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Network Like A Fox: A Targeted Approach To Building Successful Business Relationships In Person And Online
If you are a business owner, professional, sales person, or job seeker who is tired, frustrated, and fatter from all those networking lunches but still hungry for more clients and opportunities, you can stop spinning your wheels. Finally, a book on business networking that offers a targeted way to network with just the right people and generate high quality leads, clients, and even your dream job. Network Like A A Targeted Approach To Building Successful Business Relationships In Person and Online The only book of its kind, providing a bull's eye approach to finding, meeting and building relationships with exactly the right business connections for you. Includes 20 case study examples of networking success icons Mike Michalowicz, best-selling author of The Toilet Paper Entrepreneur, Mary Buffett, world-renowned investment speaker, best-selling author of "Buffettology", Larry Bodine, Editor-In-Chief, Lawyers.com
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February 25, 2017
This is easily the worst business book I have ever read.
On a certain level, I understand that the market is saturated with how-to books. Most of these are cheap publicity vehicles for bloggers, being little more than a compendium of their most popular blog posts with a smattering of original content.
In addition to being marked by gimmicky names and poor editing, such books typically rehash the same advice over and over again: Start off with a brief bio, a bit of self-help mumbo-jumbo, the blog posts, and then random mush they stuff in at the end to beef up the page count.
"Network Like A Fox" meets this description almost to a T. The author is irritatingly cutesy and self-important. The book reads like it was written by Leslie Knope, only less funny. Add that to the horrendous editing and the widespread proliferation of spelling mistakes and formatting errors, and you've got a complete mess of a book.
The networking advice itself sounds decent enough, but Fox's sloppy presentation hopelessly drowns out any meaningful content she might hope to convey. I'm beginning to wonder if she really is a reliable authority on networking if she can't even throw together a decent book. Being a businesswoman herself, she should know that nothing matters if her product sucks.
But her advice departs from being merely mediocre and plunges into downright tasteless in Chapter 16. This chapter, devoted to working with a spouse in business, probably belongs to the category of "random mush they stuff in at the end to beef up the page count."
This chapter is filled with horrible relationship advice. Fox readily admits that she and her husband divorced due to the stresses of his job as financial adviser. This is followed by the implicit suggestion that the solution to every difference in a relationship where both spouses are involved in careers is to have a divorce.
She details no less than three scenarios ending in this manner as positive examples. God help anyone who's married with kids, reads this awful book and absorbs its awful advice.
My distaste for Fox's wretched, pitiful understanding of whether to prioritize making money or having a healthy marriage aside, I did not find her networking advice to be particularly helpful. Granted, she has some useful things to say, but otherwise "Network Like A Fox" is a very mediocre book. I certainly wouldn't refer anyone to it.
On a certain level, I understand that the market is saturated with how-to books. Most of these are cheap publicity vehicles for bloggers, being little more than a compendium of their most popular blog posts with a smattering of original content.
In addition to being marked by gimmicky names and poor editing, such books typically rehash the same advice over and over again: Start off with a brief bio, a bit of self-help mumbo-jumbo, the blog posts, and then random mush they stuff in at the end to beef up the page count.
"Network Like A Fox" meets this description almost to a T. The author is irritatingly cutesy and self-important. The book reads like it was written by Leslie Knope, only less funny. Add that to the horrendous editing and the widespread proliferation of spelling mistakes and formatting errors, and you've got a complete mess of a book.
The networking advice itself sounds decent enough, but Fox's sloppy presentation hopelessly drowns out any meaningful content she might hope to convey. I'm beginning to wonder if she really is a reliable authority on networking if she can't even throw together a decent book. Being a businesswoman herself, she should know that nothing matters if her product sucks.
But her advice departs from being merely mediocre and plunges into downright tasteless in Chapter 16. This chapter, devoted to working with a spouse in business, probably belongs to the category of "random mush they stuff in at the end to beef up the page count."
This chapter is filled with horrible relationship advice. Fox readily admits that she and her husband divorced due to the stresses of his job as financial adviser. This is followed by the implicit suggestion that the solution to every difference in a relationship where both spouses are involved in careers is to have a divorce.
She details no less than three scenarios ending in this manner as positive examples. God help anyone who's married with kids, reads this awful book and absorbs its awful advice.
My distaste for Fox's wretched, pitiful understanding of whether to prioritize making money or having a healthy marriage aside, I did not find her networking advice to be particularly helpful. Granted, she has some useful things to say, but otherwise "Network Like A Fox" is a very mediocre book. I certainly wouldn't refer anyone to it.
March 21, 2024
I enjoyed this book, though it overlapped with Julie Brown's "This Sh*t Works." So, I learned fewer new things, so a 3/5 impact on me.
One valuable insight was understanding the difference between networking with peers and networking upwards. I am comfortable connecting or staying in touch with peers. But, I've been hesitant to contact C-level or VP-level connections. Yet, this 'networking up' could help me land my next consulting client or learn more about the industry.
The author shares how even VPs and C-levels feel anxious at conferences because they are unsure whom to talk to. This insight made me less fearful of approaching them. I liked the "three-second rule": if you're nervous about talking to someone, think about it for three seconds, then talk to them anyway.
Earlier, I prepared for any event by researching some of the attendees. If I happened to meet them, I had a conversation starter. The book emphasizes the importance of planning whom you want to talk to at an event—a conference or meetup. Now, I'll also note their photo and name. I will search for them at the event instead of hoping for luck. The author mentions how to move to a new conversation: you can always end a (good or bad) conversation by mentioning you both are here to network, exchanging contact info, and suggesting reconnecting after the event on a call.
Another helpful tip was volunteering at conferences if you can't afford the fees. Helping out gives you a way to connect with people since organizers often need extra hands.
The author's advice for those running a conference booth was new to me, but I won't need that info anytime soon.
She stressed the importance of asking two people before connecting them. Aim to connect people to help them. Know the specific niches you want to be connected to, rather than connecting with anyone who... or any company which...
One valuable insight was understanding the difference between networking with peers and networking upwards. I am comfortable connecting or staying in touch with peers. But, I've been hesitant to contact C-level or VP-level connections. Yet, this 'networking up' could help me land my next consulting client or learn more about the industry.
The author shares how even VPs and C-levels feel anxious at conferences because they are unsure whom to talk to. This insight made me less fearful of approaching them. I liked the "three-second rule": if you're nervous about talking to someone, think about it for three seconds, then talk to them anyway.
Earlier, I prepared for any event by researching some of the attendees. If I happened to meet them, I had a conversation starter. The book emphasizes the importance of planning whom you want to talk to at an event—a conference or meetup. Now, I'll also note their photo and name. I will search for them at the event instead of hoping for luck. The author mentions how to move to a new conversation: you can always end a (good or bad) conversation by mentioning you both are here to network, exchanging contact info, and suggesting reconnecting after the event on a call.
Another helpful tip was volunteering at conferences if you can't afford the fees. Helping out gives you a way to connect with people since organizers often need extra hands.
The author's advice for those running a conference booth was new to me, but I won't need that info anytime soon.
She stressed the importance of asking two people before connecting them. Aim to connect people to help them. Know the specific niches you want to be connected to, rather than connecting with anyone who... or any company which...
October 5, 2021
Best Networking Book Ever!
Nancy Fox’s book will help the great, the good, and the not so good all become better at building and strengthening their network of quality relationships. The author provides the reader an education on usable strategies that succeed illustrated with examples from people she knows.
Nancy Fox’s book will help the great, the good, and the not so good all become better at building and strengthening their network of quality relationships. The author provides the reader an education on usable strategies that succeed illustrated with examples from people she knows.
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