~ The way of the world is meeting people through other people. ~
~ It's not what you know but who you know that makes the difference. ~
~ It isn't just what you know, and it isn't just who you know. It's actually who you know, who knows you, and what you do for a living. ~
~ More business decisions occur over lunch and dinner than at any other time, yet no MBA courses are given on the subject. ~
~ Informal conversation is probably the oldest mechanism by which opinions on products and brands are developed, expressed, and spread. ~
~ It's all about people. It's about networking and being nice to people and not burning any bridges. ~
~ Position yourself as a center of influence - the one who knows the movers and shakers. People will respond to that, and you'll soon become what you project. ~
~ The successful networkers I know, the ones receiving tons of referrals and feeling truly happy about themselves, continually put the other person's needs ahead of their own. ~
~ In the earliest days, this was a project I worked on with great passion because I wanted to solve the Defense Department's problem: it did not want proprietary networking and it didn't want to be confined to a single network technology. ~
~ Social networking sites like Myspace, Friendster, and Facebook have literally exploded in popularity in just a few short years. ~