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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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Discover the One Key Thing that is Killing Your Business Networking #business #productivity

Stephanie LH Calahan

One: Develop an organized way to maintain your new contact info. Contact Keeper makes great products to save business cards and keep notes and other important info on new contacts. Two: When you do follow up with a new contact, add value. Follow up is crucial for me to actually turn connection into business.