Additional networking tips

[simplydamon]

Hi,


A nice little piece on some networking tips; #7 is valuable because I am personally terrible with names!

networking tips (http://www.ehow.com/how_138579_make-networking-.html)




" Write memory-jogging hints on the backs of the business cards you collect: where you met the person, mutual colleagues, product names. Follow up with promising contacts as soon as possible, or you risk their forgetting ever meeting you or your forgetting why they seemed so promising.

[George]

I'm also bad with people's name, this only happens when I first meet someone.

[simplydamon]

I am really good with faces, however.

*A girlfriend and I once flew down to Florida on vacation over Thanksgiving one year.
*As fate had it, we also went down to Florida the next year for Thanksgiving as well.
* I recognized that one of the passengers was on the same flight last year. I told my girlfriend this and she didn't believe me. I told her to ask the person.
* The person said that they were indeed on the plane last year :D

People's names I don't remember typically turn into: "Hey, Dude!". It probably isn't the most effective greeting when meeting someone that is high above you on the corporate ladder ;)

[kd5145]

I'm terrible with names to. They say when you meet someone for the first time you should say their names a couple times when you are speaking with them directly and you greatly increase your chances of remembering their name at a later date.

I have tried this and it never worked for me. Here on the East Coast we say duder instead of dude. :)

[George]

I usually greet people that I forget the names to by "How's everything doing?", "Hi/Hello again", or anything else to that line that doesn't need a name in it.

[Jeremiah]

I make a personal commitment to email my new contacts as soon as possible.

Since I'm usually online all the time (I'm a web geek/nerd/dork) I usually scare my contacts by replying so quickly :rolleyes:

I find this great for two reasons...Keep the conversation rolling, and you won't forget or procrastinate.

If you receive several cards from one event, sending individual messages is still appropriate...you don't want to come across as a spammer.

When I was at a conference, a small, tight, social network pattern began to emerge, we all had interests in 'creative marketing' ...I formed a yahoo group, and we continue to keep in touch now! Now our conversation can continue, although we will likely never meet as a community in person again.

regarding linked in, i'm getting lots of requests to accept from people I've never met. I decline. I prefer to keep my network to people I've actually communicated with and know..this makes my contacts that much stronger, and I know each person!

just some tips that I like to share!