For networking you should find a way to be close to that person or, if time allows, become part of the environment by making friendship with his/her friends, becoming a friend or offering something of value to that person’s life, rather than just coming to ask for some favor or business. Network connections created on a basis of friendship and personal admiration will last longer and there is only one way to make friends: Be a friend first.
The best way to build connections is by being helpful to others. To make friends you first have to be a friend. If you try to approach hustling and selling people will keep some distance or avoid you outright.
One very common opportunity to be helpful is when you see an opportunity to introduce your contacts to each other. Introduce them in a social setting. Invite both for the same dinner or night out. Bring them together, and say why you think that was a good idea, then let the chips fall where they may.
