Comments on: The One Hour Project: Touch Base With Professional And Local Acquaintances http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/09/14/the-one-hour-project-touch-base-with-professional-and-local-acquaintances/ Financial talk for the rest of us Sat, 16 Feb 2013 01:14:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: SavingWithMe http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/09/14/the-one-hour-project-touch-base-with-professional-and-local-acquaintances/#comment-72558 SavingWithMe Mon, 17 Sep 2007 18:29:44 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/09/14/the-one-hour-project-touch-base-with-professional-and-local-acquaintances/#comment-72558 Another way to do this is to maintain an updated LinkedIn.com page for yourself. Every couple of weeks I will log in and add a little information to my page or try and see who I know or have worked with that has developed a page. Often times I will send invites to coworkers and former coworkers so we can all stay in contact. In todays corporate world a LinkedIn.com account is becoming a necessity making networking that much easier. Obviously traditional face to face networking is very important and never to be substituted.

]]> By: Brip Blap http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/09/14/the-one-hour-project-touch-base-with-professional-and-local-acquaintances/#comment-71879 Brip Blap Sun, 16 Sep 2007 02:55:14 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/09/14/the-one-hour-project-touch-base-with-professional-and-local-acquaintances/#comment-71879 I don’t know how many people will comment on this, but out of the tips in The One Hour Project so far, this probably has the best potential for long-term impact. You can only be so frugal (if you make 100 dollars, you can’t save more than that), but your income potential is limitless. Networking is the best way to increase your salary, promote your business, etc. Good advice.

]]> By: dong http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/09/14/the-one-hour-project-touch-base-with-professional-and-local-acquaintances/#comment-71693 dong Sat, 15 Sep 2007 14:52:00 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/09/14/the-one-hour-project-touch-base-with-professional-and-local-acquaintances/#comment-71693 For some people networking like this comes naturally. For others like myself, it’s very difficult. It’s funny because I’m actually a very social person, and network on friendly social basis very well, but when it comes to professionally, I do a piss poor job. But then again maybe that’s because I’m not in the right career. Who knows…

]]> By: Jason Alba http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/09/14/the-one-hour-project-touch-base-with-professional-and-local-acquaintances/#comment-71648 Jason Alba Sat, 15 Sep 2007 11:29:46 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/09/14/the-one-hour-project-touch-base-with-professional-and-local-acquaintances/#comment-71648 Trent, as you know, this topic of this post is at the center of my business. I was a general manager of a software company and was laid off in January of 2006. I was not a networker, and had no interest in playing catch-up in the networking scene.

Never Eat Alone changed my entire outlook on networking (or, building relationships), and I took a totally different approach to it. Now I love to meet people and nurture relationships, trying to give where I could. As a job seeker, the biggest thing I had to “give” was my other connections – so when I met someone that would benefit from knowing someone else, I would hook them up. You are right, this was very beneficial in ways that I wouldn’t know.

Your Word document system obviously works for me. Since I came from 10 years of software (and software development) I wanted something quite a bit more powerful – taking CRM ideas, Keith Ferrazzi ideas, etc. I developed a personal system to help manage all of the network contacts, as well as track target companies, and lots of other things that career experts tell us to do. For those that have outgrown the Word or Excel solutions, I encourage you to get a free account on my website, JibberJobber.com.

My two cents :)

Jason Alba
CEO – http://www.JibberJobber.com

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