learning style

Am I forgetful?

by Charlie Lawson on May 25, 2012 · 9 comments

I was at a networking event recently, and I bumped into a chap who I hadn’t seen
for a long time.  He’d been a BNI member in one of the first chapters I’d supported, some seven years ago, and had left the group when he sold his business.

We had a very enjoyable conversation – both catching up on old times, and also finding out about what we were both doing right now.  It turns out that I have a number of contacts that he would love the chance to speak to, and of course, I was happy to try and facilitate some introductions.

As is good practice in referral marketing, he told me exactly what I should say when I spoke to my contacts, and we agreed a time for me to follow up with him on how I’d got on. [click to continue…]

Aaargh! No business cards!

by Charlie Lawson on April 18, 2012 · 4 comments

We’re all familiar with the situation – we’ve met someone who is an interesting contact for us, and when you ask for a business card, we realise that we haven’t got any with us.  Likewise – it can happen the other way round – they haven’t got any business cards with them!

This feels like a massively frustrating situation, because a) I’ve met someone that is a good potential contact for me in my business, and b) they’ve shown enough of a level of interest in me to want to ask for my card so they can follow up. [click to continue…]