How Should You Follow Up After Networking Happy Hour?
Once you’ve started attending some networking events and making connections, what’s next?
Are you following up at all after the events or are you tossing the business cards into your rolodex and moving on?
Imagine if someone who was actually interested in working with you misplaced your card. They were thinking about working with you but couldn’t call you and you didn’t follow up. That’s “Losing Business 101”.
If you are following up after you leave an event, are you following up to add value or are you jumping right into sales mode?
Next time you exchange contact info with someone, give them a call the next day and go with a simple “Great meeting you!”. I like to take it one step further and invite them to lunch! Get to know them over a good meal, and leave the sales pitch at home.
