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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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I Want Some Business Cards

Catch Friday

If you want to successfully network with people, you cannot expect to sell to them directly with out some form of collaboration and referral. I do business with people who will collaborate with me, that is I either add to their services or take a percentage from them for referring them to a good business deal.

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Conference for Administrative Excellence – Gala Event

Office Dynamics

days of learning, collaboration, networking, relationship building, concurrent sessions, and hands-on learning labs, admins happily exchanged business cards and contact information as we prepared to close out the event. Friday morning began with a networking breakfast. On this final day, after sharing 2.5

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Are you a networked PA?

Practically Perfect PA

Don’t forget your business cards – I meet quite a few PAs who still don’t have these, make a business case and approach your boss and get some ordered. Be consistent and collaborative. The original article can be found on Jennifer’s blog and you can also follow her on Twitter: @jencorcoran_pa.

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Link Lineup: Small Business Tools, Time and Todos, Productive Marketing and More!

Stephanie LH Calahan

Inexpensive Ways to Prevent Business Disaster - [link] -- OK. I'm smiling because my tip is listed first in this collaborative work, but that is not the only reason I am linking it here.    Check it out and get great ideas to save your business from disaster.   This article covers a lot of the basics.

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Working with an old school Executive

Practically Perfect PA

I had one Executive that had a bunch of the old style Rolodex business card holders dotted around his office. When I told him that I could put an app on his new iPhone that scanned the business card directly into his Outlook contacts he was over the moon. Here is one I wrote a few years ago.

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Who Needs an Office? 10 Entrepreneurs Weigh In on the Future of Virtual Work

Success

Virtual tools and resources can help you hire, manage projects, collaborate with far-flung team members and even make it look like you really do have an office. It has every possible feature for project management, and other products from 37signals’ Suite [web-based apps for collaboration, sharing information and making decisions].

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