"Who you know decides how far you get; what you know decides how you long you stay there."
- 50 Cent
You always hear the saying, "It's not what you know, its who you know.". I think this is sooo true in life. Most people graduate college and can not find a job because they do not know anyone. If nobody knows who you are, how can you find a job or move forward in life. You have find people on the other side of the fence, if that is where you want to be. You must talk to someone who is where you want to be and find out how they got there. No need to recreate the wheel.
So, how do you meet someone who has made it to where you want to be? The best way for me to answer this question is to tell a story. Two years ago I met Denise, and in those two years she has changed my life forever. First of all she visited FLO Fitness one day and she lives all the way in San Francisco, I was in complete shock that a rep from a big company would come to my little shop. She made me feel like I was running a big time business. The moment we met, we clicked and I felt like I have known her my whole life. Over the span of a few months we became best friends. One day she invited me to join her in NYC to visit some gyms and talk to trainers. After visiting and few cool spots, we ended up going to Tortilla Flats in NY. She invited all these trainers she knew and one by one more and more trainers started to show up. It was the first time I had ever met so many trainers in one place. At the end of the day I went home with like 15 business cards from all these awesome people. From that day on our Networking Group was born. I also learned a life lesson, Its all about networking!
I can not stress enough the importance of networking, for anyone who wants to start a business or increase a current business. Networking with other people in my industry has made all the difference in the success of FLO Fitness. The more people you know the more people you learn from. The more knowledge you have the more you can give to your clients. It is a win, win. I honestly owe all my success to Denise and her teaching how to network.
Here are some rules to networking that I have come up with thru the years. They are in no particular order.
1) Never talk to 1 person for to long of a time. You must get around the room and meet everyone.
2) It is not Hook Up Central. Try and stay away from hooking up with everyone there. It will only make this weird later on (TRUST ME!)
3) Carry around business cards at all time. Nothing is worst then forgetting you business card and people may forget who you are.
4) Don't talk about yourself to much. There are a ton of ego maniacs out there. Find out about everyone else.
5) Ask questions and find out what people are really about. Talk shop but also find out about there passion and who they are as a person
6) Don't get to drunk! You may say or do something really dumb which will not get you invited to the next event
7) Don't name drop the whole time you speak to someone. Nothing is worst then a person who talks about all the famous people they worked with. Its ok to drop a name here and there. But when your whole conversation is about names, it gets boring.
8) Don't BS. If you say your going to call someone or you want to help them, you must do it. Nobody likes someone is going to BS them to death and never follow up
9) Integrity! Ask Denise about this word. She will school you on what it means and how to live with it.
10) Be yourself. No matter where you go, you are who you are.
I hope this post can help you. If you have any questions on networking events in NYC or in New Jersey, feel free to contact us at flofitness@gmail.com.
-FLO
- 50 Cent
You always hear the saying, "It's not what you know, its who you know.". I think this is sooo true in life. Most people graduate college and can not find a job because they do not know anyone. If nobody knows who you are, how can you find a job or move forward in life. You have find people on the other side of the fence, if that is where you want to be. You must talk to someone who is where you want to be and find out how they got there. No need to recreate the wheel.
So, how do you meet someone who has made it to where you want to be? The best way for me to answer this question is to tell a story. Two years ago I met Denise, and in those two years she has changed my life forever. First of all she visited FLO Fitness one day and she lives all the way in San Francisco, I was in complete shock that a rep from a big company would come to my little shop. She made me feel like I was running a big time business. The moment we met, we clicked and I felt like I have known her my whole life. Over the span of a few months we became best friends. One day she invited me to join her in NYC to visit some gyms and talk to trainers. After visiting and few cool spots, we ended up going to Tortilla Flats in NY. She invited all these trainers she knew and one by one more and more trainers started to show up. It was the first time I had ever met so many trainers in one place. At the end of the day I went home with like 15 business cards from all these awesome people. From that day on our Networking Group was born. I also learned a life lesson, Its all about networking!
I can not stress enough the importance of networking, for anyone who wants to start a business or increase a current business. Networking with other people in my industry has made all the difference in the success of FLO Fitness. The more people you know the more people you learn from. The more knowledge you have the more you can give to your clients. It is a win, win. I honestly owe all my success to Denise and her teaching how to network.
Here are some rules to networking that I have come up with thru the years. They are in no particular order.
1) Never talk to 1 person for to long of a time. You must get around the room and meet everyone.
2) It is not Hook Up Central. Try and stay away from hooking up with everyone there. It will only make this weird later on (TRUST ME!)
3) Carry around business cards at all time. Nothing is worst then forgetting you business card and people may forget who you are.
4) Don't talk about yourself to much. There are a ton of ego maniacs out there. Find out about everyone else.
5) Ask questions and find out what people are really about. Talk shop but also find out about there passion and who they are as a person
6) Don't get to drunk! You may say or do something really dumb which will not get you invited to the next event
7) Don't name drop the whole time you speak to someone. Nothing is worst then a person who talks about all the famous people they worked with. Its ok to drop a name here and there. But when your whole conversation is about names, it gets boring.
8) Don't BS. If you say your going to call someone or you want to help them, you must do it. Nobody likes someone is going to BS them to death and never follow up
9) Integrity! Ask Denise about this word. She will school you on what it means and how to live with it.
10) Be yourself. No matter where you go, you are who you are.
I hope this post can help you. If you have any questions on networking events in NYC or in New Jersey, feel free to contact us at flofitness@gmail.com.
-FLO
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