Masters of Networking: Building Relationships for Your Pocketbook and Soul (Paperback)

by Ivan Misner (Author) "HUMANKIND SPENDS MORE OF ITS TIME AND ENERGY ON COMMUNICATION THAN ANY other species..." (more)
Key Phrases: master networker, fellow networkers, networking partners, Bill Gates, New York, United States (more...)

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Product Description
Masters of Networking know that givers gain, that creating, maintaining, and serving a wide network leads to great business and personal rewards. Generating leads and referrals, building healthy relationships, and delivering value over the long term are at the heart of networking and are critical for anyone. Packed with valuable insights and personal examples from many of today's top networkers, this exciting book shows:

Why networking is the most effective marketing tool today.

The characteristics of the most successful networkers.

How the world's best networkers leverage and maintain their networks.

How you can build a successful networking lifestyle through effective communication, long-term partnerships, and word-of-mouth marketing.

From the Inside Flap
Did you ever wonder why some people are more successful than you? Why they always seem to get better deals, more sales, bigger promotions, or just live a better life? This is especially frustrating if you feel you are better qualified, have more skills, or offer a better product. Often you may be tempted to explain away their success as simple luck or the result of being in the right place at the right time.

Scratch the surface and you will discover that most of these highly accomplished people are just ordinary folks -people like you and me - who happen to possess highly refined networking skills.

Successful people do not achieve their success on their own instead, they surround themselves with a well-developed, sophisticated support network. Find out what they do. How they do it. And how you can be a Master of Networking.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 200 pages
• Publisher: Bard Press (October 25, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1885167482
• ISBN-13: 978-1885167484
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (33 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #21,251 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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71 of 80 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars This book is overrated, March 24, 2002

By	"wernie" (New York, NY) - See all my reviews

Preamble: The book is overrated. Granted that the rating should actually be better than the 1 star I am giving it, but I have never read a book rated 5 stars that is as bad as this book. Consequently, the purpose of this rating is to reduce the overall score.

Gripes with the book
- Its more about why one should network, rather than specific methods of how to network
- The book alludes to all these famous personalities but one somehow gets the feel that quite a few passages are deliberately inserted not for their relevance but so the individual's name can be inserted on the front cover.
- The marketing of this book is overzealous

36 of 39 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars More like 2.5 Stars, February 17, 2004

By	L. Garcia (Denver, CO USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I was a little surprised that most of the chapters were about how successful networking has been for people. I already agreed that networking would be helpful, so why try to convince me? The essays were helpful to illustrate some points, but the book could have been more concise. After a while the essays became annoying as you could have substituted any name and any profession. And, if there was one more reference to BNI, I would have...

I was about to give up on this book until I got to Chapter 9. There were some very helpful tips that pointed out what I was doing wrong and where I needed to improve. But as with anything, networking takes practice. I would check this out from the library before buying.

24 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Where's the beef?, December 31, 2002

By	"thegreatgonzo" (Croton, NY United States) - See all my reviews

Masters of Networking offers some warm and inspirational stories, but fails to serve up meatier content. I found many stories about the greatness of networking, but few articles that offered effective strategies.

I also didn't like the books tendency to be repetitive to a fault. For example a lot of the articles tell you not to be a "bore." This is an important fact, but I am smart enough to get it the first twenty times.

I enjoyed this book, but it didn't help me much....although it did allow me to write a review with a lot of buts.