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In connecting, as in blogging, you’re only as good as what you give away.
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If you’re not making friends while connecting, best to resign yourself to dealing with people who don’t much care about what happens to you.
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Being disliked will kill your connecting efforts before they begin. Alternatively, being liked can be the most potent, constructive force for getting business done.
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The successful organization and management of the information that makes connecting flourish is vital.
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You have to put your ego aside and persist in calling and writing. And when you do finally connect, don’t sabotage your efforts by expressing how annoyed you are…
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“The more active you become in playing ‘host’ of your own conference within a conference, the better you’ll be at helping other people make connections, making you a center of influence.”
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“Deep bumps are an effort to quickly make contact, establish enough of a connection to secure the next meeting, and move on.”
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“…if you want access to the social power of acquaintances, it helps to know a few super-connectors.”
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…act as a pseudo-headhunter yourself, always on the lookout to connect job-hunters and job-seekers or consultants and companies.
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If you are sharing someone else’s circle of friends, be sure that you adequately acknowledge the person who ushered you into this new world, and do so in all the subsequent connections they helped foster.
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