Ideas for becoming a better networker

Jan 3, 2009| connecting

Load contact information onto my iPod Touch in a way that I can easily search
Explore using a system like SugarCRM
Add pictures to my contact records
Schedule real-life contacts weekly
Send updates to all of my contacts on LinkedIn and Facebook as well
Store people’s goals in their address book records
Find people’s blogs or other online profiles and put those in address book records; ask new acquaintances about those too.
Improve hypersegmentation of e-mail by creating code templates and data structures
Read more resources, and summarize them in hypersegmented monthly or quarterly e-mails
Find a way to enable my network to share their goals with each other.
Improve follow-up process by sending e-mail within three days of event
Develop templates I can customize for events
Organize an external event around a topic of common interest
Summarize my weekly reports into monthly reviews and highlighted blog entries
Visualize my contacts by last contact so that I can see who I haven’t been in touch with in a while
Visualize my contacts according to interest
Pick up a card scanner that works with Linux? (hmm, not needed yet)
Remember birthdays as a good excuse to ask people what they’re planning for the next year of their life and how I can help
Hold regular dinner parties
Expand size of dinner parties

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1 comment

gary

2009-01-04T09:58:52Z

*Find a way to enable my network to share their goals with each other*. i think this idea is important and may have larger importance than i can see right now.

*Remember birthdays as a good excuse to ask people what they're planning for the next year of their life and how I can help*. i like this idea. also, it may be a way to help people stay motivated and on track. lastly, it would be a good way to add additional importance to one's
birthday and give it an important, new focus. - gary