{"id":93291,"date":"2015-07-03T01:28:56","date_gmt":"2015-07-02T23:28:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/93291\/networking-is-a-very-powerful-marketing-tool\/"},"modified":"2016-04-29T21:47:35","modified_gmt":"2016-04-29T19:47:35","slug":"networking-is-a-very-powerful-marketing-tool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/lifestyle-news\/entertainment-news\/2015\/07\/03\/networking-is-a-very-powerful-marketing-tool\/","title":{"rendered":"Networking is a very powerful marketing tool"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cHirsch\u2019s Meadowdale networking functions open doors to getting expert advice at no charge and assist like-minded business people in building their reputations, knowledge and databases,\u201d said Hirsch\u2019s regional public relations and marketing officer, Brigitte Thysse.<\/p>\n<p>The next networking function is set to take place on July 30 at Hirsch\u2019s Meadowdale, 12 Herman Road, Meadowdale. It starts at 8.30am for 9am.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p><strong><strong>What do you bring<\/strong>?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Banners.<\/li>\n<li>Business cards.<\/li>\n<li>Pamphlets\/catalogues.<\/li>\n<li>Yourself<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><strong>What is in it for you and your business<\/strong>?<\/strong><\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>At the event Hirsch\u2019s gives you free access to expert advice.<\/li>\n<li>There is always a guest speaker who will address the attendees for about 20 minutes on a business topic that is trending at the time.<\/li>\n<li>You will meet like-minded business men and women.<\/li>\n<li>You will leverage your networks.<\/li>\n<li>Build and maintain business relationships.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Each attendee gets a 60 second pitch to address the room on who you are, what you do and what you can offer each attendee.\u00a0\u201cThis is an icebreaker for effective networking after the proceedings,\u201d Thysse said.\u00a0You will meet and additional 30 to 40 businessmen and women in a time frame of one-and-a-half hours.<\/p>\n<p>To book your spot email Thysse at brigitte@hirschs.co.za or call 084 602 8469.<\/p>\n<div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n<div class='tenancy_slot tenancy_slot_1 jannah_ad' style='display: none;' data-query-id='9db7fe3cd6ee8b5cb03e1df7cd477e32'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Networking is a very powerful marketing tool, people need people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6776,"featured_media":93304,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,3686],"tags":[7278,7784,3392,1567,7131],"class_list":["post-93291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment-news","category-lifestyle-news","tag-brigitte-thysse","tag-business-networking","tag-hirschs","tag-hirschs-meadowdale","tag-networking"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"Lifestyle","SubCategory":"Entertainment"},"tag_labels":["Brigitte Thysse","Business networking","Hirsch's","hirsch's meadowdale","networking"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93291","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6776"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93291"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93291\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/93304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}