Do you hate the thought of networking because it feels unnatural - too competitive, too pushy or too "sales-y?" Do you ever wonder if there's something wrong with you because everyone around you seems to be comfortable in networking situations, while you feel so out of place? Wouldn't you love it if someone could show you how to feel as if you truly belonged and had something of value to offer in any networking situation?


Don't let scarcity close you off from the world - and from your hard-earned success!

You may not know what the Illusions of Scarcity or how they are affecting your life. But believe me, if you felt like answering Yes! to any of the questions above then you've felt their impact in your life.

But it doesn't have to be that way. I can show you how to spot, understand and blast through these Illusions - and in the process turn networking from a dreaded task into a enjoyable and effortless activity that you will actually look forward to doing.





Hey guys, Kim George here -

If you know me, you know I love networking. To me, reaching out and building relationships with other people is one of the most natural acts in the world. And I love to share this passion with others through my classes, books, articles and coaching.

So you can imagine how frustrating it is for me to watch students, friends and colleagues continue to struggle with networking, even after spending hours of time and hundreds of dollars learning the latest networking strategies and tools.

It seems that no matter how good the information is - and believe me, I've co-created courses with some of the heaviest hitters in the field, so I know it's good - a certain percentage of students simply are not able to make that knowledge work for them. It happens all the time.

Maybe it's happened to you.


Are you putting the cart before the horse when it comes to networking success?

It's like this - having a tricked-out, high-end racing buggy with all the latest improvements comes in pretty handy for competing in the world of professional horse racing. In fact, it's absolutely essential.

But none of those fancy features does a bit of good if either the horse or the driver is convinced that he has no chance of winning.

Likewise, if you feel that no one is interested in what you have to say, or if the very thought of introducing yourself to someone at an event makes you want to go hide under the caterer's table out of embarrassment, then piling on more tools and more classes is just going to make you even more miserable - after all, with all that great information at your disposal, something should be happening.

And yet, it's not.

Why? Because like a buggy without a confident horse and driver, even the best networking tools, tips and strategies are useless without the most important networking resource of all - the vehicle of your naturally confident self.


"Yeah, right," you're thinking. "My natural self is still under the caterer's table, remember?"

I hear you. But that's not really true.

The guy or gal under the caterer's table isn't the real you. It's The Networker - the persona that takes over when you ride into networking battle, all laced up into an ill-fitting shell of "serious business" armor.

We all know this character well:

The Networker looks like a suit, talks like a marketer and smiles like a politician at a fish fry.

The Networker is at once terrified to make the wrong move, yet can barely function under the weight of all those prefabricated, external ideals you feel pressured to live up to.

The Networker blurts out canned elevator speeches at the slightest provocation, delivered in the same "held at gunpoint," caffeinated desperation that is generally reserved for when you're trying to talk your way out of a speeding ticket. If you can get the words out at all, that is.

And you're saying that this façade, this shaky-kneed poser possessed by the ghost of lead-generation-to-come is the real you?

I didn't think so.



The Networker is a product of the Illusions of Scarcity, a phantasm of fear-based thinking and limited perspective.

But, how can you uncover the real you - the passionate business person who stands confidently behind the value of their work, the open and welcoming recipient of inescapable opportunities, the warm and friendly human being who loves to build relationships with like-minded people - and let this naturally abundant and self-assured version step in and take over?


You already have everything you need to make this change. You just need some help to get out of your own way and let the Abundant Networker that you naturally are step out into the light.

In order to uncover the natural, Abundant Networker hiding under all that doubt and fear, one thing needs to be crystal clear: another list of networking tools and strategies isn't going to help.

I know that most of you have taken tons of networking strategy classes and acquired an abundance of tools, some of which I've taught and all of which will no doubt be very valuable to you…some day.

But let's face it - if all of that was going to help become a master networker where and who you are now, it would have done so already. But it hasn't. And it won't, because the tools aren't the problem.

Your mindset is.


How do I know? Because I've been there.

I’ve got a confession to make.

I wasn’t always a natural networker.

Like many of you reading this, I used to hate the thought of networking – of going into a crowded room of strangers, walking up to someone I don’t know (and maybe don’t even want to know!) and trying to pretend I love making small talk.

I was caught up in pretending. Pretending that I really wanted to be networking, that I was really enjoying myself. When in reality – I wanted to be doing anything but networking this way. It felt phony. It felt like selling out.

But I needed the business. I needed the exposure. It’s funny how money can be such a cattle prod!

Trying to be that kind of networker was a drag. It wasn’t me. It was someone else. The “monkey mind” took over in my head. I wasn’t smart enough. I didn’t have anything interesting to say. I didn’t know what to say. People would think I was an idiot or pushy or boring or any of a million other things that weren’t cool.

So I stopped going to those events.

Until it hit me one day.

People aren’t like vending machines. You can’t deposit information like a coin in a slot and expect to get a sale or a referral instantly.

In my early approach to networking, I had let all my fears cause me to show up as someone else.

You see, my natural style is to connect with people. Talk to anyone who knows me and they’ll tell you I’m a natural connector. Connecting is what I do. And I had lost that somewhere along the line.

When this realization hit me, I instantly started showing up differently. This powerful mental shift catapulted me into Abundant Networking.

I began to look at every experience as an opportunity to build a relationship – the kind that human beings naturally build when they’re at ease, interested and not trying to be someone else, for some other reason.

I started being myself.

In the next two years, I interviewed over 60 celebrated authors, business owners, and experts. People like Seth Godin, Dr. Ivan Misner, Michael Gerber, Lance Secretan, Tim Sanders, Michael Gelb, Daniel Pink and so many more.

How did I do it?

I learned how to ask.

And I learned how to use the power of Connection to get what I want, by helping others to get what they want.

How did I end up developing a curriculum and co-leading teleclasses on Social Capital & Networking with THE biggest networking guru in the world?

I asked.

I didn’t devise a 60 page master plan, create a 2 hour PowerPoint presentation, or strategize in a bunker for 4 months.

I asked at the right time, in the right way, using the right connections. And the result was so wonderful, so easy, it was like falling off a log.

Literally.

I utilized the power of Connecting to build relationships to attract what I want. That’s the art of Abundant Networking.

And you can learn it too.






From April 19th through June 21st, this amazing 10-week course will blow your networking fears right out of the water and let your naturally abundant self rise to the surface!

Now, before you say to yourself, "Oh great, not another networking how-to that'll just sit in my mental closet and gather dust," understand one thing:

This course is NOT simply another "tips and tricks" seminar. I won't be teaching you the latest business card tricks or secret handshakes designed to make your new connection subliminally attracted to you or anything of the sort.


In fact, during the Abundant Networker Group Coaching Course we won't be talking about other people much at all.

The Abundant Networking Group Coaching Course is all about you - uncovering the illusions that are holding you back from making the most of your networking opportunities, learning how to connect with the natural networker within and learning how to use your strengths and values to create strong, lasting connections that will produce solid results.


The core of this course is the powerful Abundant Networker Assessment.

Carefully designed to highlight the weaknesses that work against you and the strengths that you can build on in the battle to make connections and grow relationships, this assessment is the lynchpin of the Abundant Networker learning environment.

Working through this assessment will isolate the Illusions and fears that are keeping you from naturally being yourself and allow me to coach you through the process of seeing them for what they really are, and help you find ways to work past them. It will provide a map to direct your work throughout the course and allow you to customize the material and information you receive to focus on your specific needs and desired outcome.

But that's just the beginning…


The Abundant Networker's synergistic two-part system ensures strong results.

Each class has 2 components – Knowledge and Action, oriented around the truth that Abundant Networkers are Connectors.

There are four Connector Characteristics that make up the classes. This is the knowledge component - in these sections I'll be showing you the concepts and giving you the information you need to understand what has been holding you back and how to blast those obstacles out of your path once and for all.

The action component introduces the four steps of my Coaching Into Greatness process. These are the action steps that will move you from scarcity paradigms to abundance paradigms and allow your natural networker to emerge from its cocoon and unfurl its wings so that everybody, including you, can see your true greatness.





For 10 power-packed weeks you'll be immersed in an environment of individualized, supportive and intensively hands-on Abundant Networker Group Coaching, designed to bring out the natural networker in you!

I will work directly with you and the rest of the participants to:

• Identify the root causes of your barriers to networking so that you can move beyond tools and tactics to what‘s really keeping you from naturally networking
  
  
• Learn and apply the 4 Compelling Characteristics of Abundant Networkers
  
  
• Develop your personalized Abundant Networker action plan
  
  
• Work through the 4 Action Steps to move from scarcity to abundance in your networking:
  
  
  • Awareness – what are YOUR critical barriers to networking effectiveness
  • Acceptance – identify what you have control over and can change; make your Abundant Networker declaration
  • Consistent Action – create your Abundant Networker action plan
  • Authenticity – show up and do what you can do
    
    
• Increase your networking confidence – attend the right events at the right time as the real you
  
  
• Increase your networking frequency --– instead of talking about it, you’ll actually be doing it
  
  
• Increase your networking satisfaction – discover how networking becomes a natural extension of what you do

To support your learning and reinforce your results, you'll also receive:

• An extensive Abundant Networking workbook, complete with everything you'll need to put your coaching goals into practice
  
  
• Five hour-long group coaching calls
  
  
• Five buddy calls to implement program fieldwork
  
  
• Access to the downloadable call recordings during the entire course period and for a month afterward
  

As an added bonus, I've talked 5 of the most abundant, progressive networking experts I know into offering some of their best material, free of charge, as Extended Learning Expert Calls that will empower you to begin using your new Abundant Networking mindset immediately, with maximum impact.

Plus, I'll be doing a special bonus call at the end of the program, How to Develop Strategic Alliances to Abundantly Grow Your Business, that will teach you how to exponentially improve your networking effectiveness with less time and less effort by building and leveraging strong ties and partnerships.

A bonus call package like this alone could easily retail for the price of this course, considering who the instructers are, but it's yours free with your Abundant Networker Group Coaching Course reservation.


Here are the 6 BONUS Extended Learning calls you'll receive:

Sarah Dolliver: “Networking Success for Introverts” April 26th at 2pm ET Just the thought of going out to network can start the butterflies or cause overwhelming anxiety. The crowded room, having to talk about yourself , finding it hard to initiate contact and just getting yourself out the front door are all sources of dread. Yet, it is possible to network as an introverted or highly sensitive individual. Face it, we're social beings, too. We simply want to do it on our own terms. Come and hear Sarah Dolliver, Founder of InnerVantage (www.InnerVantage.com) speak to these and other challenges facing the "innie" who runs their own business. You can learn to find networking success for yourself. Soni Pitts: "Networking for Superheroes - Putting Your Shmooze to Good Use" May 10 at 2pm ET Networking doesn’t have to be all high-powered handshakes and backroom deals. If you're interested in a kinder, gentler approach to connecting, consider the benefits of "do-gooder networking" - networking by way of contributing to the greater good. Whether it's as basic as volunteering for a local charity or as ambitious as coordinating a large-scale grassroots movement, following the guidance of your inner superhero can be an elevated form of enlightened self-interest, allowing you to meet and connect with people who have not only demonstrated their generous nature, but are also pre-screened for stong character and good values. The reverse is also true - you'll be making important contacts while demonstrating your willingness to help others. Soni Pitts is the Assistant Community Coach for the Social Capital and Networking Community of CoachVille. Join her for a creative exploration of how you can use your network to generate good will, create strong contacts and build valuable, lasting relationships through positive action. Best of all, you'll be changing the world while you network - no tights required. Michael Port: “Book Yourself Solid” May 16th at 12 pm ET Your livelihood depends on marketing yourself. We know it sounds scary and intimidating… but it doesn’t have to be at all. Author and leading small business marketing expert Michael Port takes all the tough and scary out of it and actually makes marketing fun! He understands what you’re going through. And he can help you live abundantly and prosperously… even if you hate marketing and selling. Join Michael and take an unprecedented marketing flight. You’ll discover: Unique systems that will emotionally connect potential clients to their offers so they never have to ‘sell’ again Hush-hush tricks to achieve true fame as a service professional along with the magical properties of ‘reputation marketing’ How to remain ‘top of mind’ with potential clients without wasting precious time or spending hefty marketing dollars The 7 core self-promotion strategies: Networking, Web Marketing, Writing, Speaking, Keep-In-Touch, Referrals, and Direct Outreach. And much, much more! Michael takes you by the hand and walks you step-by-step through the key strategies of his bestselling book and highly acclaimed Book Yourself Solid system and shows you how to make the brilliant, authentic side of yourself known to the world. The result is a truly abundant business with as many high-paying clients as you choose to book right now. Mike Garrison: “Truth or Delusion: Networking in the REAL World” May 24 at 2pm ET Mike Garrison, VP of the Referral Institute, is the author of the groundbreaking book, Truth or Delusion: Networking in the REAL World. Not everything in referral marketing is as it appears to be. And sometimes, what "everybody knows" just isn't so. See how many truths or delusions are a part of your word-of-mouth marketing efforts! Join us for a highly interactive call focusing on debunking myths about referral marketing success, where Mike will share his networking wisdom along with excerpts from his upcoming book. Roger Parker: “Using a Platform to Attract Qualified Prospects and Re-Sell Previous Clients” June 7th at 2pm ET What's your most valuable asset? Many coaches might respond: "My coaching skills!" But, skills are not enough! Successful coaches have a platform--a low-cost way of proving their expertise to prospects, and re-selling their competence to previous clients. Our guest is Roger C. Parker, design activist and author of Design to Sell (2006, Microsoft Press). On this call, you'll learn: Four cheap and easy platform-building tools The attitudes and resources needed for success Ways to distribute your platform for free How to create your platform in minutes! How your platform can drive traffic to your website. Registered attendees will be sent note-taking sheets in advance of the call. Bonus! Participants will also receive three Roger C. Parker Special Reports: The 10 Commandments of Guerrilla Marketing Design The 12 Biggest Newsletter Design Mistakes The 14 Biggest E-Book Design Mistakes Kim George: "How to Develop Strategic Alliances to Abundantly Grow Your Business" June 21st at 2pm ET Are you making the most of your connections? If you're not developing strategic alliances, then the answer to that question is a resounding "No!" During this call, Kim will share her experience and help you answers these other important questions: What are strategic alliances, and how can I use them to grow my business? What sort of tips are there for utilizing this innovative marketing strategy? How can I leverage existing opportunities, and create new partnerships for maximum impact with less effort, the abundant way? Kim George is the author of Coaching Into Greatness and the creator of the groundbreaking Abundant Networing system. Join us as she shows you even more ways to put your natural networking skills to work.

One of the biggest problems with learning a new set of concepts and skills is information overload. Too much information, too quickly is almost as bad as no information at all, and can easily lead to disappointment and exhaustion.

I know how vital this information is, and I also know it would be pointless to give it to you in a way that invites learning failure. So I've designed this course in an alternate-week format, giving you time to soak up the information and allow it to filter through your system and settle into place naturally, without being rushed.


Lasting change requires deep, layered learning - and this course delivers!

Starting with the first week, you'll meet with the group live over a conference call to immerse yourself in one of the Four Compelling Characteristic of the Abundant Networker and it's unique action steps. We will continue to meet every other week to learn new concepts and reveal new ways of releasing the limits of scarcity and embrace abundance. During these intensive training calls, you'll learn to see the Illusions of Scarcity in your own thoughts and actions and design a customized plan to make Abundant Networking work for you, based on your discoveries. In our last call, you'll bring it all together and set up a system to continue your growth and learning into the future.

Alternate weeks will feature a collaboratvie fieldwork call, where you will work through the material you've learned the week before with a "study buddy." This process will give you more time to absorb the information you've learned and help you integrate it through direct application and shared exploration of the topics. Additionally, these alternate weeks will feature one of the 6 Extended Learning Expert calls, to provide you with even more ways to use the information you're learning.





Most of you reading this web page already know me. You know I'm busy. With a new book being launched, a contract for another one right around the corner, several blogs to maintain plus the work I do for the Social Capital and Networking Community - not to mention running my own coaching business - it's not like I'm walking around with a ton of time on my hands looking for something to do.

So let me say this very clearly - I wouldn't use what little available space I have left putting together and leading such a time, labor and energy intensive coaching program if I didn't feel it was absolutely vital!

However, based on what I see happening around me, I do believe that this coaching program is absolutely essential for the success of those who are struggling, and failing, to make headway toward networking success using the traditional methods.


Only 16 seats available - register now to reserve your place!

I intend for this class to be very hands-on, very intensive and completely focused on creating results for the participants.

In order to make sure that this is possible, I am limiting the number of participants that I will accept into this program to 16. It's "first come - first served" and I anticipate a large response, so if you want to ensure that you have a seat when the course begins, you must reserve your place as soon as possible.






I charge my private clients US$400 for two 45-minute sessions - but this entire 10-week course, with all the extras and perks I've described above, is priced at the give-away price of just US$239!

You read that right - it's not a typo.


Why am I giving this course away at such an unbelievable discount?

Because this information is so vital, so life-changing and so needed that I wanted to make sure the Abundant Networker Group Coaching Course was available to anybody who wanted to take it. And I didn't want anything as senseless as overpricing to stand in the way of the abundant success that is your birthright.

And that's the power of abundant thinking - I know that in the long run, my success hinges more on how many people I've helped than how much money I take in. Charging more would mean helping fewer people.

It's just that simple.





As I said, I don't want anything to stand in the way of your success. So I'm offering this stupendous guarantee:

Once this course begins, you have a full 6 months to see for yourself how amazing and profoundly life-changing these concepts really are. If, after you've completed the class, done the work and put the training into action, you find that these concepts don't increase your effectiveness as a networker, I'll refund your entire course fee. And you keep all of the materials, free of charge.

So what are you waiting for - you have nothing to lose and a lifetime of valuable connections to gain. Don't let second thoughts torpedo your chance at a whole new future.










Look, let's be clear on one thing. You don't need this program. You have everything you already need inside you, if you know where to look. With enough time, work and self-examination you can probably work through all these issues and free up your natural, Abundant Networker yourself.

Maybe.

Or you could just keep on doing what you're doing - taking more classes and reading more books and learning more strategies in the hopes that someday, somewhere, you'll stumble across the magic bullet that will enable you to hit the networking bulls eye.

(But just remember - even magic bullets are useless without some sort of well-oiled mechanism to aim and fire them.)

In the meantime, you can keep cold-calling, cold-sweating and cold-footing your way through your networking activities. Who knows - with enough practice you might even learn to like it.


But why do it the hard way, when I've done all the heavy lifting for you?

This program will fast-track you through the process of breaking down the barriers that have been holding you back from networking success and resurrecting the natural, Abundant Networker that lies buried under all that fear-based armor plating.

You will learn everything you need to know to open yourself to the possibilities without leaving yourself vulnerable to fears and anxiety.

You'll reclaim the fun and joy and freedom of networking from a place of abundance and warmth, and leave behind the dark and smoky old-boy's back room style of competitive, cutthroat hard sell.

You'll rediscover your true self - the you that was always there, just waiting to be asked to come out and play. The you that is open to life and welcoming to new experiences. The you that wants to go out and make new friends at every opportunity.







PS - Remember - this is a limited seating, first-come-first-served opportunity. The lucky 16 who make it in under the wire will be getting 5 action-oriented, life-changing intensive training calls, 5 buddy work calls, a complete workbook, and access to all the recordings - just in case you miss a call.

Plus, each and every participant gets a chance to pick my brain, one-on-one, and delve through a lifetime's worth of high-powered networking experience connecting with the biggest names in the business.

And all of this is yours for the amazingly low price of US$239! - half the price of two regular private coaching session with me.

The cut-off date is April 17 and classes start on the 19th, so now's your chance. Don't wait until it's too late...reserve your seat today!





PPS - Don't forget about those amazing BONUS Extended Learning Calls I told you about. These calls alone would be worth the price of the course at full retail! And they're all yours - ABSOLUTELY FREE - my gift to you just for signing on.

But remember - it's first come, first serve and seats are limited. Don't miss out on this "going...going...gone!" opportunity. Secure your reservation today!