Networking with ‘Uncommon Courtesy’ is both simple and easy and can clearly differentiate you from everyone else:
Uncommon Courtesy
I Hate Networking Slugs … And So Should You (5/19)
I hate Networking Slugs … I really do. And so should you. They typically create very negative first impressions at networking events by doing lots of dumb things. They probably didn’t plan to behave like Slugs and what they do is often out of mindless habit or lack of focus. But, the results are just as lame … and just as annoying.
Courteous Fave
I talk a lot about Uncommon Courtesy in my communication workshops. Here’s something you could have heard in one of the. Project uncommon courtesy with every outgoing phone call by saying these five magic words within the first 10 seconds – ‘Is this a good time? … Read more
Why I Love Uncommon Phone Courtesy
Here’s a simple phone technique that will differentiate you from most other people when you make a simple call. It works very well whether you’re following up on meeting someone at a networking event, returning a call or simply asking a question:
Network with Uncommon Courtesy
A reader recently asked for some simple tips to network with more courtesy and to avoid coming off like a ‘slug’ at networking events. My comments.
Why I Love Uncommon Phone Courtesy
Here’s a simple technique that will differentiate you from most other people when you make a simple phone call. It works very well whether you’re following up on meeting someone at a networking event, returning a call or simply asking a question:
Connect with Class
Have you ever gotten an email like this? ‘Hi Phil, Tony Grosso suggested I contact you. I’d like to meet with you to network and discuss my job search. Let me know some good times to get together. Regards … Chuck Upton.’
While harmless enough, concise and clear, Chuck could have been much more effective, efficient and engaging. He could have indicated:
‘Class Act’ Communication
(A writer recently asked me for a 100-word maximum contribution on differentiation for his communication skill blog. Not easy … but here goes)
Communicate with ‘Uncommon Courtesy’ to differentiate yourself as a ‘Class Act’. Do so with every message you send to every person every day.
Networking with ‘Uncommon Courtesy’
I used to refer to this concept as networking with ‘common courtesy’. But, just like ‘common sense’, this practice is anything but commonplace in the business world today. One of the fastest and smartest ways to make that best possible first impression when networking is both very simple and very easy. Just display ‘Uncommon Courtesy’ that clearly differentiates you from the pack of amateurs by:
‘Uncommon Courtesy’
A reader recently asked for some simple tips to network with more courtesy and to avoid coming off like a ‘slug’ at networking events. My comments.
Networking with ‘Uncommon Courtesy’ is both simple and easy and can clearly differentiate you from everyone else: