...or through MSN, Yahoo or many many other ways! How? We're now on Twitter, so sign up and start following us.
What's Twitter? Essentially it's like those status update thingies on Facebook, except you can get other people's updates more easily, like SMS and MSN messages, or even in a sidebar on your web browser.
When you're back from a networking event and need to follow up, invite people to LinkedIn through their invite tool and include a custom message (not just "Please join my network") This way you can expand your LinkedIn network while you follow up, killing two birds with one stone.
You can always find more tips and tricks on the front page of China Networker, our new networking training website.
Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu, William Jefferson Blythe, Rolihlahla Mandela, Eldrick Woods. No idea who these people are? I can't blame you -- history knows them as Mother Teresa, Bill Clinton, Nelson Mandela and Tiger Woods. Your name can mean the difference between success and failure, so don't choose it lightly.
Now, if you're Chinese, it's relatively easy to adopt or change your English name. The question is, which name should you be using?
By Andrew LawEnter Alex Cureton-Griffiths, a twenty-six year old expat, who on first meeting cuts an unassuming figure but is one of the growing army of foreign entrepreneurs looking to make it big in Shanghai. Alex originally hails from Shropshire, England but prior to Shanghai his most recent home was in New Zealand where his family moved in 1996.
His entrepreneurial spirit comes as no accident since his grandfather was an entrepreneur who established a farm feed company, and more recently his father who set up a petrol station.
Even with this solid background, Alex is an unlikely entrepreneur given that he was an incredibly shy child who often feared meeting visitors at the family home. A conscious decision to overcome his shyness resulted in him conquering the handicap and this experience has assisted him in coaching others in overcoming their fears in his specialty -- networking.
With Chinese New Year in full swing and the weather bitterly cold, things will be a bit quiet on the networking front for the next week or so. So, what can you do while you're not out there meeting new people? Just because you're not out there networking, doesn't mean you can't strengthen your network...
1. Get your contacts organised
If you're anything like me, you'll have folders and folders full of other people's business cards with no way of finding a specific someone other than digging through it. It's boring, takes forever and the risk of paper-cuts is never far away. Why not take this downtime to set up a CRM (customer relationship management) system to get your contacts in order? Not only will your contacts' information be just a few keystrokes away, but you may save a small fortune on Band-Aids.
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Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu, William Jefferson Blythe, Rolihlahla Mandela, Eldrick Woods. No idea who these people are? I can't blame you -- history knows them as Mother Teresa, Bill Clinton, Nelson Mandela and Tiger Woods. Your name can mean the difference between success and failure, so don't choose it lightly.
Enter Alex Cureton-Griffiths, a twenty-six year old expat, who on first meeting cuts an unassuming figure but is one of the growing army of foreign entrepreneurs looking to make it big in Shanghai. Alex originally hails from Shropshire, England but prior to Shanghai his most recent home was in New Zealand where his family moved in 1996.
If you're anything like me, you'll have folders and folders full of other people's business cards with no way of finding a specific someone other than digging through it. It's boring, takes forever and the risk of paper-cuts is never far away. Why not take this downtime to set up a