Business Development 2.0
Practice Going Deep
One half of the equation is how much content you pour into the stream, the other is how deep it goes.
Don’t Let Conversations Die
Too often I’ve allowed the depth of a Facebook or Twitter conversation thread to go only one level deep. I love it when a thread gets active and two different people in my life converse in some way. In the Facebook thread below, it turned into a conversation about whether or not there are Field Day’s in other states (comment below if your state has or hasn’t). Just one more comment can keep the thread going, and shouldn’t we foster and grow relationships we already have?
Continue Conversations by Adding to Them
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