What is business networking?

KARL SMITH, South Africa’s leading expert in BUSINESS NETWORKING SKILLS TRAINING welcomes you. Karl has helped hundreds of people become CONFIDENT AND EFFECTIVE BUSINESS NETWORKERS by offering business networking tips, techniques and training.

In the Current Economic Climate, there's never been a more important time to become AN EFFECTIVE AND CONFIDENT BUSINESS NETWORKER... During the past 10 years or so professional and business communities enjoyed abundance. Business has come from many angles but mainly recommendations, REFERRALS, introductions and existing clients wanting more. Now is the time to review your business building plans so that you can build solid BUSINESS RELATIONSHIPS- your security- during bad economic times.

Talk to any business giant and they'll tell you PROFESSIONAL BUSINESS NETWORKING is the key to business success. Within organisations it solves the age-old problem of poor communication and converts discordant, inward-looking departments into connected thriving and motivated ones. On the marketing side NETWORKING can deliver a switched on, clued up contact base ready and willing to tell others about their experiences with you and your company.

A lot of people think BUSINESS NETWORKING is all about 'selling yourself' or 'working a room', whereas, for our money, networking isn't about that at all. It's about relationship building and making yourself and your company attractive to people in a way they hadn't realised before. It's about developing your business, not cramming it down someone's throat.

Our NETWORKING SKILLS WORKSHOPS won't turn you into a schmoozer. The problem with the schmoozer's approach to networking is that he or she doesn't have the right intent: They are not interested in helping other people - only themselves

We develop skills you already have, tease out those areas where you do feel comfortable and confident and teach you simple techniques that will make networking fun, even.

The maxim really is true that 'people buy people first before they buy your product, service or ideas' so we take time to look at you and your outstanding qualities. Everyone on Karl’s NETWORKING WORKSHOPS and KEY NOTES get the required knowledge, skills, tools and approach to make contacts and BUILD RELATIONSHIPS. By building a series of meaningful transactions, you can create long-term business relationships that turn your clients into your marketing and sales force. It’s nice to have friends but it’s priceless to have fans who rave about your company to their friends.

BUSINESS NETWORKING is a conscious decision to engage with people in a sincere manner through communication, teaching and other interaction, to enjoy the mutual benefits of an honest, trusting and quality relationship.

The PROFESSIONAL BUSINESS NETWORKER deems networking as one of the most important activities in his or her life, because it always affords new relationships and/or new ways of seeing existing relationships.

If you need your people to feel more confident in the BUSINESS NETWORKING SKILLS arena we can tailor a programme to meet those specific needs. Here are some reasons why a TAILORED BUSINESS NETWORKING SKILLS course may be suitable for your company:

You have groups of people who attend conferences, seminars, social events and other networking gatherings where it is essential they 'mix and mingle' and make good contacts.

You have people who are uncomfortable in social settings and yet you need them to be able to talk articulately about your business and get themselves known.

You have highly skilled staff who have to network; they need to create their own contacts in order to build the business, but they simply don't have the requisite skills to flourish in that often difficult environment. BUSINESS NETWORKING TRAINING and BUSINESS NETWORKING KEY NOTES WITH KARL SMITH IN SOUTH AFRICA is inspirational, practical and motivating. Why? Karl stresses the importance of PEOPLE SKILLS (Vision, Goal-setting, Planning, Empathy, Caring, Trust, Credibility, Success, Listening, Giving) throughout his BUSINESS NETWORKING KEY NOTES and BUSINESSS NETWORKING SKILLS TRAINING.

Consider us for CONFERENCE SPEAKING, KEY NOTE SPEAKING or TRAINING today! Please contact us to discuss your particular requirements and we will be happy to talk through the options with you.