The Paradox of Networking

Why do we network? Fundamentally, at the bottom of it all, at the very secret place deep within our hearts, we know that we are doing it for our own personal gain. We want to extend our network to improve our chances of landing the job, or landing the client, or...

What Are Your Challenges? How Can I Help?

One of the strange side effects of networking in the business world is that many of the folks you talk with are going to assume that you are trying to sell to them.  Even the simple phrase “Let me know if I can help out with anything” takes on a...

The Daily Practice

Matt Heinz over at “Matt on Marketing” has an awesome list of networking activities that you can do every day. Now while all of his techniques are really great, the thing I like most about this post is the idea of a daily practice.  Great networking,...

How Long is Too Long Away?

We’ve all done it.  We start a networking relationship with someone.  We might even have met for coffee or lunch.  We exchanged an email or a phone call or two and then… … nothing One or the other (or both) of us forgets to maintain...

You Ought to be in Pictures, Redux

About a week ago I wrote a post about using your camera for networking.  I got a little bit of feedback from some trusted advisors and the general consensus was, well, that it was “creepy”. So, I’ve thought a bit about what they said, and they...
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