April 13, 2008
Network and Grow Rich
Let me tell ya something straight up:
Email just ain’t gonna cut it anymore if you’re serious about joint-ventures, knowing quality mailing partners, and striking up content deals.
I can’t begin to tell you how many times, in the beginning of my online marketing career, that I sat by and said to myself stuff like, “Aaaah, screw it… he hasn’t responded to my email so he must not be interested.” Or, “She seems unapproachable based off her schedule.”
Of course, in the former scenario, 75% of the time, the person I thought wasn’t interested either a) didn’t get my email or b) just hadn’t had time to respond to get the details from me.
And, in the latter scenario, 90% of the time, the person was completely receptive to hearing what I had to say.
The point here is this: pick up the @#$% phone 
Yep, reach out and connect the old fashioned way. You’ll find it will add to your personal bottom line.
Or, if that ain’t your cup of tea, there is another way (after all, I know many people who totally despise the phone like they despise eating peas or hearing someone’s fingers screech across a chalkboard).
Click the “continue” link to read my 1997 encounter with The World’s Greatest Networker to find out what it is.
