• The 7 networking tips introverts must ignore: (and what to do instead) (Dora Vanourek)

• The people who you habitually associate with determine as much as 95% of your success or failure in life. It's not just about networking; it's about curating a tribe that fuels your dreams. (Heather Monahan)

• Power Networker: Gary Vaynerchuk, “GaryVee”

• Biz: VaynerX, CEO

• Focus: Gary is considered one of the leading global minds on what’s next in culture, relevance, and the internet.

• Primary Channels: Instagram (10M), YouTube (4M), TikTok (15M) Twitter/X (3M), LinkedIn (5.7M)

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The Secret To Selling Is Not Selling

Everyone sells. Whether it be a product, a service, an idea … themselves. So why do so many people struggle with it? Use strategic networking to sell more by selling less.

Riddle: What does everyone do, many don’t like doing, and most can do more by doing less?

Selling!

Selling is a requirement for any profession and, it doesn’t come easy for most people. Many professionals dread it, do it poorly, or avoid it all-together and miss out on tremendous opportunities.

It doesn’t have to be that way.

The Old “ABC’s of Selling”

• Always

• Be

• Closing

For the past hundred years, sales professionals would be drilled with sales phrases like, “fill the pipeline”, “perfect your sales pitch” and “always be closing”.

Those days are over.

To be successful these days, professionals need to be more focused on helping and connecting.

The New “ABC’s of Selling”

• Always

• Be

• Connecting

It’s important connect people to help share knowledge, gain key insights, and build relationships.

How is this done? Networking strategically to make connections to …

• Information they need (experts)

• Professionals that can help (technicians)

• Solutions to close the sale (problem-solvers)

Strategic networking helps professionals open doors, build trust, and close sales without sales pitches, hard selling, or being “salesy”.

Give strategic networking a try and watch your sales grow and network expand while helping people and enjoying the process.

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