Yesterday I was reading Jayson’s blog where he made a post talking about Guy Kawasaki’s blog. Being a fan of his, I decided to check it out. His most recent post is about “The Art of Schmoozing.” Yesterday I posted a little bit about the importance of networking but Guy wrote a really great in-depth piece on the matter. Some highlights from his post:
- “great schmoozers want to know what they can do for you, not what the you can do for them. If you understand this, the rest is just mechanics”
- “It’s unlikely that you’ll be closing a big order with someone you met online at MySpace or via Skype. Get out there and press flesh.”
- “The mark of a good conversationalist is not that you can talk a lot. The mark is that you can get others to talk a lot.”
Give it a read. It’s a great post.
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