25 Quotes by Beth Ramsay

If you are uncomfortable meeting people on your own, the perfect way to do it is to volunteer to help greet those who arrive. This way, you have a purposeful task that is meeting people. Be sure to wear your name tag (on the right side of your body, please) and have business cards at the ready.

People will follow someone as a leader, who has vision and purpose; often that leader doesn’t wear a title.

In Writing: be attentive enough to detail to spell the person’s name correctly. My name is misspelled all the time; Ramsay with an AY, not an EY. It’s not much of a personal follow-up if the recipient feels insignificant.

All the time and effort put into networking can be all for naught if there is no follow-through. The same goes for sales. And leadership. And … well, everything.

For gosh sakes, it’s not a horse race as to how many business cards you can fling out there! What a turn-off.

Ask people you know if they can introduce you to someone you are specifically looking to meet.

Never make a sales pitch as the way you introduce yourself. What you CAN say is how you help people and businesses.