Business Networking is alot like great French bread the formula for hosting a successful networking event are simple yet the way we combine them make the difference between a appetizing treat and saw dust.

First Ingredient: Begin with a great big amount of advertising. Publish your networking event in every place possible and don’t forget every place that your niche attendees are likely to look for networking events. Cultivating a Who’s Who guest list of attendees mandates creativity, especially in Long Island! Excellent Long Island networking events begin and end with creative leverage. Promote your networking events wherever and whenever your attendees go to plan their networking and that usually invloves an online networking calendar like  Networking Event Finder’s Long Island Networking Guide.

Second Ingredient: Make sure that your niche knows the exact nature of your networking group. If you’re a Chamber of Commerce, Referral Club, Women’s Networking Group, Open Networking Group, Business Association, Special Interest Group or Business Opportunity Meeting make sure that you share the precise type of networking event you run. Nothing upsets networking event attendees more that spending both time and money to attend a networking Long Island Irganizations only to learn that the host is not what they needed it to be. Annoyed customer complain to at least 10 people! The cost of upset attendees is your networking groups success.

Third Ingredient: Find an appropriate venue for your networking group and networking event. You would be surprised how much business is lost because of bad Long Island networking venues. The right mix of price, service, ambiance and location will serve you well. Hosting a networking venue that is too large, too small, too noisy or has an awkward structure distracts attendees and they forget the purpose for the networking event in the first place.

In a Los Angeles where both time and money are in short supply, the need for effective networking events has never been greater. By properly combining the right networking event advertising, the right networking group description and the right networking venue you will create a wonderful experience for your networking event attendees and happy networking event attendees only tell one or two people about their experience, but they usually invite them along the next time.