Leveraging Your Social Capital to Monetize Your Network, with Ungenita Prevost

Business Habitat with Sam Dean

Episode 94 - In this week's inspiring episode, Sam welcomes networker extraordinaire, Ungenita Prevost, host of podcast Billion Dollar Rolodex, and Founder of FEMME 500 Global Feminine Leadership Network and Networking in Stilettos. Calling in from London, Ungenita shares her passion for networking and explains how women are missing the mark when it comes to building their own social capital. Success didn't come easy for Ungenita. A child of the foster care system in the US, Ungenita's natural ability for building rapport with people led to her first job in a real estate office at the age of 15. Sacrificing weekends in an effort to create opportunities for herself, Ungenita learned quickly how to leverage her social networking. Sam and Ungenita discuss their mutual enthusiasm for monetising their strengths and explore the difference between a 'gig' network which dissipates when you change jobs, and social capital born of authenticity and an 'abundance' mindset. In this age of 'followers' and Insta-likes, Ungenita points out how few influencers really know how to extract value from this emerging media and draws the distinction between popularity and profitability. Recognising that women's networks tend to fail when a masculine approach to building relationships is adopted, Sam and Ungenita consider the under-utilisation and importance of so-called 'soft' skills such as listening and asking questions. If you've ever questioned the benefit of building your network or wondered why your attempts to expand your business via your social network are not achieving your desired results, you cannot afford to miss this conversation. Here at BlueprintHQ, we are here to help. We are super passionate about the professional services industry and supporting you with what you need. We are offering a short, sharp 15 minute consultation call to help you with this process. Go to https://www.blueprinthq.com.au/consultation