The Cure for Facebook Overload (cost $2)

The way I maximize my efforts to make connections on Facebook and Twitter is to set up appointments over the phone with people who I want to get to know better. The hardest part about this is the difficult task of deepen the budding friendship with follow-ups.  As my list of friends and contacts gets longer, many slip through the cracks and I don’t like leaving people in the dust.
So, I finally remembered what I did when I tried to keep up with networking in the past.  After I had bought expensive software and finally learned how to use it, I ended up using an index card box !!! Yes, not too hightech, but sometimes it’s just nice to get away from typing.

So, here is the deal.

1) When you make a contact, type in all the information in your contact management software like Outlook or Entourage.

2) Create a subfolder under your inbox.  

3) Then buy the 31 divider-pack for a small index card box and create a card for each new person you just contacted, got to talk to etc.
4) Fill out the card with name and phone number (remember you have the rest handy in your mailing list) and mark down the last activity.  If it was an email, say so. If it was a call, also and if you sent something worthwhile, mark that down too.

5) Then decide when you want to contact the person again and simply place the card under the appropriate date. Then every day just look under that day, and do what you have set out to do last time.  

I hope that works.  I really liked this simple system when I used it.

Committed to your business success and life sanity,

Christiane