101 Networking Nuggets Blog

SHOTGUN

She or he is an overly confident type or one that simply overly compensates for the lack of confidence by an exceptionally large amount of activity.  We call them the SHOTGUN Networker.  They come to each meeting the same way as everyone else.  They prepare and make sure that they look good adjusting the tie or the makeup before they leave the car.  They make the cell phone decisions too.  The one thing that they are sure of is the business card.  They’ve got lots of them.  This is a powerful weapon in the hands of the shotgun networker.  Everyone’s card holds with it the power to make another shot at getting business. 

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Social Light

The first style we will discuss is the SOCIAL LIGHT, not because it’s the best but simply because one must come first and this is often how many people get started into networking.  Some of them never grow into anything more because this first style is soooooo comfortable. 

            With the SOCIAL LIGHT Networker, the emphasis is on the social part of networking.  This networker is heavy on the “social” and light on the “networking”, thus the name. 

This is the person that hangs out with their close friends, the people that they already know, like and trust people from their own office or people that they are dating or want to date.  This is like a little networking party. 

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