Re:How to build and make use of connections.
by yakxxx on Tuesday February 11, 2014 @10:18AM
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You don't have to meet in-person to remain friends. Dropping few lines on FB/email every couple weeks will make big difference.
Try it and you will be surprised how positively people react to simple "Hey, how are you doing?".
Re:How to build and make use of connections.
by 1337biz on Wednesday February 12, 2014 @12:40PM
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It is a tricky business, esp. when you are not that well versed into that whole social "stuff", e.g. finding the border between being awkward/clingy and having a "normal" interaction. Like I do this stuff what you are describing maybe once a year for the holidays. It always feels creepy to me approaching people without having some concrete "issue". I am at the moment pondering about creating a birthday database and sending out a handwritten note to anyone in my contacts for their birthday via snail mail. Again very tricky to figure out if this is "awkward" with people where I have not that much contact with, or if it comes across as classy.
Like with somebody I call a friend, I try meet at least let's say once a month. It is going to be quite a logistical thing to coordinate only 15-20 meetings a month just to maintain the friend status...