Some fabulous articles that i trust you will find beneficial to any networking that you do or are looking to do.

You, as a business, need to create personal relationships with your customers and continue to build your brand – the facts speak for themselves

Networking within UK businesses has increased

29/07/2013

By Daniel Hunter – in Fresh BusinessThinking.com

Networking has increased within UK companies according to a new report. The marketing technique is now used by nearly 3 out of 5 (58%) companies, a sign that companies today prefer to deepen relationships byface-to-face contact.

Compared to a similar report last year (the 2012 Channel Vision report), networking has increased by 15% over the last 12 months, a sign that in today’s digital age companies feel the need to boost their relations with their customers in a more personal way.

The new report, Channel Vision — Version 2.0, put together by design, marketing and print specialists Catalogues 4 Business (C4B) questioned over 100 organisations within the United Kingdom. The report was drawn from a diverse mix of businesses, both B2B and B2C, and combination of industry sectors.

The report reflects…READ MORE

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Author Albert Camus once said, “Human relationships always help us to carry on because they always presuppose further developments, a future — and also because we live as if our only task was precisely to have relationships with other people.”

Without social interactions between humans, the species would surely go crazy — the movie “Castaway” comes to mind.  For college read business, social and life!

Relationships are necessary, – read more 

College connects, face to face

By Bronte Torres Pagan

from News Telegram.com

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Why You Can’t Replace Face Time with Social Media

Social media has infiltrated many facets of our lives, but when it comes to landing a job or career advancement, nothing beats in-person networking….

Read more: http://www.foxbusiness.com/personal-finance/2013/07/24/why-cant-replace-face-time-with-social-media/#ixzz2adHVEnz9

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9 networking tips for field-based global development professionals

By Shana Montesol Johnson on 23 July 2013 in

We’ve all heard how important networking is to the success of our career. But how can you network if you’re based in the field, far away from key decision-makers or unable to attend organized networking events like this 

Here are nine tips for those of you who are based in the field, or residing far from where your contacts (actual or desired) are located:

 

1. Reframe how you define networking

Some people think of networking as meeting new people, attending networking receptions and collecting business cards. I define networking as “the process of building and maintaining relationships with people who can help you, and whom you can help.”

2. Nurture your current network

3. Grow your network

9. Keep asking, “How can I be helpful to the people in my network?”

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The most-popular ways people use LinkedIn

You’re not the only one who loves to see who’s viewed their profile. This infographic exposes everything you want to know about how LinkedIn members use the professional social network.

By Kristin Piombino | Posted: July 30, 2013 on

What do you use LinkedIn for?Do you ever wonder which features other people use, or how much time they spend on the site?

If so, an infographic from PowerFormula.net has your answers. From how many people pay for a premium account to the features users find most helpful, here’s everything you ever wanted to know about the professional networking site:

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New Tips and Technology to Modernize Your Networking

By HANNAH MORGAN

July 24, 2013 

Hannah Morgan

If you’ve been reluctant to network or you’ve tried it and it just wasn’t for you, then you may want to try it again using some of these pointers. Given our short attention spans, pressing time commitments and data overload, it has become increasingly difficult to make a lasting and meaningful connection with new contacts.

Read the full article here

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Build Relationships and Business Will Follow

JUNE 26, 2013 BY ANDREA BEHRENS

In Nevada Business

Andrea Behrens, DCAL

We all have great opportunities to build relationships.

But how we build these relationships and how seriously we focus on nurturing our clients and contacts can make a big difference in our level of success.

Relationship building is extremely important, but what happens after your make the first contact? 

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