Networking for Success with Author and Business Mentor Carol Harris

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Welcome to this weeks Podcasts where I speak to Carol Harris who is the author of Networking for Success 2nd Edition about her book .

Over the last 30 years she has thought vital business skills to help business grow. She is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personal Development and a Council Member of the Chartered Institute of Management Consultants. Carol was also was a Director of the Arts Council of Great Britain.

Today Carol is an author , corporate trainer and thriving international networking marketing business.

Why did Carol write a second edition of this book, because networking has changed during Covid19 including with online networking. The book is told in a story format that is easy to understand.

Why does Carol believe networking is important for business.

• It is important to help businesses grow through contacts and associations
• Learn from people get support and build new contacts.
• Networking is usually inexpensive

How to network effectively.

• Have a strategy
• What results do you want to achieve with your networking
• Be selective with how you spend your time and what events to attend.
• Choose networking groups that fit with your interests and what you do
• Networking is it very important to schedule time and follow up your contacts.
• As the saying goes the fortune can be in the follow up.
• Speak within your comfort zone and skills that you will have confident to speak about.
• Be prepared, about what you are going to speak about.
• Pick two to three things to speak about.
• Be calm, breath and take a pause if you need to think.
• If you do not know something , tell someone , that you will get back to them about the question after you double check.
• Ask questions they get attention.
• Questions can open conversations.
• Listen do not just talk.

Establish a point of contact so you can follow up and learn more about the person and their business.

Carols Recommendations for Business to Thrive

• Do what motivates you
• Use your time wisely
• Learn new skills
• Improve your systems
• Remember with online world it is easy to do business local and global

Carol Harris Contact Details

carolharris.uk

07789990358 (text only) (Home)

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linkedin.com/in/carolharrisuk

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