Networking Quotes

Avoid the use of abusive words in communications that may switch off the attention of your mentor and your customers away.

~ Israelmore Ayivor

Develop accommodating values and habits. People are scared away from you when you have a value system and habitual actions that accommodate them comfortably.

~ Israelmore Ayivor

Refuse to be isolated. Your accomplishments are patronized by people who would get interest in them. When you don’t get connected, how will you get to know those people?

~ Israelmore Ayivor

Connect with people who are going where you are going. Don’t hate people. The person you may need later may be likened to the bridge you have destroyed after crossing it. You’ll need that bridge when returning.

~ Israelmore Ayivor

Make no mistake: if you want to make it as an entrepreneur, you simply can’t do it on your own. This is a nonnegotiable!

~ Amber Hurdle

Golf is the great conductor of life's symphony. Not in my lifetime have I seen anything with more ability to change the course of futures. It has the ability to build lasting relationships in a few short hours, promote executives, fund projects, build teams, break down barriers, and create an environment of deal-making, stress relief, and wellness. It's the one place where we willingly shut off our phones, turn away from distraction and become one with nature and ourselves. -Thank you for being a part of our symphony, Network & Golf

~ Colleen Ferrary Bader

In MLM 10 people sign up and 11 leave.

~ Alin Sav

Be persistent, be persistent, they say. But please, do not mistake being a pest for being persistent.

~ Nike Thaddeus

Where Attention Goes, Energy Flows

~ Itzik Amiel

Networking is an investment in your business. It takes time and when done correctly can yield great results for years to come.

~ Diane Helbig

Forget six degrees of separation today it's six degrees of CONNECTION.

~ Morag Barrett

Competition is simply an unestablished paternship.

~ Tyler Wagner

The greatest irony is that people with Rolodexes are no longer LinkedIn. And if that pun doesn't make sense, don’t ask anyone in your Rolodex to explain it.

~ Ryan Lilly

Research has found that in most companies managers who get promoted rapidly spend most of their time networking and politicking, while their more effective colleagues spent their time building their units and developing their people.

~ Alan G. Robinson

Networking means the act of exchanging information with people who can help you professionally.

~ Michele Jennae

A COnNeCtworker is a networker that Considers Others’ Needs Continually.

~ Michele Jennae

At the base level, it is about making connections and building relationships, but if you take the letters from networker out of the word COnNeCtworker, you are left with 4 letters. C. O. N. C. Victor, we actually talked about this at Carina’s the other day with Sheila. C. O. N. C. stands for Considering Others’ Needs Continually.

~ Michele Jennae

A COnNeCtworker is a networker who is always taking into account the needs of others. Approaching people with a service attitude to bring them value and build a relationship. Then when that person is looking for a reliable service provider in a particular industry, they will pick the COnNeCtworker.

~ Michele Jennae

Understand that you can’t achieve your dreams if you don’t connect with people who guide you to improve on upon the skills you have.

~ Israelmore Ayivor

Create a link through which you can market your dream products. Create a blog or a website of your own depending on what you want to be recognized for. Share your experiences through these media.

~ Israelmore Ayivor

Deciding which relationships to pursue can be difficult. Especially if you’re trying to get hired by the Magic 8 Ball factory and that little triangle thing isn't floating right.

~ Ryan Lilly

What people say and feel about you when you've left a room is precisely your job while you are in it.

~ Rasheed Ogunlaru

Soylent Green is made out of people. So is your personal network… but let’s hope its non-toxic because you drink it every day.

~ Ryan Lilly

When you network you develop a list of resources that you can share with others. This increases your value to those prospects and clients you deal with.

~ Diane Helbig

Missional leaders understand the power of connecting relationally in their community through personal networking.

~ Gary Rohrmayer

A huge number of jobs that are filled are never advertised to the public, or if they are, they’re filled by people who have a connection to the employer.

~ Melanie Pinola

A personal brand is determined by what you have created, whom you have connected, and how you have made those people feel.

~ Ryan Lilly

A brand precedes, parallels, and leaves a path behind. What your brand will say, is saying, and has said matters more the deeper we go into the globalized, digitized, connection economy.

~ Ryan Lilly

The Beetle’s body, whether it be a ’49 split or a ’73 Jeans Bug, or an ‘03 Mexican, was originally conceived in the mid 1930’s. This is evident in it’s body styling which aside from it’s rear engine layout and absence of front radiator (or radiator!) grille, is very similar to other cars of the same period. Believe it or not, in those days streamlining was a hot new concept, kind of like how wireless networking is today with computing.The only problem was, in the beginning they didn’t seem to realize that streamlining ought to be applied sideways as well as longitudinally!

~ Christina Engela

The leader goes also to the less traditional networking meetings. The manager participates in networking events organized and promoted.

~ Elena D. Calin

It’s great to spend time at a networking event with someone you know and like. But that’s not what you’re there for. Your goal is to expand your network by meeting new people.

~ Beth Ramsay

The most honorable part of a network are the hubs, not the nodes that lead to nowhere.

~ Ryan Lilly

You have to dig a well before you can draw water from it.

~ Richie Norton

Presenting “Mix, Mingle & Glow” in a social context is a lovely way to describe how you can make a great first impression by taking the initiative to help other people shine. Think of the times when you have attended an event where there were a lot of people.

~ Susan C. Young

ASK YOURSELF: Do you remember a gracious hostess, an engaging guest, or someone who worked the room like a honey bee in a flower garden? They would glide from one person to the next, spreading good will and cheer, being the glue that brought everyone together with ease.

~ Susan C. Young

Hostess with the Mostest“Think of a time when you have had a party in your home or had friends over for dinner. Didn’t you want to make sure they were nurtured, cared for, and well-taken care of? Didn’t you want your guests to interact with each other and enjoy the experience so they would remember it fondly?

~ Susan C. Young

In his book, Networking is a Contact Sport, Joe Sweeney advises that when you attend networking events, act as if it is your party and you are the host or hostess. By doing this, you will help others be at ease and demonstrate a heart of service and generosity.

~ Susan C. Young

Inversely, when you are in a small group of people or friends and you don’t make the effort to speak to everyone, it may be considered as rude. Rather than run the risk of people feeling neglected or dismissed, make the effort to Mix, Mingle, and Glow . . .

~ Susan C. Young

Mix• Be situationally aware and pay attention to the people in the room. • Introduce guests or help strike up a conversation. • Be the one who takes the initiative and makes and effort to “work the room.”• Make eye contact and acknowledge others with a smile and friendly gestures.• Greet people as they arrive, even if it is not your expected role.• Spot the people who may be first timers or guests and help them feel more welcomed and embraced.

~ Susan C. Young

Mingle• Be the connector—introduce people to each other who may not otherwise connect.• Be a conversation fire starter; point out what people have in common as you are introducing them.• Seek out the folks who may appear to be shy, or awkward, or wallflowers. Find ways to build trust and comfort. Engage them with a kind word to pull them out of their shell.• Arrive early and stay late; connect with people before and after your event.• Stretch beyond your comfort zone to speak with, sit with, and start conversations with people whom you do not know.• Offer to refill someone’s drink or clear their plate.• Encourage introductions: “There is someone whom I would love for you to meet . . .

~ Susan C. Young