Comments on: What is your favorite networking starter question? http://www.lesliecardinal.com/what-is-your-favorite-networking-starter-question/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-is-your-favorite-networking-starter-question Tips & Strategies to Grow Your Business, Online and Offline Thu, 02 Dec 2010 11:48:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: The Sales Buddha http://www.lesliecardinal.com/what-is-your-favorite-networking-starter-question/comment-page-1/#comment-41 The Sales Buddha Sat, 22 Jul 2006 14:12:51 +0000 http://www.lesliecardinal.com/blog/2006/what-is-your-favorite-networking-starter-question/#comment-41 What is your favorite Networking starter question? Now that’s a pretty darn good question! As a graduate of the Certified Networker Program (CNP), I learned that Networking is all about establishing relationships. If we go to a Networking event looking for business, we seldom find it there. If we go to these events looking to make new relationships, we usually make some. I like the odds with the “relationship” approach better. So my suggestion, if you’ll permit, is to focus on questions that are relationship based versus business based. Try and find some questions to use that strike up conversations about the people you meet, not so much about their business. Once you get to know someone, you can get to know his or her business. Put people first and the business opportunities will come.” To each his own”, so I won’t offer a list of specific questions that work for me. My only recommendation is to avoid the old, “What’s your sign?” That went out with gold chains, Nik-Nik shirts and double knit leisure suits. However, I really like your question, “What do you love about what you do?” That’s an icebreaker that’ll thaw about anyone. If it doesn’t, I think to myself, “next” and move one! What is your favorite Networking starter question? Now that’s a pretty darn good question! As a graduate of the Certified Networker Program (CNP), I learned that Networking is all about establishing relationships. If we go to a Networking event looking for business, we seldom find it there. If we go to these events looking to make new relationships, we usually make some. I like the odds with the “relationship” approach better.

So my suggestion, if you’ll permit, is to focus on questions that are relationship based versus business based. Try and find some questions to use that strike up conversations about the people you meet, not so much about their business. Once you get to know someone, you can get to know his or her business. Put people first and the business opportunities will come.”

To each his own”, so I won’t offer a list of specific questions that work for me. My only recommendation is to avoid the old, “What’s your sign?” That went out with gold chains, Nik-Nik shirts and double knit leisure suits. However, I really like your question, “What do you love about what you do?” That’s an icebreaker that’ll thaw about anyone. If it doesn’t, I think to myself, “next” and move one!

]]> By: Primo Duran http://www.lesliecardinal.com/what-is-your-favorite-networking-starter-question/comment-page-1/#comment-40 Primo Duran Sat, 22 Jul 2006 12:22:06 +0000 http://www.lesliecardinal.com/blog/2006/what-is-your-favorite-networking-starter-question/#comment-40 One question that is always a great starter is..."What's the biggest misconception about what you do?" Try it out next time. One question that is always a great starter is…”What’s the biggest misconception about what you do?”

Try it out next time.

]]> By: Nannette Gwaltney http://www.lesliecardinal.com/what-is-your-favorite-networking-starter-question/comment-page-1/#comment-39 Nannette Gwaltney Sat, 22 Jul 2006 01:23:18 +0000 http://www.lesliecardinal.com/blog/2006/what-is-your-favorite-networking-starter-question/#comment-39 I am always interested in new tips about business. By the way, the work shop was very helpful. I plan to attend more when I am in town and not on the road or on a ship. I am always interested in new tips about business. By the way, the work shop was very helpful. I plan to attend more when I am in town and not on the road or on a ship.

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