{"id":57,"date":"2009-03-16T23:55:00","date_gmt":"2009-03-16T23:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watt-media.com\/b\/?p=57"},"modified":"2016-09-12T17:06:56","modified_gmt":"2016-09-12T21:06:56","slug":"this-is-the-time-to-network","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wattmedia.com\/blog\/this-is-the-time-to-network\/","title":{"rendered":"This is the Time to Network!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Personal Networking should always be a part of your marketing plan, but now more than ever this is THE time to get out there and network! \u00a0Join your local chamber, or referral group such as <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">BNI. \u00a0<\/span>BNI is the largest referral and business networking organization in the world.<!--more--><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>What I like so much about this organization is its core philisosphy: <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Givers Gain. \u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">In other words, give genuinely, and eventually it will come back to help you. \u00a0BNI has an exclusivity rule, so only one person per profession is allowed. 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