SPEED + SIZE = MOMENTUM
The Internet gives us prospecting speed. Reaching out to millions of targeted audiences rather than holding an opportunity meeting and many couldn’t show up due to time constraints or being too busy.
Automated signups and registration processing helps a lot, rather than carrying a stack of forms driving up and down to the headquarters submitting them.This is the age of information. It is not about just working hard anymore.
The most important thing to remember is that the Internet may automate all the tools for you, but in the end of the day it is you who must switch it on.
Here is a story that goes:
There was a wood cutter who went to a store looking for an axe. The shopkeeper instead tried selling him a chainsaw and outlined all the benefits of saving time and effort and chopping more trees. He even gave him a money back guarantee if it didn’t work out.
The wood cutter smiled with glee and bought the chainsaw.3 days later, he came back to the shop. He was cut and bruised as though he returned from war. He said the chainsaw didn’t work and was completely exhausted. He wanted his money back.
The shopkeeper then agreed to refund his money but before he did that, he pulled the string on the chainsaw to test it out. After he switched it on, the wood cutter shouted, “WHAT THE HELL IS THAT SOUND?”
The moral of the story is you must learn to switch on the tools. Then you will be at the closest thing to Networking Heaven. Good Luck!