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Honestly, my old way of networking was showing up to Chamber events with a stack of 200 business cards. Now I just chat with one person for 20 minutes at a coffee shop on Whyte Ave. The change happened after I spilled an entire latte on a potential client's suit.
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hannahm3911d ago
My best client came from a single coffee chat too.
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joel_butler9d ago
Last year at a Chamber golf event I saw a guy, let's call him Dave, hand out his card on the first tee box. By the 18th hole he had a stack of rain-soaked cards in his pocket that were just pulp. Rodriguez.felix has a point about meeting lots of people, but that image stuck with me. I started asking one person from those big events to grab a real coffee later. It turns a blur of handshakes into an actual talk where you remember their kid's name or their stupid fantasy football team.
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rodriguez.felix11d ago
But what if you're missing out on the big picture? Those chamber events have hundreds of people from all kinds of businesses. You might only get five minutes with someone, but you're casting a wide net. One coffee chat is nice, but it's just one person. I landed my biggest account from a random handshake at a crowded mixer, someone I never would have met sitting in a cafe. Isn't it better to meet lots of people fast and follow up later?
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