Follow this blog:
RSS

The 5 biggest networking mistakes

By | October 1, 2009, 3:00 AM PDT

Kim McGuinness is the Managing Director of Network Central in Australia as well as one of Australia’s leading experts on the subject of networking. In this video report from BNET Australia, Robert Gerrish talks with Kim about the big five mistakes.

Mistake Number One?

Jumping right into the business conversation and not getting to know the person first. Giving your elevator pitch too early can be a costly mistake.

Think you know the other ones?

Write them down, then watch this video. If you come up with something else or a fun story, please let us know.

Start your week smarter with our weekly e-mail newsletter. It's your cheat sheet for good ideas. Get it.

Vince Thompson

About Vince Thompson

Vince Thompson was a contributing editor for SmartPlanet from 2009 to 2010.

Vince Thompson

Vince Thompson

Contributing Editor, People

Vince Thompson is a digital revenue consultant, author, speaker and host of the popular BNET show Dog and Pony. His firm Middleshift LLC helps Internet companies build revenue by creating advertising solutions and scaling sales efforts. He is based in Los Angeles.

Follow him on Twitter.

Vince Thompson

Vince Thompson

Vince Thompson is the managing partner of Middleshift LLC, a digital revenue consultancy specializing in helping media companies sell online advertising.

Within the scope of his consultancy Vince works with a number or startups as well as major media companies and in many cases holds stock in those companies as well.

Vince is also the founder of Media2Watch LLC, parent company of Girl2Watch.com, a consumer content company that profiles up and coming actors and the shows they are going to be in and them connects them with audiences.

If at the time he writes an article or post he has a business relationship or investment related to the company or person featured, Vince will disclose his involvement. He writes for SmartPlanet and is not an employee of CBS.

If you liked this, don't miss...
5
Comments

Join the conversation!

Follow via:
RSS
+1 Vote
+ -
RE: The 5 biggest networking mistakes
I am really interested in avoiding mistakes. One thing, this video is not playing. When you press play, it immediately ends.
Posted by patty1wahm
1st Oct 2009
+1 Vote
+ -
Great Info
it plays ok here:
http://www.bnet.com/2422-13722_23-
342232.html
Posted by T Mike
1st Oct 2009
+1 Vote
+ -
Video does not play
Video does not play and the link given by T Mike does not work either.
Posted by Ernest_CT
1st Oct 2009
+1 Vote
+ -
RE: The 5 biggest networking mistakes
The video is found at the link

http://www.bnet.com/2422-13722_23-342232.html
Posted by TrainingGuy
1st Oct 2009
+1 Vote
+ -
Video in post is now fixed.
Sorry for the temporary outage, folks -- the video is now fixed.

Thanks for your patience.
Posted by andrew.nusca
1st Oct 2009
Join the conversation
Formatting +
BB Codes - Note: HTML is not supported in forums
  • [b] Bold [/b]
  • [i] Italic [/i]
  • [u] Underline [/u]
  • [s] Strikethrough [/s]
  • [q] "Quote" [/q]
  • [ol][*] 1. Ordered List [/ol]
  • [ul][*] · Unordered List [/ul]
  • [pre] Preformat [/pre]
  • [quote] "Blockquote" [/quote]

Join the SmartPlanet community and join the conversation! Signing up is fast and free. Don't wait -- we want to hear your opinion!