Building long term relationships is the single most important business
activity. Forging long term affiliations
leads companies and individuals to becoming unstoppable market leaders. In the
current business environment healthy, mutual and growing partnerships are
needed now more than ever.
This opening paragraph sums up the goal of ‘Infusion’ – a business
networking organisation set to bridge the gap within the Australia and
Asian greater business world. Infusion
organises and promotes business owners and professionals from all cultural
backgrounds to meet and exchange valuable inside information, and build brands
that can withstand the growing competition that is transpiring across borders.
I am honoured that I have been invited to talk at Infusions November networking
events about the importance of cross cultural networking and the impacts that
networking has on growing your business, and growing yourself. Here are just some of the points I will be
raising about the importance and impact of networking at Infusions November
events.
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Networking allows you to not only promote your
products and services to others, it also allows you to educate people about the
unique aspects of your business in a friendly approach that can ignite
important long term relationships.
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It has long been the backbone and instigator of
fund raising and important business partnerships that most successful
entrepreneurs will tell you is one of the most important aspects of starting
any new business.
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Business networking allows you to tap into a
synergistic business mastermind group, where business ideas are shared and new
opportunities are discussed.
I was very fortunate when I started my first business as I had a wonderful
friend Dayo Sowunmi, Managing Director of The Anode Group, a successful
businessman and entrepreneur in his own right, that I could lean for advice,
support and guidance. Dayo taught me
many things and was fundamental in helping me find my feet in the early
days. But there were times when I had to
invent new ways of meeting the right people, and it was through business
networking and socialising that I can attribute the success born from these
relationships.
Unfortunately,
organisations like Infusion were harder to find when I was starting out and I
would have certainly leapt at an opportunity to join such a group of businesses
and individuals. Even if it was simply
for support, to be around people who understood what it was like to be so
passionate about your own business idea – because lets face it, we all have our
critics when it comes to stepping out of the square and trying something
different.
I invite you to come along on the at 6.30pm Wednesday 26th
November 2008 at The
Red Humming Bird at Lonsdale and Russell Street in Melbourne and join me and other successful
business people, entrepreneurs, financiers, government officials and great
thinkers for drinks and a chat in an informal and relaxed setting. Invitations to Infusion events will only be sent
to listed members. It’s free to become a
member with Infusion.
I also invite you to list your thoughts and experiences on how business
networking and fostering business relationships has impacted your business, and
the many ways it can be achieved.
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for event information & to reserve your tickets.
