Remon Talks

The success of your business depends for a large part on your networking skills. With networking, you basically make “business friends” who will forwards some business to you every now and then and you do something similiar for them in return.

Networking doesn’t take much time overall but will give you some benefits like new clients. With my webhosting bizz for example, I get new hosting clients from webdesigners. In return I outsource my clients webdesign work to them, making them and me money from the same client while still focusing on our core business.

Another example is my hobby, snake keeping and breeding. I’m networking with an importer here, I buy “some” (wholesale) baby ballpythons from them for a nice price and to thank me for my business I get first picks. This allows me to pick out the “weird” ones, ie. those that are worth far more then a regular ballpython due to their genetics.

If you know who to network with, it can definitely help you grow your business. If you meet someone that could be usefull to your business, ask them for a favor. Ie. if you ever get clients that need …. can you forward them to me? The worst that can happen is that they say no. The best? A new connection and free new clients!

In business it’s normal to ask for business so do it anytime you get the opportunity, but only when appropriate. You don’t want to become the loser guy that desperately needs new clients . Overcome your fear to ask for business and start growing your business today!