I slept on the floor of my friend's room in the Wynn hotel. No one needed to know that. They needed to know that I was there to talk about retail real estate, and that’s what I did.

I’ve attended countless breakfast events at 7am in the morning. I’ve worked 14-hour days, followed by evening events that ran past midnight.

You don’t need to spend a lot of money to network. You need to know where and when to be in front of the people you MAY want to meet.

Put a smile on, put your phone away, and get ready to shmooze.

Check out the top publications for your industry. Sign up for sites like Eventbrite and narrow down the list of events they should email you about.

Attend charity events. If you can’t give money, give your time to organizations.

Let us know about an upcoming event that you’ll be attending and share a link for us to sign up!