Socialization helps you a lot as a business man.

[Rockson1]

I understand what you mean cause people say "there's no friendship in business". It's true, but that statement centers around people who try to buy goods on credit in the name of being friends with the business owner, it's not advise cause constantly selling goods on credit to friends would the business. However the OP was referring to attacting, business partner, investors and shareholders to a business through socialising and it can't be achieved through being cruel.

First of I have to reply what you stated about no friendship in business, your expectations to that phrase is right, of course there is no friend in business, any business owner that does this, will not definitely not make it, people are good at taking advantage of fellow friends, and I think every business owner should have be use to this strategy.
As for socialization in terms of making yourself known for people, to know the kind of business or services you can render and perhaps eventually patronize you, partner with you, or invest on your idea, depending on how convincing they are, I think it is nice, but doing it too much can also make things look suspicious to people or different kind, by making them think deep.about your intentions.

[Audrey Simmons]

Comment on their post, ask them if you can take them out for a drink, this is how to build bond and always keep to your time..

I don't know about this strategy, getting drinks and all that, there is always a way of doing things.

Depending on the business, If i own a jersey store, my customers are mostly football fans, grassroots players, and those who love the sport. By applying brilliance and socializing, I can socialize with them by playing the sport with them, from there i can share my contact and gain more customers. Similar to clothes designers, get involved in parties and clothing events, have a few conversations, and talk about your brand, this should be how socialization functions.

When it is time for business, all deals should be strictly on business, there is no relationship or pleasure in business.

[BIT-BENDER]

Some people may know how to make friends but not know how to sell a water to someone stranded in the desert. Being social is never in my opinion a guarantee or criteria of being a good business man.
Infact if you want to be a big business man you will be very unlikely and impossible to socialize with all your customers, take a successful business man and imagine he has the ability to socialize with all of his customers, that is not even possible.


Once you have a business that can meet the needs of people, gather a group of people with good initiative to help in the business and use good marketing to sell your business you are on the right path to success without having to be a social person or an outsider.

[abhiseshakana]

Based on my experience as exporter and a freight forwarding business owner, I can surely say that i don't need socialization to help my business grow. Especially on an era of all internet and digital thing, social proximity become irrelevan because trust built through portofolio, track record, review, and verification. From your explanation i think what you want to describe is about strategic networking where you build relevan relationship for specific profesional purpose.

For me, i don't make any networking deliberately to be success but doe years i create my company value with quality of service and quality of product which make other people has reason to make profesional relationship with my company. Just ensure your time do not waste for any activity without output.

For building business i think the most important key factor are value creation, honest and integrity dor building trust to us, profesionalism which mean we are consistent in giving value to our customer, financial discipline from book keeping to cashflow management, the last is adaptability throughout time and the last is risk management skill. With this i keep my business running.

[Cheema02]

Socializing with the right people and having the right network helps in business always. If you have the right network, and you have copy communications with the right customers, you can easily sell your business and you will get the right people to invest in your business. Mind you, communication skills is very important, if you also have good communication skills, and also know how to market your products, you have nothing to worry about.

Do you agree with the importance of social networking in business and is it beneficial for them? I think if you surround yourself with positive individuals and have a strong bond with them, then, obviously, you observe positive results. Here another question is raised and that is why the same business of different individuals grows at different rates? So here's the twist and that is communication. If your communication is better than your competitors', then you grow faster than others.

The reason is that you choose the best workers, meet with positive stakeholders, and easily convince investors about your business, which gives it a positive edge. The most important factor is knowing the needs of customers and, through positive communication, you guess the priorities of your audience and easily provide the right product at the right time, and here's how your marketing skills work. So, what's your opinion: which thing is more important for business growth: communication or marketing?

[CryptopreneurBrainboss]

Yes, many of us knows how to make friends, but do you also know that there are certain ways you should socialize as a business man? This is not your regular ways of making friends.

Funny how we can go about giving advices about socialhzing as business men do when none of us actually own a business in the scales that we need to socialize the very way I'm seeing replies been given on this theead.

Who told you this that business men don't have friends as we regulars do? Or do we think this wealthy people aren't regular human beings like you and me. Some of their current business partners are friends from when they were younger and that's because they got connected  from childhood and that's why the rich only goes to certain types of schools or universities and their socialization starts from there.

If you weren't fortunate to have such upbringing then don't spoil your chance of having both regular friends and busines friends just because you want all your socialization to be about business.

[Findingnemo]

I am not successful in business but I learned a lot about business after becoming a bad one, it is not best when you go for someone with the intention of getting them to invest in your business, just keep them in the loop and build the contacts and when someone think that you are capable then they will come to you with their money that is not the easier method but surely you will have less risk factors than finding on your own.

[Mpamaegbu]

OP, first off – you've interesting points in your content, though you've to improve on paragraphing.

In summary, I believe the socialization you meant there boils down to building connections. It's a necessary ingredient, so to say, in business. Every business person that wants to succeed always finds a way of networking. The adage, a tree doesn't make a forest aptly applies to a situation such as a business enterprise. It doesn't matter how good a business is, if it doesn't liaise with other corresponding businesses it won't survive for long. This is even more evident in businesses that have something to do with craft and skills.

[Fortify]

Yes, many of us knows how to make friends, but do you also know that there are certain ways you should socialize as a business man? This is not your regular ways of making friends. Because as a business man, you are not just socializing because you need friends, you are socializing because you need investors, business partners and shareholders. So when you are socializing as a business man, there are things you need to know, the first things is you need to know is that, it is not enough to share your business cards around, you need to know how to hold at least hold two to three minutes of resourceful conversation,  show them the value you bring before asking them for anything, they will instantly see you an asset, and the need to come closer to you. The second thing is you need to set up your profile, make it really interesting before you go into any event, this will help people recognize, remember and easy to spot you even in the midst of crowd, you also need to understand that you don't need to be at every event, make sure you go to event you are sure that your future partners, clients or mentors hang out. Thirdly, asked intelligent questions and listen more than you talk, so ask questions like, what's the coolest project you are working on, and simply wait for them to answer you, people remembers good listeners not big talkers. Fourthly make sure you solve a problem for them the day you meet them, for example, if you meet someone who needs website, and you know a very trustworthy person that can design and create website, make sure you connect the two of them, you instantly become valuable to the both of them. The fifth thing is master follow up, meeting someone means nothing if you don't keep the line open, always check up on them, be caring to them at all times. Comment on their post, ask them if you can take them out for a drink, this is how to build bond and always keep to your time..

It's hard to understand the definition of a "businessman" these days, it seems like some quasi-label that sits between salesman and entrepreneur. You can watch clips from say the 1980's when the term "businessman" would have been at the top of its use and understand that to be one you probably had an office job that required wearing a formal suit to work, but it was so prevalent that it engulfed a large set of people. These days people have so many careers in so many sectors that it's hard to make sense where it would even apply any more. Are we just talking about maybe an elite group of people working for accountants or law firms or maybe Fortune 500 companies? I'm not sure anyone could aspire to this role any more because nobody really knows what it means beyond not doing a manual labor job. Maybe that is the only distinguishing factor - white collar vs blue collar.

[Cryptomultiplier]

OP, first off – you've interesting points in your content, though you've to improve on paragraphing.

In summary, I believe the socialization you meant there boils down to building connections. It's a necessary ingredient, so to say, in business. Every business person that wants to succeed always finds a way of networking. The adage, a tree doesn't make a forest aptly applies to a situation such as a business enterprise. It doesn't matter how good a business is, if it doesn't liaise with other corresponding businesses it won't survive for long. This is even more evident in businesses that have something to do with craft and skills.

Networking is a more appropriate term than just socializing from my point of view, because socializing seems to make more meaning when it's a leisure gathering or hangout where everyone is laughing at each other's jokes or stories while eating or drinking or doing something fun that everyone has no problem with.

A business person always aims to look for the right network and finds a way to introduce and bond with them than just worshipping them from afar, even if you don't get to be in direct relationship of sort with the person of resource you aim at, their friends or colleagues or family members could hand you the keys to build a lasting relationship with the person of resource who could be a mentor, a potential investor or someone who knows someone that paves the way for you.

[Faisal2202]

Comment on their post, ask them if you can take them out for a drink, this is how to build bond and always keep to your time..

I won't call such people my friends if I am using them. Like we can use our friends as well, like friends help each other but that is not the main purpose upfront, many times we make new friends where we work, or study together, those friends stay with us until we don't need each other and they start doing their work and you get busy in yours and everyone is meeting with each other after a long time so these distances can sometimes be a problem.

But real friends never break contact with each other, never sell each other's shit to others, even they offer their services and products for free to their friends.

So I would say we are not making friends, we are going to the events to make clients, and customers and of course when we are pitching ourselves in such places we have to be clear minded, and listen to them, it should not look like we are reading a script, we should be genuine with them, bring real profit for them. That's how we can make money. We just have to solve the problems of other people and in return we should charge a fee and they would be happy to pay as well. This is networking and we can make real money with it.

[slapper]

There is an industry devoted to helping professionals not be so off-putting to other professionals. Business networking is a cultural solution. It is there to fill a gap that improved institutional trust will close off completely. Contracts get enforced. Information stays transparent. Credentials can be verified. In such a society, the need for discussion to make your value known does not exist. Your track record does that.

The "advice" that is being offered is actually about doing things in a "trust-deficit" world. It is also important to name it properly, since it alters your optimization target.

[marrcelo]

Yes, many of us knows how to make friends, but do you also know that there are certain ways you should socialize as a business man? This is not your regular ways of making friends. Because as a business man, you are not just socializing because you need friends, you are socializing because you need investors, business partners and shareholders.

Socializing and making friends help in the sales negotiations.

Friendship with businessmen and shareholders facilitates the growth of your business. Who socializes well is a sign that communicates well this is a fundamental path for success in the business.

Even knowing that these friendships are not real its only for interest.

[ZAINmalik75]

First, you say you shouldn't treat business-related socializing like making friends or creating bonds and keeping it professional in all ways possible, and then you say you should like their posts, comment on their pictures, and ask them for going out with you to grab some coffee. How are these in any way related to business-based relations? I'm not an expert in all these things, but I can surely say that people who are into business and are running large businesses, they barely care about these things, your conversations with them should only or mostly be related to business and then they might show some interest.

You are right about most of the things you mentioned when it comes to approaching people who you believe could be useful for you as a businessman. However, it is also tricky because you also need to have the skill to actually understand what kind of people you need to approach, because even if there are a bunch of businessmen in a gathering, not all of them will be of your work or benefit, so you have to do your homework beforehand, have your targets clear because you should know the line of business and the needs of every person around you at that moment.

[Jegileman]

Socializing with the right people and having the right network helps in business always. If you have the right network, and you have copy communications with the right customers, you can easily sell your business and you will get the right people to invest in your business. Mind you, communication skills is very important, if you also have good communication skills, and also know how to market your products, you have nothing to worry about.

Socialization simply means how you interact with other members of the society and the society itself. With good interactions, you can seek your business and reach higher heights in your business. Communication is the basis of every successful business, not being able to communicate effectively has its own side effects in your business to flourish. Communication skills are far more valuable because in its real sense, it has already sold your business and made you reach more sales which is what every business needs for their business to grow and become successful.

[Questat]

Therefore, before you plan into socializing with your targets, know your plans and goals first why you have to socialize with them. Just simply meet and greet does not make a difference, but the way how you manage your communication and listening skills, and how you deal with your targets professionally and with confidence will make them easily fall on your presence.

So you have to plan it out well and focus on building your knowledge, skills and strategies, and most of all, don't make it obvious that you are in need of business partners or investors, but make it a point that they will need you more, more than you need them.

Socialization is the most effective tool, and it makes more sense if you know how to handle different kinds of conversations.

[stadus]

In business, you need more people to trust you more than you can trust them, because your reliability as a person or as a business partner will drive you for a bigger success and high profitability in the long run. And having socialization event is the biggest opportunity where you can build meaningful connections, develop genuine bonds and even improve your communication skills.

However, just because other people will trust you then it already becomes an edge for you. No, it does not work that way. As a business man, you should also get rid of having a blind trust, because its a kind of betrayal where you end up being used because of their personal greed and interest.

[freedomgo]

Socialization does make an essence for a starting business man, but it does not guarantee doing a good business with other people.

Because in the long run, the success of business comes with good knowledge and managing skills, and being resilient in times when everything is falling apart.

Although socialization can be a good access in learning new strategies in running a good business especially if you are with the right people, but it also expose you to become an easy target for fraud and scam. Because not all people who come to that event are reliable and incredible enough, some are just looking for their next target that will easily fall on their traps.

[Rruchi man]

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I think we can also refer to this strategic socialization as networking because the proper term for this is networking. As a businessman who has a proper wide network of both clients and then investors as friends will always end up successful in business because he has both support as people who would patronize and also people who would help to set up the business.

Business requires support and networking is a way to establish that support required to establish and run successful businesses.

[SUPERSAIAN]

Actually what you express is a common way for business people, although not all business people do that because the core that is always important is the mutual benefit of both parties, this is what most strengthens your relationship.  The business world is cruel, you can't just rely on friendliness alone.

I understand what you mean cause people say "there's no friendship in business". It's true, but that statement centers around people who try to buy goods on credit in the name of being friends with the business owner, it's not advise cause constantly selling goods on credit to friends would the business. However the OP was referring to attacting, business partner, investors and shareholders to a business through socialising and it can't be achieved through being cruel.

I understand that competition exists in the business world, so you can't completely trust anyone. But if you create an environment of trust and prove your trustworthiness, then everything can be much better for you. Trust is a crucial image in the business world. It would be impossible to find shareholders, investors, etc., by being ruthless and not trusting people.