When It Comes to Networking, Farmers Will Always Beat Hunters
When It Comes to Networking, Farmers Will Always Beat Hunters BY Ivan Misner | April 26, 2012 | 2 in Share 181 Has a complete stranger ever solicited you for a referral or business? I call this “premature solicitation.” I’ve been its victim many times. I was recently speaking at a networking event, and before my presentation, a man came up to me and said, “Hi, it is a real pleasure to meet you. I understand you know Richard Branson . I offer specialized marketing services and I am sure his Virgin enterprises could benefit from what I provide. Could you please introduce me to him so that I can show him how this would assist his companies?” Here’s what was going on inside my head: “Are you completely insane? I’m going to introduce you, someone I don’t know and don’t have any relationship with, to Sir Richard, whom I’ve only met a few t...