Leaving a Message

Just a quick one today. You know how sometimes when you are making your networking calls, you occasionally might end up talking to a machine? OK, first. Leave a message. They know you called. Almost everyone has some sort of caller ID which will show that you did...
Double up on One-to-Ones

Double up on One-to-Ones

Yesterday we talked about some ways to be more efficient with our networking time. One of the methods I listed was doubling up on your one-to-ones. This would be the practice of setting up a coffee or lunch with more than one person. Now, you don’t want a whole...

Lightening the Networking Time Load

One of the challenges of networking is that it can be very time consuming. Attending events, making calls, chatting over coffee — they can all add up to a lot of time if you aren’t careful. The problem is, making friends does take time. Trying to shortcut...

Venue Review: Whole Foods Market

OK, I’ll admit that this one took me by surprise. Leave it to my good friend Megan Torrance of TorranceLearning to teach me something new. We met this morning for coffee at the grocery store — Whole Foods Market. OK, it’s a high-end grocery...

Livescribe Echo Smart Pen: Networking Tool?

When I am at a one-to-one meeting with a networking contact, I often take notes. My memory isn’t bad, necessarily, but when someone starts rattling off a list of people in their target market, I usually can only remember one or two. The problem is that in the...

What if They Don’t Want to Play?

You go to a networking event and meet some really cool people. You get their cards and when you get home you enter them into your contact system. The next day, you give them a call to set up a coffee or lunch. Your goal is only to get to know them a little better....
Greg Peters
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