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We know, we know…
It’s been a long time between drinks. Our only excuse is pitiful — we have been frightfully busy. Pathetic, isn’t it?!
But despite the long break, Lee and Allan are still full of venom, bile, spite and nasty poisonous stuff. Well, Allan is (for which he is on medication); Lee is still the personification of all that is sweetness and light.
Ha! Believe that and we have a few quality Rolexes we can sell you…
In this long-awaited return to form, Lee questions the value of networking, wondering if it is more than just a useless waste of time. Allan reminds Lee that networking is more than just swapping business cards for fun and profit, but can also be about making friends.
And they both agree that there is a third reason to network, even across the blogosphere with people you are highly unlikely to ever meet… but you’ll have to listen to find out what it is.
Allan has also been listening to a new (for our ears) podcast, ‘The Manager Tools podcast’, which leads into a major discussion about when *is* the right time to discuss business when a client wants to take you out to dinner? And how long do you wait at lunch before you launch into your PowerNapkin ™ presentation?
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Until next week: take care, take aspirin, take your wife out to dinner.
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Steven Lewis 10.16.06 at 9:50 am
I’ve never been any good at networking “professionally” myself; and I’m deeply suspicious of anyone who greases up to me for no reason other than to find out what I might do for them. Maybe I don’t have the widest network as a result but I know that mine is real. I guess this is why I don’t have much time for “Linked In”, for instance.