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| Sometimes networking feels like there are a lot of "them" but not a lot of us. I'm seeking to build a model that creates more of "us" and turns "them" into our recruits, customers, and partners. |
Yesterday I wrote about meetups and talked about the importance of having role clarity. The different roles I discussed yesterday as being involved in a "business services" meetup are:
- Entre-ployee
- B2B Service Provider - be this
- Business representative - be this
- Self - be this
- Non-B2B Business Representative
- Employee
- Contractors and consultants - be this
- Job Seeker
The employee is an important role of course. The entre-ployee is an employee and many business representatives are employees as well, but not necessarily. Owners are not typically employees but might sometimes be.
Contractors are an interesting breed. They are B2B service providers but may think of themselves more like employees; it just depends.
Job Seeekers are another interesting dynamic in the crowd. They are "looking" and might need to find something. They are similar to the B2B Service Providers in that they are looking.
Together these roles make up our model and network. Understanding each of their types and needs helps us navigate in this maze. Identifying the roles that we do and do not play or desire to play is also a part of this dynamic.
Setting our objective on being business services professionals we must exemplify business representatives, B2B Service Providers, ourselves, and contractors/consultants. Really, we are sales people who are confident and not stuck in a system or brought down by our employment.
The other roles of entre-ployee, employee, job seeker, and non-B2B Business Representative are also important and we may want to see them as our customers, partners, and potential associates.
