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The 5 biggest networking mistakes

By Vince Thompson | Oct 1, 2009 |

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.

 
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    patty1wahm

    10/01/09 | Report as spam

    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.

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    T Mike

    10/01/09 | Report as spam

    Great Info

    it plays ok here:
    http://www.bnet.com/2422-13722_23-
    342232.html

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    Ernest_CT

    10/01/09 | Report as spam

    Video does not play

    Video does not play and the link given by T Mike does not work either.

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    TrainingGuy

    10/01/09 | Report as spam

    RE: The 5 biggest networking mistakes

    The video is found at the link

    http://www.bnet.com/2422-13722_23-342232.html

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    andrew.nusca

    10/01/09 | Report as spam

    Video in post is now fixed.

    Sorry for the temporary outage, folks -- the video is now fixed.

    Thanks for your patience.

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