by Debbie O'Connor | Dec 2, 2016 | Home Working Hints
The word itself, networking, was enough to send shivers down my spine a couple of years ago. The mere thought of walking up and start talking to people I didn’t know was utterly terrifying and forcing myself to do it felt like completely violating my natural...
by Debbie O'Connor | May 13, 2016 | Home Working Hints
In this article, Heather Townsend, based on the research for ‘The Financial Times Guide To Business Networking’, talks about how the best networkers use four ingredients to create new business via their network. I am sure that all of us want to be able to bottle the...
by Debbie O'Connor | Apr 26, 2012 | Home Working Hints
What’s the best way to market your small business? The best results mostly come from face to face business networking. However within networking, like all parts of business, changes happen and you can always learn new ways to become more and more effective in how you...
by Debbie O'Connor | Aug 22, 2011 | Home Working Hints
When you are networking do you count your conversations… or make every conversation count? In this article, Heather Townsend, the author of The Financial Times Guide To Business Networking, shares her FITTER networking model – which if you follow will make your...
by Debbie O'Connor | Aug 3, 2011 | Home Working Hints
In this article, Heather Townsend, The Author of ‘The Financial Times Guide To Business Networking’, shares her much sort after tips on how to generate referrals from your networking activities. Referrals. Why else do we spend far too much time having coffees with...