It’s who they know. Which means you don’t need a large network to build a successful practice. Just a well-connected one.
If you know just 10 people who are influential in your target market, they can lead you to a multitude of new clients and referral sources.
Lessons?
- Stop wasting time networking with the masses of people who aren’t influential in your market. Focus on the “precious few” who can send you a lot of business or introduce you to other influential people in your market.
- Identify people you want to know by name, and work out a plan to meet them.
- Start with people you already know. Go through your list(s) and identify 5 contacts who are influential in your target market and like and trust you. Spend more time with them. Find out who they know and ask them to introduce you.
- Next, draw up a list of 25 or 30 people you don’t know but would like to. They might be high quality prospective clients or other centers of influence who appear to know the kinds of people you would like to meet. Ask the people you know if they know any of these people and, if so, ask them to introduce you.
- Study the people you identify. What do they want or need? Who do they know? How can you get their attention? What can you do to help them and/or their clients or customers?
And then get to work meeting these new people.
You might have to go through quite a few people before you find the ones who are receptive to meeting you and eventually working with you.
But you only need a few.
This will help you do all of the above
