by April | Jul 15, 2014
If you first contact someone via email, then split up the email in short sweet direct segments. Keep it short, no dissertations or long intros of why you are contacting them. You can send details after you have a reply and an ok to provide additional information....
by April | Jul 1, 2014
Do not dismiss anyone as irrelevant, maybe they do not come across as an immediate benefit or a good contact because you work in one industry and they in a totally different environment, or there is no correlation or that you are not looking for the same sort of...
by April | Jun 24, 2014
Whether you are networking or working with a customer, it is very important to follow up. One or two days after meeting someone for the first time, follow up with a brief email, note or even try a phone call. This is an opportunity to build the relationship by...
by April | Jun 16, 2014
You do not need to know the most people, but you do need to know the right people. I just took my bosses advise and got rid on over 50 contacts who never respond or participate. This is not in arrogance or being mean, but rather picking the people whom I’d...
by April | May 6, 2014
Once again we would like to reiterate the importance of communicating with your provider/IT people. We recently had a customer come to us wanting to expand on their VoIP and Internet services with us (yeah for them and us). After completing the upgrade, the...