Saturday 5 September 2009

Network, network

I am up to three clients now, and I have passed anthoer prospect to a colleague in an adjacent region. I am coming to see that this is also about creating networks.

I have the opportunity to have other people recommend me, or give me details of prospects in places where they are active that I would never know about.

This thread will take time to bear fruit, but it must happen.

Next is to socialise positively. There are so many social events here in France, it's not should I go, but which one should I go to? I sat down last Saturday night at a long wooden table under a marquee next to a French woman. We both had our food and exchanged greetings. She noted my accent and what I was eating. She asked me whether I did not care for mussels which were the main meal that night. I said that with the bread and aple tart dessert it was too much for me. She then said, you should meet my English friends, and turning to her right introduced us.

It doesn't get easier than this.

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