If you were offered 50 real-life business introductions for less than £20, would you be interested? (That's 40p per introduction!)

If your answer is 'yes' then you need to take a look at Lunchnet. I have been working networking meetings for nearly 4 decades and frequently departing most of them with a measly 2 or 3 fairly uninteresting business cards after getting cornered for an hour and a half by some boring old bugger who wouldn't shut up. (Haven't we all?)

Lunchnet is very different and I have personally found it impressive and well-organised. It's a bit like speed-dating - where you will meet around a-business-a-minute on average, BUT it's done in such a manner that even the shyest person will feel comfortable. At the last Lunchnet meeting, I came away with 47 new business contacts, many of which have mutual business potential, and many of which I have already had business discussions with.

There's absolutely nowhere in the business world where you can obtain so many contacts for so little outlay. If you're fairly new to business, it's absolutely critical that you try Lunchnet at least once - but remember that most business cards are worth 'zilch' unless you're prepared to do a bit of relationship building after being given one.