Following Up
- Build Relationships, Following Up, Networking, Use your Networking Planner, Ways to Help Your Network
Be Proactive in Building your Network
It is important to be proactive when it comes to your networking activities. If you are proactive in your networking activities it will mean that you are more likely to reap the rewards…
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Quick Tip: Have a Supply of Thank You Cards
Send a thank you card. One of my colleagues got a thank you card in the post this week. She was simply delighted. It reminded me (because I’ve not sent a card in…
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Quick Tip: Keep in Contact by Following Up After an Event
After an event, it is important to follow up with the other attendees. Use this quick tip as a reminder to do this. It can be easier to get out of the habit…
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Catch up coffee? Plan your conversation
A “default” following up strategy after you have initially met a contact or as a check-in is to grab a “catch up coffee”. There is nothing wrong with this and it can give…
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Quick Tip: Celebrate Volunteers’ Week
This week is Volunteers’ Week. Volunteers’ Week is an opportunity to celebrate and say thank you for the fantastic contribution millions of volunteers make across the UK. You can celebrate Volunteers’ Week by thanking…
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Quick Tip: Use your Networking Planner as an Aide Memoire
When you meet people for the first time (or even if you have met them multiple times) getting to know some things about them is essential to start building up your relationship with…
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Following Up: Coffee
Today’s quick tip is a classic: write to a professional contact to suggest a coffee. While it might seem sterotypical or overused the coffee can be a great way to follow up or…
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Following Up: Treat Someone to a Cup of Coffee
Following up: Treat Someone to a Cup of Coffee Part of your following up strategy should have regular check-ins with your priority contacts. A great way of following up with them is to…
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Send a Thank You Card!
Send a Thank You Card We hope you had an enjoyable Christmas Break and got to spend time with your family and friends. In the post-Christmas period / early January – carve out…
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Have you written these cards yet?
Are you sending Christmas Cards this year? I love receiving a personalised Christmas card and therefore one of my standard tools in my “following up tool-box” is to send personal christmas cards to…
