Category: Relationship

Sunday Thought: Masturbating to Business Cards

I was going through a pile of old business cards today and realized a few things:

stack business cards

1) I did not follow up with these people right after meeting them (< 1 day)
2) I did not spend enough time developing a relationship or at least getting to know them
3) Emailing them now about help, deals, relationship or anything is nearly equivalent to cold calling them. They don't remember me.

kira knightly

Bottomline: Getting a business card and not getting a relationship is like masturbating to Kira Kneightly and telling your friends you had sex with her.

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13 Responses to “Sunday Thought: Masturbating to Business Cards”

  • Susan Jones
    August 20th, 2006
    7:53 pm

    What a shame!
    (you don’t have mine)
    heeeeeeeeeeeee!

  • Derek
    August 20th, 2006
    8:07 pm

    Reminds me that I need to get my cards printed. I’m a bit unorthodox in that I build relationships then return a few weeks later and say “hey, I don’t think I gave you my card”.

  • Noah Kagan
    August 20th, 2006
    8:08 pm

    Derek likes to “slip it in the back door.”

    damn i am getting my sense of humor back. haha

  • Victoria
    August 20th, 2006
    9:08 pm

    Ugh. I have a terrible habit of not following up. What’s even worse is that sometimes I’ll initiate contact, get a reponse, and then I’ll leave them hangin’. How retarded is that? I need a good smack or two.

    Noah, good to see that you’re getting your sense of humor back. I didn’t realize you’d lost it.

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  • Devin
    August 21st, 2006
    7:03 am

    Hah, he was on a roll on Friday. You even had Mr. Monotone laughing. Personally, I’m a Scarlett Johansson kind of guy..

  • sharpshoot
    August 21st, 2006
    9:46 am

    Building relationships is key. Hence your relationship manager/CRM for friends is key. What you need is a way after scheduling an event to be asked who you met and have a reminder to email them a day after, a week later and then a month later. Cementing relationships are like learning facts, if u want someone to remember you and stay in your longterm memory you gotta remind them the day after, a week after and then ongoing in that month. I often meet for lunch in the weeks after and cement the rapport built at the event.

  • jim
    August 21st, 2006
    10:12 am

    i can’t believe kira’s been cheating on me

    good thing kate beckinsale doesn’t mind me playing the field. :)

  • Jeramey Jannene
    August 21st, 2006
    10:14 am

    That’s quite the analogy you formed there!

  • kareem
    August 21st, 2006
    11:25 am

    me and norgard LOLed at this one buddy.

    but so true.

  • Nick Gavronsky
    August 21st, 2006
    12:46 pm

    I have quite a few of those myself.

  • Brad
    August 21st, 2006
    2:17 pm

    It is spelled Knightley, but close enough. Point taken, and a fine way to put it at that.

  • ozgur alaz
    September 2nd, 2006
    2:50 pm

    YEs you are quite right
    I am in the same situation

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