Sunday Thought: Masturbating to Business Cards
I was going through a pile of old business cards today and realized a few things:

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.
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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Noah Kagan wrote Sunday Thought: Masturbating to Business Cards on August 20th, 2006 and there are 
13 Responses to “Sunday Thought: Masturbating to Business Cards”
August 20th, 2006
7:53 pm
What a shame!
(you don’t have mine)
heeeeeeeeeeeee!
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”.
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
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.
August 21st, 2006
3:50 am
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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..
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.
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.
August 21st, 2006
10:14 am
That’s quite the analogy you formed there!
August 21st, 2006
11:25 am
me and norgard LOLed at this one buddy.
but so true.
August 21st, 2006
12:46 pm
I have quite a few of those myself.
August 21st, 2006
2:17 pm
It is spelled Knightley, but close enough. Point taken, and a fine way to put it at that.
September 2nd, 2006
2:50 pm
YEs you are quite right
I am in the same situation
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