Networking Jargon
Networking jargon you may not know:
- Card-flipping- the mutual business card exchange that occurs at most networking events. Typically this process leads to nothing but wasted trees.
- Troller- the professional network event attendee that figures if he or she just meets enough people, they will make a sale. The blind squirrel eventually finds an acorn too.
- Buttinski- person at a networking event that jumps into your group’s conversation so they don’t have to drink alone.
- Ice pick in the eye – what most business owners would rather do than attend a networking meeting.
- Copier salesman- generic term for transactional salespeople that frequent networking events.