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Bring your A game to Networking!

How did Joe Sweeney…

…get Bob Costas to come to Milwaukee (in the middle of winter)?
…become the “wingman" to the archbishop of New York City?
…take Brett Favre's off-the-field income from $65,000 to more than $4 million?

The answer is simple. Networking.

Master networker Joe Sweeney shares his networking secrets from a long and successful career as a business owner, sports agent and executive and investment banking consultant. His first secret: master networkers are focused on giving, not getting.

With today's difficult economy and uncertain workplace, networking has never been more important. Sweeney's simple but effective 5/10/15 networking plan will give you a leg up in the current job market, help you stay employed, or, if you've been laid off, find your next job. The cliché that who you know is more important than what you know has never been truer. Sweeney illustrates his insights with dozens of helpful examples from his own life (along with a few fascinating insider sports stories).

With special sections on networking for women and minorities, insights into the usefulness (and handicaps) of social networking sites, how to get (and why you need) a wingman and profiles of other master networkers, Networking Is a Contact Sport is a practical and essential guide for anyone who wants to get ahead in today's economy.

For twenty-eight years, Joe Sweeney built his career by combining his love of business and sports. He is a managing director of Corporate Financial Advisors, a Milwaukee Investment banking firm; was president of the Wisconsin Sports Authority; and was founder of Sports Management Group. Sweeney has owned and invested in more than a dozen Midwest companies as both an operator and equity investor. He lives in Fox Point, Wisconsin, with his wife, Tami, and they are parents of four adult children. Mike Yorkey is the author, editor, or collaborator of over seventy books. He lives in the San Diego area with his wife, Nicole.