A good networker has two ears and one mouth and should use them both proportionately. When you meet someone in a networking environment you should ‘listen’ more than you ‘talk’ …
Ivan Misner
Ivan Misner
Dr. Ivan Misner is the Founder & Chairman of BNI, as well as a New York Times best-selling author. Called the "Father of Modern Networking," Dr. Misner is one of the world's leading experts in business networking and referral marketing. He contributes monthly articles to Entrepreneur.com as the online magazine's networking expert, he is a featured blogger on the NetworkingNow Blog Network, and he hosts the weekly BNI Podcast!
If you were sitting in an important meeting with your biggest client and you got a text message, would you stop listening to your client and completely tune him out …
To be an effective networker, you should always be working on strengthening your relationships with your referral sources. So, what’s the best way to do this? It really depends on …