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Networking and following up needs to become a habit Jun 26, 2023

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Yiannis Gavrielides is the co-founder and CEO of Covve, helping professionals grow and nurture their contact networks. He actively supports entrepreneurship as a partner at Envelopment Partners. Before turning to entrepreneurship, he worked in consulting and banking. He loves food, theatre, and connecting people.

www.covve.com

Esther Rands - Networking helps with outsourcing Jun 19, 2023

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After originally training in Fashion Design, Esther is now an Apprentice Solicitor at Rands Solicitors, a Family Law Firm based in Wootton, North Lincolnshire.

Esther along with her mum, Sue, and sister, Grainne, set up Rands Solicitors in November 2022 with an aim to provide a family law focused practice run by a family.

Whilst Esther is training to be a Solicitor, she is heavily involved with the growth and success of the business, including the networking.

Instagram: @randssolicitorslimited

Website: www.randssolicitors.co.uk

Cahill Camden - Networking by providing value Jun 12, 2023

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Cahill Camden is the CEO of Digital Vision Media Group, an agency that helps web3 and technology companies optimize for growth. As the Fractional CMO for Coinberry and Blockchain Foundry he helped guide both companies to successful 8-figure exits in 2022. He is currently focused on launching his latest startup Press Jockey - a tool that sorts 1,000s of press requests each week, to help businesses get up to 5x more press, with 90% less effort. He’s also a Forbes contributor and a bestselling author.

Links:

https://digitalvision.io/

https://pressjockey.com/

ZoCo Networking - Zoom and Coffee! Jun 05, 2023

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Nick Blanchard is the founder of ZoCo, an online and in-person networking community which came about thanks to the pandemic.

Nick has been involved with networking for many years and the lockdown gave him the impetus to start up his own network, which has gone from strength to strength ever since.

Networking helps you stay visible May 29, 2023

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Mark Clements is a Senior HR Consultant and Employee Relations Specialist with extensive experience of managing transformational change and complex sensitive people issues.

He founded his business, Authentic HR Limited in 2019.

Mark is Fellow CIPD qualified, a qualified Workplace Mediator and Mindfulness professional with a friendly, pragmatic and authentic approach.

In addition to his business Mark also runs a networking group for other HR professionals.

Tel: 07733306192

Email: markclements@authentichr.co.uk

Authentic Human Resources Limited Website:

https://authentichr.co.uk/

Mark Clements LinkedIn profile:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/hrdirectormarkclements5050/

My best client came from networking - Cas Smirthwaite May 22, 2023

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Cas is a Graphic Designer, Illustrator and Artist with studios in Cornwall and Nottinghamshire. She studied art and design at Falmouth University, graduating with distinction and furthered her education at Coventry University, graduating from her Graphic Design degree with Honours. She owns her own Graphic Design Agency, Flying Lizard Design Ltd and sister Illustration company, Charlotte Anne Studio.

Inspired by wildlife and all that the countryside and coast have to offer, Charlotte is a multi-media artist using watercolour, acrylic, paper-cutting and digital techniques. She loves nothing more than to sit in a field sketching whatever wildlife comes along and often has as many as 10 or more pieces of artwork on the go in her studio!

As the owner of two companies, she has been busily designing and illustrating for 22 years.

Flying Lizard Design covers:

Corporate branding

Graphics for large, mass events and tourist attractions

Advertising and design for print (leaflets, posters, other advertising materials) 

Social media assets 

Exhibition & display

Charlotte Anne Studio covers:

Illustration and art: 

Surface pattern design for product packaging

Gifts and cards 

Art licensing for prints and interior design items

Indoor and outdoor art 

Originals & ltd edition prints

Contact details:

cas@flyinglizarddesign.co.uk 

07967 192 586

LinkedIn: cas-smirthwaite-704287ab/

Social media links:

FB : @FlyingLizardGraphics

FB: @CharlotteAnneStudio

Insta: @charlotteannestudio

flyinglizarddesign.co.uk

charlotteannestudio.co.uk

Your network might help you find a job! May 15, 2023

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Leena founded Citrus Connect Recruitment over 12 years ago, helping companies grow by matching them with the perfect sales candidates. Business Women of the Year nominee, and winner of the Best Sales Recruitment company in Yorkshire in 2021, Leena works incredibly closely with her clients to create a recruitment plan for the short and long term business planning. In her personal life, Leena has a huge desire to live a healthy, conscious and simple lifestyle with a huge heart for sustainable fashion.

Leena's best networking advice is to not stop in a season of plenty - you need to keep building up stores for those seasons of famine.

Company Website

https://www.citrus-connect.co.uk/

Leena Parmar handles

https://www.linkedin.com/in/leenaparmar/

https://www.instagram.com/1leena.parmar/

Citrus Connect handles

https://www.instagram.com/citrusconnectrecruitment/

linkedin.com/company/citrus-connect/

Watch out - you might bump into fellow networkers anywhere! May 08, 2023

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Karen is a veteran of the Live chat sector, previously spending 15 years at Which? The Consumer Rights Organisation, where her passion for digital customer service developed. Highlights have been Project Managing implementation of live chat as another channel for Which? members. Driving forward the training, managing, and developing customer service and live chat teams.

Finishing a project at WENTA in Feb 2020 led to a natural progression for her to launch her own company offering a one stop live chat solution for businesses. Aimed at supporting SME’s by providing simple efficient solutions with customer experience.

It has not always been an easy journey, setting up a business on her own, it has not been without its challenges, however in her words “it has been exciting, and I could not have done it without meeting some great people along the way, who have supported me with knowledge, introductions, and shown some trust and belief by hiring Live Chat Factory”

The Factory's first ever client Lustalux, has grown their service offering, and attributes their growth to Karen and her teams-support. They remain a valued client of the Factory.

Focussing on digital customer service excellence within the customer service technology arena, Karen has also developed a training programme called “Live Chat Excellence” this is aimed at Senior Managers and Business Owners who are looking to develop a highly skilled multi-channel customer service team.

Twitter - @LiveChatFactor1

FB - https://www.facebook.com/Live-Chat-Factory-108426960836164/

Insta – livechat52

Linkedin – https://www.linkedin.com/in/karen-levett-4782982a/

Tel no – 01707 246583

Mobile – 07504 512287

Email – info@livechatfactory.live

www.livechatfactory.live

Networking is good for your mental health! May 01, 2023

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Sarah is a Self Esteem, Confidence and Identity Coach, passionate about supporting professional women who are ready to break their self sabotage patterns and change their inner story from “not worthy or deserving” to attracting success in every area of their lives.

She guides women to reprogramme their negative thought processes which began in childhood with a difficult relationship (often with a parent). or a life event that negatively affected them.

She started coaching alongside her corporate role in 2016 where she worked closely in situations involving Child Protection and domestic violence.

She had toxic relationships throughout her past and wanted to use her own experiences to create something life changing. She now lives with her husband and two amazing teens, having created her specialist practice during the 2020 pandemic. She’s already supported many women to achieve life changing results.

Away from work she can be found on coastal or woodland walks with her two dogs where she relaxes with photography. Having trained in Musical Theatre but unable to pursue this as a career, she indulges in her passion for singing with the national Rock Choir.

Now the world is opening up again, Sarah is excited to continue a new passion of travelling to new places with her husband or friends and sampling champagne or cocktails!

Sarah can be contacted via her Facebook Page “Coastal Coaching Sussex – From Striving to Thriving” or her website: https://coastalcoachingsussex.co.uk

Sarah also offers 1:1 retreats for business professionals who need to uplevel their confidence for success. Click here for more

For hints and tips on "5 Ways to Forget Your Toxic Ex, click on this link https://bit.ly/3OQDBlU

Book an initial chat here: https://calendly.com/coastalcoachingsussex/initial-chat-with-sarah?month=2022-09

t: 07714 472383

e: info@coastalcoachingsussex.co.uk

fb page: https://www.facebook.com/coastalcoachingsussex

fb biz group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thebeinbusiness

web: https://www.coastalcoachingsussex.co.uk/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarahwilsoncoach

I would tell my younger self to start networking! Apr 24, 2023

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Chris Nicholas has worked in the creative industry for over 25 years in various roles, including creative direction and project management, before setting up the creative agency Sumwot 12 years ago.

Sumwot helps ethical brands raise awareness around their products and services. As strategic consultants, we guide and teach our clients about digital platforms, reputation management, storytelling and developing creative ideas and solutions on and offline.

www.sumwot.com

https://www.linkedin.com/in/sumwotchrisnicholas/

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