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Post-conference strategies

Post-conference strategies

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Post-conference strategies

- Once you leave an event, the next important step, and the one we often overlook, is to reconnect with the people you met after the conference. Attending an event is not enough. You have to always follow through to leverage all the connections you made. The follow up is critical. Within a week or two after the event, while it's fresh in everyone's mind, send emails to those you collected business cards from, as well as those you saw speak and want to meet or work for. Since you attended the conference, you now have a way to make a more authentic, personal connection with the people you met or who you didn't meet but wanted to. Introduce yourself and make a connection with them related to the conference. In these introductory emails you should , connect with them personally. Reference something you talked about, you heard them say, something they wore or information you promised to send. Remind them how great you…

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