The market has gotten tighter, people or spending less, finding work is harder to do. So what is a contractor (or any other small business) suppose to do. There are some things that all contractors should be working on right now, weather they are busy or not. If they are done consistently you will be getting more calls and giving more estimates very soon.
Profile: Your profile should be able to reflect the kind of person you are. Hence, go ahead and fill in as many details as possible to complete the profile. Your friends would want to know how you look, so upload a professional picture.
Many networking groups will allow you to try before you buy, and others will offer a pay per session charge. So ask around the people you know in business already – where do they go? What do they do? Or check out the trade journals or search on the internet to find groups in your area. And before making a huge investment, make sure that it is the right networking group for you and that it will give you the right returns.
Technique: Before you go on an appointment with a client, visit their LinkedIn profile. One of their connections could be a good candidate for your product or service. When you visit your client, ask them if they could help you by way of providing an introduction to the individual as they know them.
Can they get professional grade packages set up in your home? You may be at the point where personal satellite internet packages are no longer going to fit the bill for you. In this case, you’ll need some type of service that could be called professional grade. Ask about the software defined networking on the table, so you can have multiple computers going at the same time without having your bandwidth entirely sapped by one machine.
1) Get clear on what you’re looking for. What kind of job or opportunity do you want? Keep it short and sweet so you can communicate it easily. Practice that as your “elevator speech” for meeting new potential employers or future colleagues.
If there’s a long article online, there had better be bullet points to identify whether or not it’s relevant to what I’m looking for. And if it’s a book, it had better have subheadlines so that I can identify the chapter to read. The bottom line is that we’re lazy. But that’s actually good news for video marketing. If people would rather see a video, it’s your job to give it to them. But you have to use your network marketing skills, along with a few social job networking events near me, to really make your videos hit home for your prospects.
Learn everything you can. Read books, join associations, go to education events and trade shows. Read newsletters. Visit industry web sites and chat rooms. Learn the language and jargon of the industry you want to enter. Stay up to date with the newest trends and technologies. Become an expert.
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