by Susan | Nov 17, 2015 | Networking
Dear Business Person I Just Met, It was lovely to meet you at that business networking (or other) event. When I gave you my business card, though, I was hoping to communicate with you. I did not expect you to subscribe me to your list. I wasn’t interested in you...
by Susan | Oct 10, 2013 | Networking
Networking…how many ways there are to do it. Today I’m going to make the case for virtual networking, or “virtual coffee,” as I’ve been calling it. The original idea for mass networking over coffee came from my friend Jason Elkins, but...
by Susan | Jul 18, 2013 | Networking
A couple of months ago, right before my book, Business in Blue Jeans, came out, I did a networking challenge – 30 cups of coffee in 30 days. It was a huge success! I met a lot of fascinating people, had some great conversations, learned a lot of stuff I...
by Susan | Apr 29, 2013 | Health, Networking
It’s been a week and a half since I started my networking challenge, “30 Virtual Cups of Coffee (or Yerba Mate) in 30 Days with 30 People” and I’ve talked to quite a few people already (and thanks to the good folks at Guayaki, I’ve been...
by Susan | Apr 15, 2013 | Business, Networking
After writing my recent post about how people do networking so, so, so terribly badly, I realized that for the last year, I’ve been caught up in a whirlwind of one project after another. First it was the “Break a Record with Susan” event. And...
by Susan | Apr 2, 2013 | Business, Networking
Most of my client work, even with my corporate clients, happens on the phone. I rarely go out for work—for my personal life, sure, but not for work— and I can’t remember the last time I went to a business networking event. Why? Three reasons: Most of the people...