Asking For Help Rather Than Offering And 9 Other Networking Mistakes You Might Be Making
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Julia Austin
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Being a scenester
“You see the people who are always on the scene but you don’t know why they’re at this event. They want to be everywhere. They assume being everywhere means you are bringing value to those spaces. Be strategic in where you are. Adding value to those spaces pays off more than just being everywhere,” Nyanue says. “It’s a weird habit, the business of it all. You feel like you have to be everywhere, but it’s not about that. It’s about the depth of relationships. You can collect 500 business cards, but who cares if they won’t pick up your calls? The person who is everybody’s friend is nobody’s friend.”
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