How to Turn LinkedIn Connections Into Loyal Long-Term Business Relationships Featuring Janice Porter

Janice began her career as a teacher, was a corporate trainer for many years, and have now found her niche in coaching business owners to network at a world-class level. For the past several years, she has owned her own business. She is committed to showing others how to grow their businesses and training them to build and sustain solid relationships with past, present, and future customers to lead to more sales and more referrals.

In today's episode of Smashing the Plateau, you will learn how to build authentic business relationships through sustainable daily habits and strategic LinkedIn networking.

Janice and I discuss:

1. The power of long-term relationships in business [02:54]
2. How to overcome overwhelm when balancing client work and business development [04:04]
3. The importance of finding your rhythm with relationship building [06:17]
4. Creating sustainable habits for LinkedIn engagement [06:46]
5. Using greeting cards and gifts to nurture relationships [07:09]
6. Daily practices that transform networking results [08:21]
7. How to evaluate and accept LinkedIn connection requests [10:17]
8. Strategies for meaningful LinkedIn outreach [14:44]
9. Starting conversations without jumping to the sales pitch [16:29]
10. Using creative conversation starters to build rapport [17:04]
11. Why loyalty is at the heart of community and relationships [20:02]
12. How to be sincere and avoid the numbers game on LinkedIn [23:04]

Learn more about Janice at https://www.janiceporter.com and linkedin.com/in/janiceporter

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