Network Now! Building Business Connections & Creating Opportunities

Lee Foster of Revitalise - Connecting People and Louisa Stewart & Julie Taylor from Blue Ninja Business Support wrap up a week of conversation on the mindset of networking. 

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Lee Foster of Revitalise - Connecting People and Louisa Stewart & Julie Taylor from Blue Ninja Business Support chat with Bill Guertin. Bill is Chief Enthusiasm Officer of The 800-Pound Gorilla, Inc., a sales training and speaking company based in the suburbs of Chicago, IL. 

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Lee Foster of Revitalise - Connecting People and Louisa Stewart & Julie Taylor from Blue Ninja Business Support chat with Stefan Thomas - author (Business Networking for Dummies; and others), speaker and coaches people in networking and social media skills. 

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Lee Foster of Revitalise - Connecting People and Louisa Stewart & Julie Taylor from Blue Ninja Business Support chat with Derek Mair, a highly experienced Executive Consultant, Non-Exec Director, Investor, and Leadership Coach.

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Lee Foster of Revitalise - Connecting People and Louisa Stewart & Julie Taylor from Blue Ninja Business Support dive into what a networking mindset is and how you can build a strong mindset to be a truly successful networker. Check it out!

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In our final podcast for the week on 'Having an International Impact' Lee Foster of Revitalise - Connecting People and Louisa Stewart & Julie Taylor from Blue Ninja Business Support discuss the lessons and tips from Episode 12 with Kristine Tudhope, Episode 13 with Brent Edwards and Episode 14 with Robert Hercus as well as their own thoughts on networking internationally and the opportunities and challenges that presents.

If you've not listen the the podcasts for our week on how to find your network, we encourage you to listen to them here:

Lee Foster of Revitalise - Connecting People and Louisa Stewart & Julie Taylor from Blue Ninja Business Support chat with special guest Robert Hercus who has recently relocated to the UAE about his international networking journey, discussing his the challenges and opportunities of moving internationally and how to start networking in a new country.

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Lee Foster of Revitalise - Connecting People and Louisa Stewart & Julie Taylor from Blue Ninja Business Support chat with special guest Brent Edwards from Canada about his international networking journey, discussing his passion project in Canada to support immigrants and the challenges and opportunities he faced. 

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In today's podcast episode Lee Foster of Revitalise - Connecting People and Louisa Stewart & Julie Taylor from Blue Ninja Business Support chat with special guest Kristine Tudhope. Kristine is an accountant and entrepreneur based in South Africa. 

Join us as we chat with Kristine about she gives us some insights into her journey to networking internationally and some great tips on how to network well. 

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As technology has changed, it's opened up a new world of international networking in a way that was quite difficult to do before. Lee Foster of Revitalise - Connecting People and Louisa Stewart & Julie Taylor from Blue Ninja Business Support share their views of the opportunities of building international networks during this Network Now! podcast episode. Are you networking across borders? How do you broaden your network? Lee, Julie and Louisa offer some excellent tips on what to think about when networking internationally. Check it out! 

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In our final podcast for the week on 'How to find your network' Lee Foster of Revitalise - Connecting People and Louisa Stewart & Julie Taylor from Blue Ninja Business Support discuss the lessons and tips from Episode 7 with Amanda Johnson, Episode 8 with Silja Thor and Episode 9 with Ashley Owens as well as their own thoughts on running networks and the opportunities and challenges that presents. 

If you've not listen the the podcasts for our week on how to find your network, we encourage you to listen to them here:

In today's podcast episode Lee Foster of Revitalise - Connecting People and Louisa Stewart & Julie Taylor from Blue Ninja Business Support chat with special guest Ashley Owens. Ashley is a trainer, coach, speaker and subscribes to the philosophy of how to network with intent. 

Join us as we chat with Ashely about her journey to becoming a networking concierge and how she nurtures and builds legitimate relationships and has build a strong community of supporters.

Ashley Owens

In today's podcast episode Lee Foster of Revitalise - Connecting People and Louisa Stewart & Julie Taylor from Blue Ninja Business Support chat with special guest Sija Thor. Silja is an Icelandic serial entrepreneur and decided to become a business mentor when she became a mother and realised she needed a better work-life balance. She now helps other people to find a better balance between their career and personal life so they don’t feel the same way she did.

Join us as we chat with Silja about her thoughts though keeping networking fun, and establishing networks each time she started a new business venture.

Silja Thor

In today's podcast episode Lee Foster of Revitalise - Connecting People and Louisa Stewart & Julie Taylor from Blue Ninja Business Support chat with special guest Amanda Johnson. Amanda is an award-winning Virtual Assistant Coach, Trainer and Mentor, and International Speaker. She runs one of the UK and Europe's leading Virtual Assistant Training Companies, VACT Limited, as well as the UK VA Awards, UK VA Conference and the BeMyVA Directory - helping connect Business Owners with their Virtual Assistant.

Join us as we chat with Amanda about her journey though networking in the early days when she left her military career and started a company, and find out her top tips on networking!

Amanda Johnson

In this Network Now! podcast episode Lee Foster of Revitalise - Connecting People and Louisa Stewart & Julie Taylor from Blue Ninja Business Support discuss their own journeys to establishing their own networks Revitalise Business Club and Small Business Connections Leiden (based in The Netherlands). Lee loves a good anecdote and shares his farmer versus hunter story in relation to effective networking, and Louisa & Julie talk through the different types of networks and what to look out for. 

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In our last Network Now! podcast episode for International Networking Week (7-11 February 2022) Lee Foster from Revitalise - Connecting People and Louisa Stewart & Julie Taylor from Blue Ninja Business Support discuss following up when networking. They chat through the delicate dance of building those relationships, and knowing that it may take at least 5 touch points before you have built any connection that may lead. Many people give up after the first contacts, so it's important to continue to follow up if you believe there is a connection worth pursuing. They share some stories and thoughts around networking, including some excellent tools to help you to follow up well with your network.

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In today's Network Now! podcast episode Lee Foster from Revitalise - Connecting People and Louisa Stewart & Julie Taylor from Blue Ninja Business Support discuss consistency and why it's important. Following on from Episodes 1-3, this episode ties together well a lot of the talking points of how to be consistent. They share some stories and thoughts around networking, including some excellent tools to help you in being consistent in your networking.

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In today's Network Now! podcast episode Lee Foster from Revitalise - Connecting People and Louisa Stewart & Julie Taylor from Blue Ninja Business Support talk through practical examples of some issues when networking at a trade show, and the lessons learned along with some excellent suggestions from Lee of what to look for. They share thoughts around networking, including a great example to help you think about how to engage.

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In today's Network Now! podcast episode Lee Foster from Revitalise - Connecting People and Julie Taylor from Blue Ninja Business Support discuss how important being active in a network is. It's not just showing up, but having a plan of how you will network and with who. They share some stories and thoughts around networking, including a great example to help you think about networking.

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In our inaugural Network Now! podcast Lee Foster from Revitalise - Connecting People and Louisa Stewart & Julie Taylor from Blue Ninja Business Support discuss how to be visible when networking as part of International Networking Week. They share some stories and thoughts around networking and why it can be a valuable tool, particularly to B2B companies. 

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