Final Over - Day 15 - Networking - Part-II

Networking - Part-II (in continuation to Part-I-Day-9, 10-Dec-2022)

Before presenting any kind of gift like a Diwali gift pack, welcome kit or all about your  business presentation kit, etc…

It's very important that to whom you are going to give those, so establishing good connections with senior top head people in  purchase, sales, admin, HR, Recruitment, etc.. is a must as a preliminary process

Thereby you can use

Tool 1 (LinkedIn) Do's & Don'ts

Linkedin (free membership) with limited features

LinkedIn Sales Navigator (paid version - Rs.4999/-) pm with 1st month free.

make sure you not check auto renewal for every month. You can pay n use it for required months/period, or every month it's upto your needs

Use Filters (inside) like place, dept,...

Look for thier full contact details

See whether they are active recently 

Look for nr.of followers & connections

Along with likes, do reply short effective interesting replies (idea from chatGPT) relevant to their post

Send In-mail thru linked in or separate also by any mode without disturb them

Even if your requests not accepted, still can be a follower n get noticed with your reply comments n chances of connection

Write interesting topics (eg. Think School)

Very important LinkedIn is not like FB or Instagram, so make sure your posts & replies are of professional/ business/ innovation related and not with entertainment kidding purposes

Tool (2) : BNI (Business Network Individual)

Even not member, still can use it and search by category n do establishing connection n make networking for you / your business

Tool (3) : Trade Fair Apps

at a nominal costs (Rs.30k-50k) Do participate in Trade fairs / Exhibitions with more possibilities of building huge network 

Before/During/After  Events, do install apps of that Trade fairs n make use oi it effectively

Eg. GITEX Plus, Tech Sparks

If you are exhibitor, you can get contacts of all attendees & exhibitors

If you are a visitor, you can see attendees (buyers) details n use LinkedIn & BNI to connect

Be like a Farmer's mindest, like agriculture harvesting, we can do it in our businesses/personal growth in modern fast world with technology & digital tools by Networking 👍

LinkedIn connect by sales navigator 

MGR + IAS strategy

Linked-in observations 

1)Lead generation and networking platform - works good for B2b in specific 

2)Follow groups to get to know what is currently happening in our domain 

3)Identify the exact hierarchy to reach for effective product positioning in a company 

4)Identify influencers & decision makers right to derive a best sales flow funnel 

5)Build relationships / Build networks 

6)Think from the person’s perspective on why he has to network with us and what value he will get getting connected with us. 

7)Build a specific network of leads exclusive for the business domain we are involved. 

8)Know a company to the best before networking with the professionals there - people love to get connected with people who are clear enough why they are getting connected. 

9)20% of the actions brings 80% of results but we may not know which 20% of our results will bring it, Hence Putting 100% best efforts consistently is the key for sustained growth. 

10)People always look what kind of a person we are more than business.