All 'Networking' Posts

But I don’t need a bicycle (aka “how not to network”)

In the ‘Build a Business without Social Media’ Masterclass, I discuss 10 alternatives to using social media to get clients and grow your business. I always maintain that one of the most effective ways to get new clients from a standing start is to network face-to-face, either online or offline. (I actually prefer to call this “talking to people” –…

What do you say when people ask you what you do?

One of the business events I’m regularly invited to attend as a mentor is a retreat for women leaders run by the leadership organisation “One of Many”.  I’m typically invited there to answer questions about how to get a business started in the early stages – through attracting and enrolling those first few paying clients. While I’m there I answer…

When do I move from 121 to sell one-to-many?

  During a Q&A call for my “Get More Clients Saying Yes!” course one of my students asked me: “Networking feels so inefficient – is there a quicker, easier way for me to get clients?” What she was really asking me was about leverage, and it was such a great question it got me thinking so I thought I’d answer…

The Forgotten Magic of “Talking to People”

I’ve been having conversations this week with people interested in joining me for my Get More Clients Saying Yes! course (enrolment is now open and we start next week!). One thing I’m asked a lot is whether this course will teach them how to attract new clients, because of course it’s no use being brilliant at sales conversations if you’ve…