Avoid Unintentionally Abusing Your Relationships
Investing in business relationships and always respecting them is the key to maintaining trust and reaping the maximum benefits from your networking efforts.
In this short video I share a story about what can happen when people don’t respect their relationships with their fellow networkers. Abusing the relationship is probably the biggest mistake people can make when networking. Other mistakes include not following up, confusing networking with direct selling, and premature solicitation. These are all faux pas when it comes to networking; however, abusing the relationship is the worst faux pas of all.
The fact is, we all make mistakes when we first start networking–I know I did! The ticket to networking success is learning – recognizing what we have done wrong so that we can understand how to do it right.
Do you have a story about how you learned from a networking faux pas you made in the past, or from being on the receiving end of someone else’s faux pas? If so, share your story in the comment forum below.
Yours is another great example of how using a story to make a point relates to the consumer – reader, client, prospect, listener, etc. I’m working with a business man who is writing a book about his line of work. From you and others who promote ‘story,’ I have encouraged him to start most, if not all, chapters with a story related to the chapter’s topic, even a story to open the introduction. The stories provide the chapter structure that he had been failing to grasp previously.
As a brand new Director Consultant just off training I thought I had the tools all ready to sort out my own chapter.
Even though I was trained to do the exact opposite, I went ahead telling long serving members all the things they were doing wrong as I “wanted to help them make more money”. It went down like a lead balloon, and came close to ruining the very relationships I had spent months building up.
I learnt a hard lesson then. 22 years later two of the members from back then still rib me about it whenever we meet.
We cannot take positive opportunities for granted.
Yes Sir
Thank you as always!
Well said — as it’s important to not burn a bridge where your networking partners are involved.
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Always Building Rapport, Developing Trust and Giving Values before Sharing your Business.
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