How do you network? At the event what methods do you use to interact with people?

How do you network? I mean say you are at a mixer or business function. Do you just approach the individual and say I'm so and so and this is what I do?



Also what are the typical places people go to network?How do you network? At the event what methods do you use to interact with people?
Attend area chamber of comerce events, lectures, etc. Always have business cards. People just chat chat. Extend a handshake introduce yourself. Ask them what they do first, be patient, listen to them, ask them questions, be interested in their business and life, find out if they have a family, Anyone you allow to talk about themselves will gain you a open door and a friend, they will be polite and eventually ask you what you do, then keep it short, Already have a 2-3 sentence response decription, then follow that short explaination with, ';Here lets exchange cards and keep in touch';. Now you successfully networked, you have a business associate freind, you can call anytime and they will remember you, example, Hey this is Tony I met you at such and such lecture, ';Oh Yeah, Hows It Going?'; ';Great, hows the kids?'; ';Good'; ';Hey I need to be brief but have you put any thought into who could use some financial services?(if that is what you do) or ';Hey I been thinking of getting into your industry would you have any contacts I could work with?)



See how the flow works?

This networking can be done anywhere there is people, you just got to be asertive.



Good luck, it is really fun once you get used to it.