Little things are more important in business networking

May 18
09:16

2009

Muhammad Azeem Ashraf

Muhammad Azeem Ashraf

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Business networking is not about having a onetime meeting,Little things are more important in business networking Articles exchanging business cards and to leave then. Business networking is as critical as our personal family relations. It is all about building long term, enduring and strong relations with your referrals. Long term relationships demand long term planning and trustworthiness. Strength of any association depends greatly on the loyalty and commitment of the parties. You have got to be true in your words and promises. You need to be genuine and true. Do not mislead others as truth comes in front someday. So dont lie and dont make fake claims about your business and products. Every relationship is standing on the pillars of trust. If trust is shaken, so is the foundation of the relation.

The first thing which experts advise about networking is not to be pushy. Step forward gradually in relationships as quicker the relations rise to big heights quicker they fall. So give time to relations and build trust first of all. Even if you cannot do big things for each other, small action can generate big results. Little things are very important in our lives. A little smile that we can put on someones face may brighten his day. A greeting card on someones success may make him smile and happy for the whole day. So never try to get the fruits of networking in some days. It takes several years to build trust in relations, but just a moment to break it.

Experts in business networking visualize the networking process as a series of small steps and efforts. Small efforts can lead to big trustworthy relations in future. Big steps at the initial stage of business may be harmful in future. The expectations you might have from other person may not be fulfilled. The best approach and philosophy is to take time and develop strong relations over time. Help each other in simple but effective ways on the course of this journey. Little things can add big happiness to others life and hence strength to your relations. Throughout this journey, you form links and associations with others and help each other in little ways. But no doubt, little things have the potential to generate big outcomes over the long run.

If you analyze the success of big companies, you will come to know that it was not one day effort which brought the company to the heights of success. Neither is it the effort of a single person in the company who made it possible to take it to the peak. When you look back you will realize that no one can take huge success in just one step. It is always the collective and growing efforts of many people, many association and links and many cherished and fostered relationships that catapulted the businesses to the heights never thought. Each referral, each little step to help each other and each joint effort serves as a big support for the growing business and its success.