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Sales Speak: 7 Reasons Networking Is Dead — Or Should Be

Networking is not the business development panacea many would make it out to be. In fact, I think networking can do more harm than good. To make my point, here are 7 ways "connecting" is better than "networking."

8 minute read February 01, 2021 at 03:49 AM
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Eric Dewey
Sales Speak: 7 Reasons Networking Is Dead — Or Should Be

I'm not a big fan of "networking" — that rite of passage for anyone with aspirations of career changes or new clients. It has its place, of course. But it's not the business development panacea many would make it out to be.

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