It has been an exciting and wonderful journey for me since I migrated in Canada. I celebrated my 3rd year anniversary and it's amazing how I've grown a lot. One of the secrets is to associate myself with well connected people as well as individuals who are already financially independent or in the financial freedom path like I am. These accelerated my success in a very short period of time in a new country. This year, I've the privilege of being an apprentice by my multi - millionaire speaking coach who "coincidentally" is expanding his seminar business internationally. He started off with Asia which fortunately is my original roots. I will be sharing the stage with him in Phuket, Thailand next month. The topic?!? Ten Steps to Building Business Relationships: Gateway to International Business. Without further ado, here are some of my success secrets to be able to say that in building business relationships strategies that I use, I'm the best in the planet!

STEP 1: Meet 10 people per day. Spend a few hours every week networking online and offline. This is 300 people per month, 3,600 individuals annually!

STEP 2: Let's go international. Expand your network abroad not only in your local area.

STEP 3: Start a niche. Be first and go fast. Think of a market and provide value.

STEP 4: Develop your unique "souling" proposition. What is your 30 second elevator speech purpose?

STEP 5: It's a numbers game. Don't discriminate who is a "quality" connection.

STEP 6: Listen, listen, and listen. Get interested in people. You'll be surprised that you will be on top of their mind when you remind them about what they told you about them.

STEP 7: Refer people. Zig Ziglar said it best "You can get EVERYTHING in life you want if you will just help enough other people get what they want."

STEP 8: Stretch your comfort zone. Always do something that will make you feel "uncomfortable." You'll be surprised how bigger your comfort zone will be when you do this once a week.

STEP 9: Read, read, read. Most of my valuable connections I met through a book or an article that I bumped into.

And the last but definitely not the least:

STEP 10: Ask for testimonials. This will increase your credibility.

Remember, we're only six degrees away from the person who will be ready to help us get what we want. I guarantee when you do these simple steps, you're on your way to building better business relationships and expand your business internationally. Have a better and better connection! :-)

Lourdes Elardo is an infopreneur and professional real estate investor. Visit her websites at http://www.lourdeselardo.com and http://www.speakingwithlourdes.com. Check out what's the latest with Lourdes Elardo at http://www.speakingwithlourdes.blogspot.com