So I'm down here today for a networking event just around the corner, I've been
making a big effort in these last few months to get as get out there as much
as possible and really spread the awareness of our company so I've been
going to as many the local networking events as possible getting as much
face-to-face time as well with other business owners not even necessarily
with businesses that will require or services but who are at least big have a
big profile in the local area I had a meeting yesterday with the CEO of a web
development agency in this area and you know he said in the last three months
that we've definitely made a big splash on the industry in terms of getting
awareness out there about who we are and what we do and you know that said I gave
me a lot of encouragement word is spreading and you know at this stage we
couldn't really ask for much more all the great things will come once we've
got our name out there people know who we are what we're about our values what
we stand for and there's just a great value that we offer and the great
results that we bring so before I head over to the event I'm actually going to
take some time to take a look around cuz I feel like every time I come here it's
always on business it's always for some event and I've never got the time to
actually appreciate this place on foot so yeah what better day then to take a
little wander around see what see what the Canterbury has to offer there's
coffee place I've been one to check out for a while so my head on over there and
get a bit hungry now I think coffee and a cake is called for
it's funny because we're all just filming this video down by the river
there I tried to film the video there about six months ago after I finished
another networking event down here and yeah basically just had the chicken out
I shit myself in the middle of it because of people watching me I just
wasn't comfortable bit whatsoever and now now look at me
you know I still feel like a dick for doing it but you know when I look around
and I see that majority of people aren't doing this the majority of people here
aren't trying to build themselves a personal brand I am so the whole time
I'm on this side of the majority I don't mind I think you should always be any
innovator should always be on this side of the majority if that means that a
thousand people down this this High Street here are looking at me can't give
a shit okay I really want that coffee now
so the promise of great coffee didn't disappoint if you're ever in Canterbury
Garage Coffee go check them out really great guys in they're really into
vlogging actually the vlog breaks down some barriers of people it's a talking
point an icebreaker often so yeah for those in the know shut away they see the
setup and go you have lager I'm like I'm trying to be I'm pretending to be yeah I
actually I love Canterbury for this I love it for these little side streets
that I have down here just absolutely beautiful
look at this so yeah great coffee great chat with them I got a whole lesson in
coffee making but now I bet head on over to this networking event but nothing
could have prepared in there yeah having a coffee of those guys having a nice
little chat and yeah I feel like the networking has already begun that I've
got to be one of the best networking events I've ever been to they did very
kindly give me permission to film in there but I literally didn't get a
chance that was just some of the conversations which is so intense and
intimate and they're fantastic it's funny because you see all of the classic
networking types you know the guys that is my business calif is my business card
is my business card and then you get the way that I like to network which I don't
know you see instead of knowing everybody but only on this kind of level
I prefer to get to know one to maybe half a dozen people are most depending
on how long the networking event is and just get to know them a lot more
intimately a more deeper conversations I feel like when I do that I have more
context not a platform from which to contact them after that thereafter so
whilst my priority of course is to spread awareness of the business it's
not to go into spam everyone with business cards that's not the way I want
to do it the way I want to do it get to know the key people get them to
know the business index and just really get the show the true value that we can
bring all in all I'd called a really really positive day great too great to
explore some of these little side roads in Canterbury and kind of see what it
has to offer as almost like a tourist great to me of the guys at garage coffee
and see what they're all about and then everyone that I've met at their
networking event yeah I'd call that a pretty successful day
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