Originally written by Neil Davis on Growth Business
Many view networking mainly as a means of finding new customers and suppliers and, while this is certainly one advantage, it brings countless other benefits, from helping generate fresh ideas to gaining new perspectives on business challenges. Of course, you can only reap the rewards of networking if you know how to do it well,
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