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The Playbook With David Meltzer

My Business Networking Strategy (Step-by-Step Guide)

The Playbook With David Meltzer

David Meltzer, Entrepreneur.com

Careers, Business, Entrepreneurship

4.91.9K Ratings

🗓️ 30 December 2023

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

Today's episode uncovers my step-by-step guide to effective business networking. I emphasize the power of engaging with open-minded individuals and giving them multiple chances to demonstrate their openness. Key to my approach is discovering what people like and dislike in relation to my sales goals or assistance needs. This information is crucial for offering value by either enhancing what they enjoy or removing their pain points. Another significant aspect is the art of getting people to respond, crucial in today's world where we have access to billions. Above all, I stress the importance of constant practice in networking, asking questions, and seeking help.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Remember you have access to 7.6 billion people now. I did not when I was your age. So I'm always practicing.

0:07.3

What can I say do you think, feeling believe to get people to get back to me? Give me more at bats.

0:11.9

Because if I can double the amount of people that get back to me, give me more at bats, because if I can double the amount of people that

0:13.7

get back to me, I'll double my sales without getting any better at sales.

0:17.6

And I'll end up getting better at sales because I get more at bats than you.

0:21.6

You can only provide value in two ways to someone.

0:24.0

Number one, give them more of what they like, that's valuable.

0:28.0

Take away all or some of what they don't like, that's valuable.

0:32.0

That's valuable.

0:33.4

So in order to figure that, you gotta ask questions,

0:36.0

what do you like and don't like pertaining to what

0:38.0

you want to sell or help with or get help with?

0:42.0

How do you focus on building that?

0:43.6

For anyone listening, young entrepreneur,

0:45.8

how can they start to focus on building their network?

0:48.0

Same way you have.

0:48.8

Here's a couple tricks.

0:49.8

One, I only deal with open minds. There you go.

0:54.0

So, and I give people three chances because I believe people have an open mind some of the time.

0:59.0

Me, almost all the time, some people almost never.

1:03.0

But I give him three chances because like if your cat died

1:06.0

and I asked you to help me, you're going to say no.

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