Tips for effective networking!
// May 22nd, 2009 // 2 Comments » // networking, Social Networking, VisitingCards
When you go to an event or a gathering, what should you do to get the most out of all the hands you shake and the cards you collect? What kind of talk should you be engaged in? Should you shake hands and crack jokes? Should you be serious? Some advice? Tips?
Location specific: Pakistan
Answer:
I do not think any one thing works for every one, every single human has their own personality.
However, if one is going to a social event, he must always have enough business cards in his or her pocket.
A colored photo on the business card makes the person remind who he met, and is easy to relate to in future.
Color business cards cost no more than 500 for 1000 cards.
http://blogs.rehan.com/search/label/VisitingCards
After the meeting, a networking on linkedin, paki, or facebook should be made so that the person is not lost, as 95% of all contacts we make eventually disappear in business card folders if we do not put them on a social networking tool and we will never find them when we need them.
Have your profile on the social networking site complete, put your business details correctly at least the names so that the person can see what you have in you which can be useful for them in the future.
If you do use social networking tools, try to put their logos on ur cards, so that the person knows that u use them.
If u ask me, i would NEVER want to be very pushy with the person who i want to be friends with, every time u try to be over friendly, it gives a bad impression, at least to me, but again, every one is different… There is no right or wrong, there is just a commanlity of tasks which we see others do, and think that is normal.
Rehan Allahwala
