21 Ways to Powerfully Network Your Business

Are you ready to powerfully network? This book will show you how to easily make a bigger impact on your business through stronger relationships and networking. Inside these pages, discover: -How to have a business card that makes a statement -The handshake that shows confidence -A step-by-step easy follow-up system -How to be the one who's remembered after everyone else goes home -And more! These sometimes small, but impactful steps will grow your business in a way unlike any other. Show up to your next networking event with confidence and be remembered with the strategies in this book.

Let’s face it, running a business is hard work! 21 Ways to Powerfully Network Your Business is an easy-to-implement guide to maximize networking and increase your bottom line. Each Way is full of step-by-step instructions to create lasting relationships that will impact your business’ success immediately and down the road. Building relationships is what drives and continuously fuels our businesses. But building those relationships takes time, hard work, and typically begins at a networking event or conference where you meet for the first time. This book will show you how to easily make a bigger impact on your business through stronger relationships and networking. These sometimes small, but impactful steps will grow your business in a way unlike any other. What others say about this book: “Imagine going into a room and knowing no one. How can you make an impact? How can you be heard? Kristen Eckstein’s 21 Ways to Powerfully Network Your Business is the answer. It will give you a variety of ways (21 to be exact!) to find your voice and create a powerful presence that brings you more visibility, credibility and profits. A perfect gift for anyone attending a live event for sure!” ~Shannon Cherry, Your Creative Relationship Marketing Expert “Kristen Eckstein shares the secrets of networking in her latest book – 21 Ways to Powerfully Network Your Business. You no longer need to be afraid of how to approach people in the social scenes, how to dress, where to sit… Kristen shares all that information and more in this little book – definitely a must have in your library!” ~Lisa Benavidez, Event Planner for MCE OnSite "You've spent a ton of money building your business, now it's time to step out from behind the desk and start to network. Where do you start? Pick up Kristen's book for step-by-step instructions. The chapter on follow up alone is worth the investment of the entire book." ~Carrie Wilkerson, author of "The Barefoot Executive"

I’m an international and award-winning speaker others call, “The Ultimate Book Coach”. You can call me Kristen. I’m a book-loving, chocolate-eating, stuffed animal-hugging, people-craving gal who cannot imagine a life without books. I started writing when I was five years old and read my first “adult” level novel when I was nine. My need for books is as great as my need for food. In 2003 I served as the Marketing Director for a vanity publishing company that featured a traditional publishing arm. I learned the ins and outs of vanity, subsidy and traditional publishing – what to look for, what to avoid and how to make sure authors don’t get ripped off. I also published two of my own books in less than a year. When I left that company, my husband and I co-founded Imagine! Studios, LLC, an art and media production company. We soon began publishing authors’ books again under our own label, and I published another book of my own. A relocation caused us to hand that portion of our business off to another capable publisher and I began my next role in the world of publishing as a consultant. In 2009 I wrote my fourth book in 3 1/2 days (find out how) and in early 2011 I wrote and published 21 Ways to Write and Publish Your Non-Fiction Book and 21 Ways to Powerfully Network Your Business, the first two books in a large series of “no fluff”, to-the-point guidebooks. My writing and publishing team consists of almost 20 people dedicated to my authors’ success. My reputation is to “suck” books out of people’s heads and get them into print through “Ghost Publishing”, a term I coined to define how my exclusive done-for-you Indie publishing programs work. Through the course of my publishing life, I have helped dozens of authors independently publish and several have been traditionally published as a direct result of going through my program. My favorite thing in the world is to see YOU hug your book for the very first time! That is, next to chocolate for breakfast.