before. You can select the ones whom you made a connection
with and feel, after building a relationship, will pass referrals to
each other. Then make coffee dates or appointments and get to know
those people. No one passes referrals until they have built trust
with you.
Check out this news clip from one of our recent events!
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