There's some good advice in this article, I do a fair amount of networking so consider myself somewhat of an expert in the field. I'm not comfortable networkin

There's some good advice in this article, I do a fair amount of networking so consider myself somewhat of an expert in the field. I'm not comfortable networking, but it's required for my local market and B2B business model. "Be flagrant in your pursuit of the powerful and the soon-to-be-powerful, and when you have their attention, praise them to the skies." That's one strategy, there's also the "hard to get" strategy. Successful people get "sold to" and flattered all the time and are generally sick of it or at least aware. In my networking, sometimes I will specifically avoid the alpha of the room, and build contacts around them, possibly leading to a more qualified introduction. Found it works better than the direct approach "I'm a huge fan" tactic.