Today we are discussing networking, which is something that we've done a lot of over the years.

Can you remember the first-ever networking event that you went to? For Clare, it was a Chamber of Commerce networking event. “It was quite big if I remember rightly and I was absolutely scared to death, I can remember going into the room and seeing all these people and pretty much putting myself in a corner and standing with my back against the wall, hiding behind my business partner, who was about a foot shorter than me. It’s something I don't think I'll ever forget, but it's also often something that brings a smile to mind now, because if anybody that does know me, I'm quite a confident person. Walking into a room where I don't know anybody. ”

And for Becky, it was also a chamber meeting, probably about eight years ago now. “I didn't really have an understanding of what networking was. I didn't really have an understanding of what networking was.

I just understood. It was something that he kind of had to do in business to find more business. I walked into this room and everybody seemed to know what they were doing and everybody knew everybody else. So I thought, right, I'm, I'm gonna approach this. Like it's a friend's wedding. And I walked straight into the middle of the room. I found what I would describe as you know when you were at a wedding and there was a drunk aunt on the dance floor. Yeah. I found the business version of the drunk aunt and I was like, right, you are the person I am going to speak to.”

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Marmalade PodBy Marmalade PodJan 26, 2023