5 Tips For Successful Business Networking:

1. Love people. The most successful salesmen all have one thing in common: they genuinely love people. This innate love for people will translate to customers loving you back. And customers ultimately do business with people they like. In the blockbuster movie Gladiator, Proximo told Maximus before battle: “I was not the best because I killed quickly. I was the best because the crowd loved me. Win the crowd and you will win your freedom.” This is as true in the business world as it is on the battlefield.

2. Help others, without asking anything in return. The situation goes something like this: John and Sue meet at a networking event. John sells insurance, Sue is an...