Networking plays a huge role in maintaining any business - and finding creative ways to begin or continue networking with our contacts can be a challenge. A great deal of time and effort is necessary behind the scenes before we reach out to create dialogue with a contact, and then even more time goes into building a positive relationship with them where both parties benefit. Therefore we need our networking efforts to be as effective and efficient as possible. At the same time, we should want those networking connections to continue indefinitely. So when we are approaching a new networking contact, it is important to keep in mind that our goal is to create a long-term relationship with them. At first, several ideas will pop into our creative mind - ways we can support others, what we may be able to offer, what we are looking for from them, options we may want to consider in the future. That is great! Do those, but pace them out so that we are not doing all these things at once. Sp...
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