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Productive Networking: 22 Ideas to Organize Business Cards for Effective Followup

Stephanie LH Calahan

" That is what a recent client told me when I opened a drawer in her office and found it filled with business cards. The cards had been collected over a year or so of miscellaneous networking events and trade shows.    Over time, she had forgotten who many of the people were or even why she had kept the card. . 

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Follow-Up Is Simple – So Why Isn’t It Easy?

Office Organization Success

If you don’t make a sale right away, you calendar them for the next follow-up and do the same thing again. Business cards and scraps of paper lying on your desk do not constitute a contact management system. Pretty straightforward, isn’t it? So why is follow-up such a problem? Disorganization. This is not about you.

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Good Ol’ Fashioned Marketing is Still Good For Business!

Step It Up VA Coaching

Put birthdays on your calendar and send cards to your clients – your kindness will be remembered, and so will you when the opportunity comes up for a client to refer somebody to your company. A good way to keep track of client birthdays and send out cards automatically is to use an online service like SendOutCards.com.

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Must Have Gadgets for the Modern Entrepreneur

The Small Business Blog

The following are just a few but for people in different industries there will undoubtedly be others. A smartphone is in many ways the swiss army knife of business gadgets. Email is still the primary communication channel for the vast majority of businesses both internally and externally. Smartphone.

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Networking – it doesn’t have to be a chore!

Practically Perfect PA

WATC make it simple by providing an events calendar of when all the networks are due to meet. This is headed up by Victoria Darragh who is a fantastic young lady and very knowledgeable about the PA industry. I know Vanessa Vallely (the website’s founder) very well and she is fabulous! Make sure you follow up.

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Great Apps for Assistants

Practically Perfect PA

By taking a photo of someone’s business card the app allows you to immediately transfer their contact details to your phone or tablet. The current calendar app on the iPhone and iPad doesn’t allow for a week-to-view setting. This app looks similar to an outlook calendar which is helpful. CardMunch: Free.

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Great Apps for Assistants

Practically Perfect PA

By taking a photo of someone’s business card the app allows you to immediately transfer their contact details to your phone or tablet. The current calendar app on the iPhone and iPad doesn’t allow for a week-to-view setting. This app looks similar to an outlook calendar which is helpful. CardMunch: Free.