July 31, 2009

A networking plan for success

Elmer Letterman had a great strategy for networking: Help others succeed by connecting them with new partners.  Every Friday, he connected three people that "should meet".  In 10 years, he became a local life insurance rockstar, even though he never sold during his famous networking lunches.  

You can do it too.  Either face2face, via conference call or three-way email, you can/should/must commit to connecting three people a week.  Find partners, jobs, projects or new friends for your network and watch it explode. 

My new video: The Elmer Letterman Story (from the FIS Conference 2009)

The Elmer Letterman Story from Tim Sanders on Vimeo.

Posted at 10:55 AM in Relationship Management  |  Permalink  |  Comments (2)  |  TrackBack (0)

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Jason -

So nice to hear about your newfound commitment to networking/love. During these days, we need people like you more than ever.

Come back to the light!

Tim Sanders

Posted by: Tim Sanders  |  July 31, 2009 at 02:47 PM

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Tim,
I really enjoyed this post. I've done a great deal of networking and most of the great opportunities in my life have been a result of what you are talking about.
For whatever reason, the past couple years, I've "holed up" and "hid" my networking/connecting self and am realizing it's not who God's called me to be. I need to jump back into the fray and connect. Really appreciate the post.

Posted by: Jason Taylor  |  July 31, 2009 at 02:18 PM

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