Comments on: Seth Godin’s Top 7 Tips for Becoming a Master Networker

By: Luke Harvey-Palmer

Luke Harvey-Palmer — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 04:33:26 +0000

Super post…with s little time to read books (even great one’s like Seth’s) a summary of the salient points is why I read blogs!. The points around being a purple cow and having others talk about you are all about personal branding…which is super important to your networking efforts. The only point I would add to all this is to follow up! when you meet someone at an event etc, send them an email on a subject they mentioned to show you listened and care!

By: eric

eric — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 16:21:47 +0000

Seth looks like an Alien being.

By: anon

anon — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 23:29:29 +0000

Most of what Godin writes is nonsense. The little that isn’t nonsense is almost worthless.

I’ve read several of Godin’s books and find they examine complex issues simplistically. Often, he uses the exceptional case and presents it as proof rather than revealing the true rate of failure.

As an example, Godin advises being The Purple Cow. Unique. A sure fire way for failure for 99.9% of businesses.

Godin talks about the payment after getting a Harvard MBA. Is that really true? Cost of attending is about $140,000 (http://www.hbs.edu/mba/admissions/costsummary.html) plus lost income of $120,000.

Is it really worth it?

By: Xander Becket

Xander Becket — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:07:24 +0000

+1!

Another stumbler RSS subscription.

Sweet post.

By: Executivehacks - David Hutchison

Executivehacks - David Hutchison — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 05:55:43 +0000

Thanks for these great points.

I would emphasize the “relationship” part, and indeed the fact that it is personal. That’s what the blurred lines are about. If you are a relatively “less valuable” contact you can connect with people more powerful than yourself much more effectively if it is a personal connection than if you are trying to do a mutually beneficial deal.

In the end, personal relationships last longer than business relationships.

By: Darren Moloney

Darren Moloney — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 15:46:08 +0000

Your statement: Networking is about finding people that can help you.

I think that’s a wrong statement to make and would educate people that TRUE, genuine and meaningful networking is about find people YOU CAN HELP, the “givers gain” concept.

By: Gray

Gray — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 02:03:45 +0000

Good Blog, Jon. Trying to find a way to get attention. Please your customers..

By: corey

corey — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 15:11:56 +0000

I came here by accident, but just might stay

By: Naomi Dunford

Naomi Dunford — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 04:45:13 +0000

That is totally fantastic. As a major Seth groupie, that was exactly what I needed to read. Now all I need is Seth On Marriage or Seth On Teething Toddlers.

By: Aaron Stroud

Aaron Stroud — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 00:24:24 +0000

Great article Jon. I’m surprised no one stumbled it when you put it up!

Jim, those are some good points about friends preferring to buy from friends. It’s really true and there is no reason to feel guilty about it when you are selling a useful product or service!