ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ricky Steele, chief development officer at Hunter Technical Resources and renowned networking expert, today announced the release of the second edition of his best-selling book, The Heart of Networking. The book details Steele’s three decades of business successes fueled by his ability to build relationships within the workplace and community.
Originally released in 2004, Steele updated The Heart of Networking to include networking trends and techniques within popular social media such as Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. Social media provides the next evolution for Steele’s core principles of leveraging relationships to succeed in any business environment.
“In today’s business landscape, networking needs to be viewed as a strategic opportunity to build both corporate and personal brands,” said Steele. “The most successful people in any walk of life are those who can foster relationships to advance their business, community and personal life. The Heart of Networking explains just how easy it is to develop and maintain those connections, and how to best use social media to support one’s networking efforts.”
The Heart of Networking explores business networking in 10 key areas, including:
- How to get your reality ready for you
- How to make those first all-important networking connections
- How to create a savvy networking strategy and deploy effective networking tactics
- How to overcome resistance in others
- How to invest in networking
- How to use the right social media networking tools effectively
- How to combine the power of social media with in-person networking
- How to make the most of networking events
- How to take ownership of your networking contacts
- How to reach the people with the power to do business with you
To purchase The Heart of Networking in either hard copy or Kindle format, or for more information, visit http://www.rickysteele.net/.
About Ricky Steele
Ricky Steele is a dedicated and fearless network builder with a proven record of successfully implementing customer, media and community relationships on behalf of CEOs and company owners. Steele released his first book, The Heart of Networking, in 2004 and published an updated version in 2011. He frequently conducts seminars and speaks on the subject of his book, "successful networking through servant leadership and living the Golden Rule." Steele has been honored as the “Georgia Small Business Person of the Year” as well as the Georgia Jaycees’ “5 Outstanding Young Georgians”. For more information, visit http://www.rickysteele.net/.