Nonstop Networking: How to Improve Your Life, Luck, and Career (Capital Ideas for Business & Personal Development)

Does the word "networking" make you cringe? Maybe that is why many shy away from the very skill that can help them personally and professionally. In Nonstop Networking author and personal marketing consultant, Andrea Nierenberg, reveals unique and easy-to-use strategies for linking-up with people in order to achieve mutual personal and professional goals. Based on five simple steps, Andrea’s system is different from other networking techniques in that it focuses on comfortable and familiar techniques for building relationships and not on handing out business cards and asking for referrals. Readers will discover positive ways to network anywhere, any time and the secret of how to build relationships that will improve their life, luck, and career. Learn twelve techniques to use when approaching a room full of strangers, master eight sure-fire communications skills, discover the types of people you need in your network (and that may already be a part of your circle of contacts.) Are you shy or introverted? Learn networking techniques that capitalize on your natural abilities. Are you anxious about keeping track of all your contacts? Andrea presents an elegantly simple system for organizing and staying in touch with everyone in your network. Easy to read with many examples of personal success stories throughout, Nonstop Networking is a must have for recent graduates, job seekers, career changers, consultants, entrepreneurs, or anyone with a personal or professional goal to achieve.

Friends and associates alike praise ANDREA NIERENBERG as the "Queen of Networking." And for good reason. The independent personal marketing consultant and founder of The Nierenberg Group, actively maintains an ever-growing, worldwide network of 2,500 friends, clients, and associates keeping in touch with each at least once a year by note, phone, e-mail, or one-on-one meeting. Her understanding and mastery of personal marketing and networking techniques has made her one of the most sought-after experts in the field. Ms. Nierenberg works with leading businesses, such as AOL Time Warner, Citigroup, Coach, Estée Lauder, Georgia Pacific, Omnicom Group, Tiffany & Co., and Zenith Media. Along with workshops and seminars for her business clients, she teaches Self-Marketing: A to Z a course she developed at New York University. She is a featured speaker at global conferences and conventions and her expert networking advice has appeared in national and international media including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and Fortune Online