http://www.inetinsights.com/business-life/business-networking/let%e2%80%99s-connect-thanks-but-no-thanks/ Internet business blog from the UK Internet consultant Jaimie Dobson Wed, 14 Jul 2010 08:52:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.inetinsights.com/business-life/business-networking/let%e2%80%99s-connect-thanks-but-no-thanks/comment-page-1/#comment-13 Amelia Vargo Mon, 27 Apr 2009 17:37:09 +0000 http://wpblog.inetengineers.com/?p=39#comment-13 What a rude man! And how silly - it wouldn't have cost him anything to be polite, but by being impolite it could cost him a lot. What a rude man! And how silly — it wouldn’t have cost him anything to be polite, but by being impolite it could cost him a lot.

]]> http://www.inetinsights.com/business-life/business-networking/let%e2%80%99s-connect-thanks-but-no-thanks/comment-page-1/#comment-12 Nadine Hill Thu, 23 Apr 2009 12:29:08 +0000 http://wpblog.inetengineers.com/?p=39#comment-12 Wow Jaimie, how rude was this guy!! It sounds like he doesn't 'get' the power of social networking and has actually shot himself in the foot. I know you are too discreet to name names but if I ever meet a man in corporate hospitality on the local networking circuit in Yorkshire (which isn't THAT big), I will be wondering if this is the guy? Plus I'd test him by asking if he's on LinkedIn. Once I find it is the chap, he'll have blown off any chance with me too, as I know how he treats other people! You are right - no-one else really knows who else we know. I could be in a position to introduce you to your ideal kind of client but I'm certainly not going to give away my trusted contacts and friends away easily - whomever I know has to earn my trust first, just as I do with them. If this guy thought that he'd better get on LinkedIn to do some networking, he should have taken the time to learn about some basic etiquette first - or at least learn some general manners! Wow Jaimie, how rude was this guy!!
It sounds like he doesn’t ‘get’ the power of social networking and has actually shot himself in the foot. I know you are too discreet to name names but if I ever meet a man in corporate hospitality on the local networking circuit in Yorkshire (which isn’t THAT big), I will be wondering if this is the guy? Plus I’d test him by asking if he’s on LinkedIn. Once I find it is the chap, he’ll have blown off any chance with me too, as I know how he treats other people!
You are right — no-one else really knows who else we know. I could be in a position to introduce you to your ideal kind of client but I’m certainly not going to give away my trusted contacts and friends away easily — whomever I know has to earn my trust first, just as I do with them. If this guy thought that he’d better get on LinkedIn to do some networking, he should have taken the time to learn about some basic etiquette first — or at least learn some general manners!

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