Master Your 'Mingle-Ability': 5 Creative Ways to Network

by Jacqueline Whitmore, Contributor
October 17, 2013

An extensive network is vital to your success as an entrepreneur. Thanks to social media, the process of meeting potential clients and customers has evolved over the years...There are less traditional, yet more effective ways, to stand out from the crowd. Here are five creative twists on networking...

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https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/229440?newsletter=true

Social is the New Business: Power Networking 101 (PDF)

Courtesy of Michelle E. Villalobos
From "The Secrets of Success Series"

Everything you need to know to make a great first impression, generate rapport and quickly build relationships.

Read info here (PDF format file)
http://www.michellevillalobos.com/audio_video/power_networking_e-booklet/101_power_networking_tips.pdf

10 Reasons Why Your Online Networking May Not Be Working

by Penny Power, co-founder of Ecademy

In this weeks article we are looking at why some people are not yet experiencing success with their social networking activity, Behind all these reasons why your networking may not be working, the most important underlying aspect of what you do must be patience, tenacity and an awareness that this is a new world for all and not everyone ‘get’s it’, but they will and you need to be one of the people who does, and the earlier the better.

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http://communitymarketing.typepad.com/my_weblog/2009/07/social-networking-coauthored-series-10-reasons-why-your-online-networking-may-not-be-working.html

Business 101: Tips For Successful Business Networking

[This is a PDF document which you will have to download to view.]

Effective business networking is the linking together of individuals
who, through trust and relationship building, become walking,
talking advertisements for one another.

Read this informative guide here
http://www.wit.org.au/images/News%20Archives/0611_Successful%20Business%20Networking.pdf

How to Network: 12 Tips for Shy People

by Meridith Levinson

Schmoozing is a trial for shy people, but armed with these common-sense tips they can increase their networking mojo.

Read tips here
http://www.cio.com/article/164300/How_to_Network_12_Tips_for_Shy_People