From the course: How to Network When You Don't Like Networking

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Prioritize connecting over collecting for better follow-up

Prioritize connecting over collecting for better follow-up

From the course: How to Network When You Don't Like Networking

Prioritize connecting over collecting for better follow-up

- [Man] Let's hear some of your other perspectives on the follow-up, so one is making sure that it doesn't go too long because it can be forgotten. And what are some of the other, I'd say, common mistakes and best practices there? - [Woman] So, be specific, and remember to value connecting over collecting. So, it's not about how many cards you collect. It's about who you connect with, and how deep those connections are. To that end, I think that people will sometimes, at the end of a conference, send out like a blind CC or a group list to everyone saying "Hey, it was great meeting you at that industry conference. Let's stay in touch," and that reads as phony. It's not specific. It's going to get deleted. So, instead of reaching out to everyone who you touched bases with in the conference, pick a couple of people. Authentic individuals specific follow-up. And in the follow-up, make it short. I think e-mail is a good…

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