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Building relationships
Peter Simoons | Feb 14, 10 | 227 Views | Topics: Business
Greg Perrine wrote a great article over at the National Mortgage Professional titled "The art of building strategic business alliances in today’s challenging economy", worth the read. It describes how todays business demands relationship building now more than ever and shares tactics in doing so. For the professional who had relationship building in his portfolio already for a long time, really no news there, however it is good to refresh them so every now and them again.
Greg shares a list of tips how to be tactics to be prepared in your networking efforts. My three favorites out of his list are:
► Always be prepared! : Very recognizable indeed how often we meet people at unexpected places and appear to have something in common or are able to help each other.
► Face time is very important to maintaining a relationship. With all great tools and gadgets of today, nothing beats facetime!
► Honesty is the best policy.: Without doubt: honesty above all!
Read the full article at the National Mortgage Professional
3 Comments
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Bill Evans | Feb 15, 2010 09:28 AM
Interesting three favorites. I believe that being prepared also should include the "be respectful of others time and privacy". Too often I have been pushed into engaging in a conversation with a business aquaintance when clearly on I was preoccupied or on "my time". A simple greeting and lets talk later remark would have served the same purpose.
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I agree with you Bill, but being respectful to others time and privacy is among the foundations, that should be taken into account always regardless of the situation. Body language or other elements of communication expressed by the other side will make that clear quickly enough. From that perspective a clear signal to go for the question to talk later.
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Agreed, respect at all times is important. From my experience with dealing with several cultures and with varying age groups one can be fooled by body language and other non verbal communications.
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