As a boutique consultancy. People are our business.
\nSo the sudden cessation of face-to-face physical meetings and networking events have had an impact on our new client pipeline.
\nThat being said, we live in a new age of fast broadband, and widely accessible technology. The networking community has inevitably looked to adapt to the prospect of indefinite \u2018social distancing measures\u2019 with \u2018Zoom\u2019 and \u2018Google Meet\u2019 conference calls.<\/p>\n
Our thoughts so far<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n While it is true that nothing beats having a coffee or a beer to build meaningful business connections, there are a number of benefits to the emergence of online networking.<\/p>\n \u2022 Meeting people from across the world.<\/strong> \u2022 Seeing people in their most human form \u2013 At home.<\/strong> \u2022 The overall time-saving – No travel costs. \u2022 Hearing from everyone in the \u2018room\u2019.\u00a0<\/strong> And the frustrations\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022 People dial in from anywhere\u2026. <\/strong> \u2022 The horrible echo and the constant playing around with microphones.<\/strong> \u2022 Pets distracting the call.<\/strong> Jokes aside. If you haven\u2019t tried online networking there are many London based groups to choose from. To name a few; Business Buzz, City Business Networking, 4N, and BNI are all good starting places. As a boutique consultancy. People are our business. So the sudden cessation of face-to-face physical meetings and networking events have had an impact on our new client pipeline. That being said, we live in a new age of fast broadband, and widely accessible technology. The networking community has inevitably looked to adapt to the prospect […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":73134,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[1],"tags":[62,70,69,46],"yoast_head":"\n
\nSomething that cannot feasibly happen in the physical world-for obvious reasons.<\/p>\n
\nThere is a real warmth about the online conference calls we have experienced. So what if a random screaming child walks in\u2026 we are seeing people for who they truly are. Pretentiousness stripped back.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Many networking events online are free or at minimal cost to join. Definitely time to take advantage and promote your business while minimising lost desk-time.<\/p>\n
\nSomething that very often doesn\u2019t happen in physical networking events. Whether that is because of somebody\u2019s closed body language, or because you innocently asked an open question to a real talker\u2026 we have all been there! With online networking, everyone in the room will typically pitch their services in around a minute. You can then add everyone to your network thereafter and follow up with those of whom you might have some synergy!<\/p>\n
\nThey could be in a field or driving while everyone stares at the image of a rather funny camera angle of their chin. Eyes on the road Janet!<\/em>
\nIt\u2019s inevitable that when people do not appear to be at their desks it will undermine the meeting somewhat.<\/p>\n
\nTime-wasting can be very tedious when on these calls. You may find yourself drifting back to your emails while the meeting warms up.<\/p>\n
\nThere is very little that can stop a cat that has made up its mind!<\/p>\n
\nFind a community that works for your business and let\u2019s embrace the new normal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"