The Art of Professional Connections: Success Strategies for Networking in Person and Online

Networking Is So Much More Than Just a Necessary Evil in Today's Business Climate

Gloria Petersen Shares Her Strategies for Building Your Networking Skills and Making Connections

The last thing you want to fit into your busy work week is a long, boring networking session with a group of people you don't really know, where you stand around hoping someone will talk to you who actually has an interest in meeting you. When it comes to attending an event that's set up for the sole purpose of helping you mix and mingle, you just feel awkward trying to make contacts. What you would rather do is rely on social media and hook up with people online, but even there you're coming up against roadblocks.

How can you not want to dive into Success Strategies for Networking in Person and Online? Gloria Petersen approaches networking as a career management tool for connecting people. She acknowledges that there are many different personal styles of networking and, if all fails, she can give you pointers on how to start a networking group. She will help you realize that your in-person and online presence have to be in sync, and that you have to protect your reputation in both arenas.

Step one is to establish a comfort zone with networking.
Step two is to learn the strategies for ensuring successful interactions at networking events.
Step three is that it's not just about you, it's about connecting people. And step four is to use Success Strategies for Networking as your guide.

Gloria's overall objective is to introduce newcomers (and old-timers) to all their options, take the awkwardness out of attending networking events, and help you design a networking model that achieves your goals. What you will gain from this book is how to:

Determine the social networking strategy that works for you, make social prospecting comfortable and successful, understand the value of being a people connector;

Demonstrate that confidence makes all the difference, develop a plan for overcoming social barriers, dilemmas, shyness, or faux pas and interacting with self-assuredness, and be prepared in every detail;

Set goals for your networking efforts and following your plan, familiarize yourself with the types and styles of networkers, and then track, qualify, and follow up on connections;

Create a strategy with social media, build your online presence and engage prospects comfortably, and protect yourself by creating a best practices manual;

Know what it takes to start your own networking group or event, motivate yourself to take action, and learn from the pros how they created their empires.

In Success Strategies for Networking in Person and Online Gloria Petersen takes the guesswork out of networking. It's all about plugging in, connecting with people, and being a people connector. The person you help will help you. This is the second volume in Gloria's four-volume series, The Art of Professional Connections. And that is what she is all about: making professional connections. And isn't that the definition of networking?

Her advisory board consists of business leaders she has connected with over the years. Together with all of her fact checkers, she has put together a network of experts who have helped her provide the "best of the best" strategies for you. So take advantage of their expertise, don't hesitate, Buy Now!

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