Over the last week or so my inbox has been full of well meaning advice about goal setting and new year resolutions. The same topics have seemed to dominate on blogs and social media. One thing has been missing from a lot of what I have read - the importance of knowing where you are starting from. You may be a lot nearer to your goals than you think. One of the common mistakes people make when building a business network is thinking that it is all about making new contacts. Don't forget the people who already know, like, rate and trust you.
I shared some tips on how to identify the people already in your network in a short podcast that you can listen to here:
I heard someone say once that if you don't know where you are going then any road will do as you don't know which one to follow. Equally if you don't know where you are then you don't know which road to take.
Good Networking!Dave Clarke
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Giving yourself extra time for following up
At a recent seminar on Social Media most of the attendees said they struggled with doing what they need to do in the time available. I have written previously about the importance of following up, but one of the big things that takes a lot of time is dealing with email.
It doesn't need to take up that much time. I have just dealt with nearly 2000 messages in a couple of hours after returning from a 2 week family holiday. I used the system I mentioned in my post, Time Management and Networking Follow up, to go through them.
Since I started dealing with my emails in this I have saved about one hour every day! That's five hours extra each week for the important stuff. For more good advice on dealing with email see this article from Graham Jones entitled 'Check your email - quick - another one might be in....!'
Good Networking!
Dave Clarke
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It doesn't need to take up that much time. I have just dealt with nearly 2000 messages in a couple of hours after returning from a 2 week family holiday. I used the system I mentioned in my post, Time Management and Networking Follow up, to go through them.
Since I started dealing with my emails in this I have saved about one hour every day! That's five hours extra each week for the important stuff. For more good advice on dealing with email see this article from Graham Jones entitled 'Check your email - quick - another one might be in....!'
Good Networking!
Dave Clarke
Get 7 networking secrets for business success
business networking | business networking events | business networking podcast
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