I wonder sometimes in disguise, whether what category I actually belong to? And whether I am really comfortable meeting up new clients on my own or do I need someone to introduce to, to get comfortable in speaking with them. That was one incident in my life, when I nearly had a big question mark on my face when my best friend walked in to my cabin and told me that I am an introvert, I was seriously baffled when he said that but later when I argued to tell me the incidences and situations, he had some serious points and incidences which really reciprocated that.

I was an introvert. But I argued with him, that being a pubic speaker, meeting so many new people, giving your speech on some argumentative matter is not a joke but marking all the things which I said a little in detail I noticed that actually I was never in picture while dealing with all the people. Everything was given ready-made, I had to just give my points and speak in front of the audience (who nearly didn’t had any options but to listen though) it took nearly a brave hearted fellowmen and extroverted natured people to talk big talks in open and actually meeting the protesting gang of people. So it’s still a big question mark on my face? Unless, I went through some questionnaire, which gave me a little idea that I was of course not an extrovert.

I was a little saddened knowing all this, as I always treated myself as being an extrovert and took proud in being one. There are some things in life which they just happen even without us knowing it when it approached, created some results and went flying on in the air but it has deeper impact on our hearts, mind and the working approach. This particularly had a deep impact on me, though I have agreed to accept it without any arguments, I live as I was living earlier, it didn’t really made me weak except that I feel a little down but I am really raring to go and learn lessons so that I be an extrovert. Although being an extrovert doesn’t mean you have a big business or a big organization with you, there are people who are the simplest, speak very less, meet very few people who have built empires. Being an extrovert or an introvert is your own decisions and it seriously cannot affect your business, if you are passionate about your work and have your work process in place.

Millions of people use web on a daily basis, they participate in varied networking events and programs, some are really useful where as some are absolutely NOT so there are times we feel cheated by the site owners and it really gets difficult to come across a genuine site and at the same time you are running short of time to decide whether you need be actually spending your precious time on those “No Fruitful” networks. So our company decided to build upon a questionnaire to interview people regarding the networks that they follow, what networks they spent maximum time on, did they really gained something out of those network, how they did business over the networks, what are the marketing tools and strategies they implemented while networking, how they balanced everything online against the real world big marketing ideas, etc. there were numerous questions we prepared to interview them relating to the work processes they were doing and following are the points we covered which anyone should follow while preparing for any type of networking strategies:

• A businessman spends around 12 to 15 hours of his time in promoting his business in which they include all the activities starting from sales of the product to networking online and other different types of marketing ideas.
• We might agree to the fact that nothing can beat your marketing ideas as good as face to face marketing, but the up coming social networking sites have proved to be really beneficial for a successful business network.
• The other best-known tools of networking they followed were workshops, the banner advertising on famous networks, email marketing, Public relations, etc.
• Out of the total number of people, 80% of them preferred to network in a group of 20 people or more while the rest 20% preferred to network in a larger group, these are the people working in larger companies, dealing in big business, global companies.

Entrepreneurs have varied ideas to grow their businesses and they follow their business strategies in proportion to the business they do, the scale at which they do business, and what the company requirements are. As Thomas Power who is the chairman of Ecademy goes on to say that the key challenge in marketing is to get liked by the people who can affect your business and as per the business data, it states that if you are small ranged business which is locally done, you can easily find those 50 people by just conventional mode of networking. So world is really getting smaller when it comes to the word “Networking”. And of course, TRUST is one commanding factor in business networking, trust happens when a person experiences by listening or practicing what you are saying. People also go on to see the reputation of a company, before engaging in any business activities, the commitment and enthusiasm are 2 factors, which are important to commit a statement, and this is what drives their business further.

Building a reputation in a competitive world is not difficult provided you have a clarity of mind, clarity of objectives and knowing what you really want to achieve in life. Its only after that your peers have trust in you, they shall be willing to do business with you, so be passionate about your work and let them see the results.

To maintain good business relations, its getting increasingly important for business individuals to network well in a way that they will make new clients along with the existing ones in tow. If you are holding a business unit, which is not working really well and you have done everything possible to improve it then it’s a high time that you get changes in your working style and join other business networks which will yield good fruits to your business and your employees. If there is some internal problem in the company, you can talk to your employees about their needs, that is now another sort of networking, the level at which you interact with your employees is important, if that network is working well than you can know in and out of the relationship amongst you and the employees. Support your employees in every possible way you can by providing the right information and introduce them to new strategies and policies you have set as a company. This will make them feel important and networked well.

If you are looking for a quick networking idea then follow some easy simple steps that will help you get connected with your audience in just no time. The first and foremost is look out for the events if they are happening anywhere, find out its format, knowing the format of the event will help you prepare mentally for the game ahead. Once you have known your target in the event, you can find the detailed information of the person and for how long you have known him or her. If you are looking for some new networks of people, its best that you look out for the people you didn’t know all these years, this will help you to build new relationships and bring in more business contacts for your company. Once you are in a interactive mode, allow the other person to speak first, this will highly be appreciated by that individual and it actually shows your willingness to work with him given the terms and conditions. After having quick conversation you can exchange business card with the person to contact him in a later date, if necessary you can even make some notes on business card that will remind you while you contact that person next time. After collecting the card, organize them in a way you would need them later. See to what extent a person is really interested in doing business with you, from your first interactions you would obviously know whether he is really keen to do business with you or no.