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10 Networking Questions that Work Every Time

Posted on March 22, 2006 | 1 comment | Filed in Uncategorized 
 

Have trouble striking up a good conversation at networking events? People love to talk about themselves. And asking questions to get to know them better draws you closer. What if I told you there were 10 “magic” questions to could turn even the quietest person into a social butterfly – would you want to know?

Bob Burg offers these 10 Networking Questions:

1) How did you get started in your business?
2) What do you enjoy most about your profession?
3) What separates you and your company from the competition?
4) What advice would you give someone just starting out in your business?
5) What one thing would you do with your business in you knew you couldn’t fail?
6) What significant changes have you seen take place in your profession through the years?
7) What do you see as the coming trends in your business?
8) Describe the strangest or funniest incident you’ve experienced in your business?
9) What ways have you found to be the most effective for promoting your business?
10) What one sentence would you like people to use in describing the way you do business?

These cleverly insightful questions help you see to the heart of this person’s needs so you can offer whatever resources and information you have that might be helpful to them.

So next time you are at a loss for words, start from a place of curiosity and ask away. Do you have any favorite networking questions? Share your networking tips here!

P.S. Are you wondering why I have been sharing so many tips on networking lately? I have recently been appointed Director of Education for my local BNI chapter. So it’s my job now to learn about and teach networking tips. So I’ll keep sharing the good stuff with you here!

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One Response to “10 Networking Questions that Work Every Time”

  1. Jadzia on April 6th, 2006 3:32 am

    If you ask those questions, can you answer them? I will sit down and try to answer them. Should be interesting!

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