2 posts tagged TapTip

Author: Farhana Rahman

The biggest rule-of-thumb when it comes to handing out business cards is to not hand them out like playing cards. Presentation is key. That doesn’t mean presenting your card on a mini silver platter though! If handling a small number of cards, you don’t even need a business card holder, so long as your cards are easily accessible, and neat. Also-do make an impression in your delivery. Show your personality, and add a humanistic element to your card.

I like to perk myself up before handing one of my cards over to a person-of-interest, and I like to come off as a personable professional, rather than a pitchy annoyance. Below is one approach I take. Works very well for me:

Clearly you could see that I am being personable and professional- not pitchy or ridiculously fake. People love praise, so praise them. Let it all come naturally, because the whole point of exchanging business cards is in the prospect to have a professional future with the contact.

One thing I learned the hard way: Business cards- never leave home without ‘em!

Author: Farhana Rahman

Are you one of the many people who feel a degree of intimidation in approaching successful people? This could include anyone… a superior at work, management of an establishment, affluent people with a high level of influence, etc.

Personally I’m not afraid to approach these people, because of a little outlook that I taught myself. Works great for me! Allow me to explain in the video below:

In addition to treating successful people as… people, you can’t allow yourself to worry about making the other person ‘like’ you. We all have a lot to learn from each other, so allow your confidence to shine through in a personable manner. Talk about what the person would find useful and fascinating, don’t just throw a bunch of trigger words at them (that’s annoying.)

It’s understandable that you wouldn’t want to risk losing what could be a valuable relationship. Even so, what really matters is making an impression. That’s what plants the seed. Even if you flub here and there, you can redeem yourself as you follow-up, because the connection has been made, and the seed has been planted.