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Digg it UP - Organizing Business Cards for Effective Contact Management
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When you return from a networking meeting or trade show, before you do anything else, update your contacts. Rank the cards you've collected in order of import
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If you're like most people, you have a stack of rubber-banded cards floating around you desk. Or you have been using them as bookmarks, toothpicks, and used gum wrappers and they are all over your office, car, wallet and purse?
Without a good filing system, the information on those cards is useless. So clean out your desk and develop a system for prioritizing, organizing, and following up with those contacts.
High Tech or Old School?
There are two choices for organizing business cards:
- The traditional way of keeping them in a card file
- The contemporary method of keeping contact info on a computer file
When you return from a networking meeting or trade show, before you do anything else, update your contacts. Rank the cards you've collected in order of importa
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Without a good filing system, the information on those cards is useless. So clean out your desk and develop a system for prioritizing, organizing, and following up with those contacts.
High Tech or Old School?
There are two choices for organizing business cards:
- The traditional way of keeping them in a card file
- The contemporary method of keeping contact info on a computer file
When you return from a networking meeting or trade show, before you do anything else, update your contacts. Rank the cards you've collected in order of import
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Without a good filing system, the information on those cards is useless. So clean out your desk and develop a system for prioritizing, organizing, and following up with those contacts.
High Tech or Old School?
There are two choices for organizing business cards:
- The traditional way of keeping them in a card file
- The contemporary method of keeping contact info on a computer file
When you return from a networking meeting or trade show, before you do anything else, update your contacts. Rank the cards you've collected in order of import
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There are two choices for organizing business cards:
- The traditional way of keeping them in a card file
- The contemporary method of keeping contact info on a computer file
When you return from a networking meeting or trade show, before you do anything else, update your contacts. Rank the cards you've collected in order of import
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When you return from a networking meeting or trade show, before you do anything else, update your contacts. Rank the cards you've collected in order of importance before you put them away. Separate warm leads who are likely to bring you business, people with whom you definitely want to follow up, and whose information you want at your fingertips. This can include prospects, people you will refer to others, or who will send referrals to you.
Don't be afraid to throw away cards from people you will never contact or refer. You can file cold leads somewhere else or toss them into the trash.
Know Your ABZ's...
How you alphabetize and file your cards is up to you. Decide how you remember information best -- whether it's by company names, people's names, or by category. Perhaps you are better able to find information if it is organized by region or department. Then, alphabetize them appropriately.
You might also file by date or by
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