I used to spend 10–15 hours a week networking - yikes!
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Hi Reader, I used to spend 10–15 hours a week networking. Breakfast meetings. Ribbon cuttings. Chamber events. Coffee meetings. *** (for context, I used to be a Chamber Ambassador and while we we're volunteers, we we're required to attend about 70% of all the ribbon cutting as part of our volunteer commitment) I thought networking was the path to opportunity. But something strange kept happening. People would ask what I do… …and five minutes later they still didn’t really understand it. That’s when I realized something important. Networking wasn’t the problem. My pitch was. Most people introduce themselves by listing titles, tasks, or services. Which means people politely nod…and then forget you. So I built a simple framework I now call the 30-Second Bankable Pitch. It’s designed to trigger what I call the Lean-In Effect - the moment when someone leans in and says: “Wait… tell me more.” I just turned that framework into a mini-course. Stop Networking. Start Being Chosen. If your networking volume isn’t matching your results… networking isn’t the problem. Your pitch is. You can get the course here: Stop Networking. Start Being Chosen. To Becoming, KM
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