Dec
30
Business Networking is alot like great French bread the formulation for hosting a successful networking event are simple yet the way you combine them make the difference between a delicious treat and saw dust.
First Ingredient: Start with a great big amount of advertising. Publish your networking event in every listing service possible and especially every place that your ideal attendees are likely to look for networking events. Attracting a Who’s Who guest list of attendees mandates creativity, especially in New York City! Award Winning NYC networking events begin and end with the right promotion. Promote your networking events wherever and whenever your clients go to plan their time and that usually invloves an internet networking calendar like Networking Event Finder’s Manhattan Networking Guide.
Second Ingredient: Make sure that everyone knows the exact nature of your networking group. If you’re a Chamber of Commerce, Referral Club, Women’s Networking Group, Open Networking Group, Business Association, Special Interest Group or Business Opportunity Meeting make sure that you promote the precise type of networking event you own. Nothing upsets networking event attendees more that spending both time and money to attend a networking groups in NYC only to discover that the group is not what they desired it to be. Upset customer complain to at least 10 people! The cost of upset attendees is your networking groups success.
Third Ingredient: Have an appropriate venue for your networking group and networking event. You would be surprised how much business is lost because of inappropriate NYC networking venues. The right mix of price, service, ambiance and location will reward you well. Using a networking venue that is too large, too small, too noisy or has an awkward structure annoys attendees and they forget the purpose for the networking event in the first place.
In a New York City where both time and money are in short supply, the need for effective networking events has never been greater. By properly combining the right networking event promotion, the right networking group description and the right networking venue you will develop a wonderful experience for your networking event attendees and happy networking event attendees only tell one or two people about their experience, but they usually invite them along the next time.
