Devon and Cornwall’s first business networking podcast
January 21st, 2008 by Tori
Working from the West Country market town of Tavistock, Sam Deeks and his partner Clare Winsor are providing people in Devon and Cornwall with invaluable advice about local networking opportunities.
The G2B@ Podcast is a free weekly podcast which started just three months ago in October 2007. Sam explained that he wanted to create something relatively inexpensive that would promote networking opportunities in a simple and straightforward way. He felt that new businesses and young entrepreneurs were without a good resource to inform them about networking locally but that people wanted to hear about events that would be “good to be at”, hence G2B@.
It’s often younger people that have a better grasp of new media phenomena such as podcasts and blogs so Sam and Clare are finding that they’re able to reach a younger audience which is fantastic news for the Make Your Mark campaign. Whatever your age however, we all know that when you’re starting out there’s limited, well, often zero budget to spend on networking, so G2B@ is particularly keen to promote free events as well as those with a price tag.
Why not visit the G2B@ Podcast at http://good2b.wordpress.com/ where you might even hear a little about Make Your Mark there! On the associated blog you will also find events listings for the next 10 days.
Sam’s Top Tips for choosing a network
- Look at all your options
- Don’t believe you have to pay for networking
- Go to lots of events to build your confidence
- Networking takes practise
- Learn to be opportunistic, you never know what may come your way
Have Your Say
If you want to take part in the G2B@ podcast and share your best networking tips, call the podcast hotline on 01752 424410 and record your message. Alternatively, email g2b@mukaumedia.co.uk to get in touch with Sam & Clare.
December 18th, 2008 at 11:08 am
The podcast os a great idea. Like you say, great for getting younger business people into networking but alo good for people with limited time that can not get out of the office for location network events.