How To Effectively Network

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This forum is for local networking. Well no matter where you are based some things are true.

We all network, but we don't all do it effectively. In fact, most of us are really bad at it. That's very odd, as almost all of us are out there schmoozing and connecting with people.

I have become better at networking over the years. What I'm truly surprised by are all the commonsense elements of networking that are completely lost on people. Here are 10 things that most people should be doing—or doing better.

1. Press the flesh.

The core to networking is meeting people face to face. Except for rare occasions, such as long-distance online romances, all the friends and business colleagues that we trust we've met in person. If you think you can be an effective networker solely by engaging in social media, you're sorely wrong. You have to get out and press the flesh.

See 2-10 on my blog here on Bigger Pockets at:

10 Keys to Effective Networking

Happy Investing!