New Business Networking - How to Effectively Grow Your Business Network Using Online and Offline Methods

Supercharge the way you build business relationships online and off!

Business success is all about connections, relationships, and networks! In New Business Networking, Dave Delaney shows how to combine proven offline business networking techniques with the newest social media and make them both far more effective. Drawing on nearly 20 years of experience building great online and offline communities, Delaney offers easy step-by-step directions, plus examples from some of the worldโ€™s top relationship builders. Youโ€™ll discover little-known tips for reaching out more efficiently and more personally, great ways to meet your Twitter connections in real life, new ways to build your network before you need it, and make the most of it when you need it!

  • Identify, research, and actually reach your best potential connections

  • Create a personal landing page that builds relationships

  • Grow a thriving LinkedIn network you can count on for years to come

  • Use third-party services to supercharge the value of your Twitter feed

  • Encourage people to engage more deeply with you on Facebook

  • Use fast-growing new networking tools

  • Organize in-person events that work and find sponsors to pay for them

  • Listen and converse better, and remember more of what you hear

  • Avoid oversharing and other social media faux pas

  • Transform your business card into a powerful agent on your behalf

  • Nurture and deepen the relationships youโ€™ve worked so hard to create

What I took away from this book was not just tips on networking, but making purposeful networking part of your overall strategy. I know business is about relationships, but I also know that I can do better. Now Iโ€™ve got a detailed plan on how to do that.
— John Morgan, Best-Selling Author and Business Coach.
I love that there are anecdotal stories but also lots of actionable advice and ideas.
— Chris Brogan, New York Times Best-Selling Author and Keynote Speaker.
When I think of Networking, I think Dave Delaney. Why? He knows it and lives it.
— Erik Fisher, Community Manager at Social Media Examiner and author.