Network Your Way Into Opportunities (and list of events)
I’m amazed at the opportunities that come up because of networking. I’m not talking about this dialogue: Job Seeker: Hi, my name is Jason Alba. I’m an accomplished executive with …
UNsocial Networking
When Contacts Aren’t Network Contacts
I got the following question today: I add contacts from the company screen with the link that is provided. Yet when I go into my network panel, the contact I …
Thom Singer on Thanksgiving Networking
I just read an excellent article on Forbes that included some networking wisdom from Thom Singer, author of The ABC’s of Networking, Some Assembly Required, and of course his blog. …
I’m Not a Startup Princess. But I’m a Startup King.
This is according to the startup princess herself… as I would never call myself the king of anything right now (she has also called me the wizard) :p Kelly King …
Freakin’ Cool Networking Opportunities
There are three networking opportunities that I imposed on others in the last few months. As I’ve thought about the dynamics of what happened it really made me think how …
Avoid Networking Spam (and a super embarrasing moment)
Spam … the word makes most of us cringe. We don’t want to receive it, we don’t want to be accused of sending it. We all know that spam is …
Follow-up on Seth Godin (& Networking) From Yesterday
Yesterday was a fun day, although the people I was with are all bloggers and I think I saw more than one sign of withdrawal from not being by an …
I’m Not Going To See Seth Godin Because….
I thought a lot about this post, and wonder if I’m crossing some line by writing it. I came to the conclusions that (a) Seth would agree with this (at …
Book Review: The ABC’s of Networking
A few months ago I reviewed Thom Singer’s Some Assemby Required book on networking. He told me he was working on another one and I was excited to get it. …
Even My Mom Is Too Busy To Talk
Want to know why I know? Because I asked her. It went something like this: me: Hey mom, how’s it going? Are you busy? mom: I’m busy for the next …