Comments on: Networking Tips for the Busy Designer

By: Tina

Tina — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 14:55:42 +0000

As someone else stated above, these are not just designer tips.

Setting aside time for networking is always the most difficult part for me. I do get caught up working for myself.

By: Cheri Wenger

Cheri Wenger — Tue, 18 May 2010 11:13:48 +0000

This article was another great example of valuable tips and insight gained by subscribing to your newsletter. I especially agree with maintaining quality relations and integrating networking into your work. I regularly submit articles and projects to industry related magazines to maximize exposure and was able to start selling my digital designs on http://www.mygrafico.com through a contact I kept in touch with through our blogs & email. Maintaining relationships with people who share common goals and interests helps you to trade ideas, support one another’s efforts and often give you the courage to try new things! Terrific article!!!

By: Florida web design

Florida web design — Tue, 04 May 2010 02:09:51 +0000

Good stuff! Any little thing to save time is welcomed. I’ll try to implement some of your suggestions.

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By: Cambridge Who's Who

Cambridge Who's Who — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 18:24:47 +0000

Then 10 tips in this article are great for any business owner who wants to network. In my opinion number 8 is the most important, but all 10 should be used when you want to network. Every business owner should read this article and should consider following these steps to improve their business.

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By: Netbooks

Netbooks — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 20:19:00 +0000

You are right – minimizing meaningless activity is the best tip but so hard to actually do ! I waste hours every day just putting off work !

By: Joe

Joe — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 18:02:09 +0000

Excellent post. It’s easy to get caught up in the day to day stuff and neglect the areas that actually bring in more work. Thanks for sharing your experiences. I second the HootSuite recommendation.

By: Bex White

Bex White — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 17:39:28 +0000

There is a lot of good honest and simple common sense advice in there, I realised that I am doing quite a lot of those things but am missing out on a few ways to maximise my efficiency with my networking. This post also acts as a good checklist to ensure the reader isnt falling into any of the pitfalls such as concentrating on the method they think will work rather than ones which have proven to have sucess in the past.

The only thing I would add is consistancy. I for one find my twitter usage has temporarily gone down just recently as I am quite busy – but really I need to prioritise setting aside a few minutes a day for Twirl to stay in touch, otherwise I check back and find I had comments and questions from relevant contacts and collegues that I just didn’t see in time – my lack of response will also have put them off using that medium to interact with them dispite my usage up to that point being quite high. I would say – choose the channels you feel get the best response and be consistant with them. If you only have time for one channel – then figure out which is best and stick to that one if that is the only way to keep your usage consistant.

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