We often hear the phrase “I know I should be doing it but I just don’t have the time.” It seems that most times our daily tasks tend to overflow and we struggle with focusing on the most important things when little fires seem to continue to pop up. I wonder if our struggle is more related to our inability to stay organized or the fact that we don’t have a good system that allows us to take advantage of the information we use on a daily basis. Connecting and staying in touch with people in our network is one priority that most business people would agree is critical to their success, but we tend to let other less important tasks crowd and steal our time. Author and Networking Expert Keith Ferrazzi brings to light, “80% of building and maintaining relationships is just staying in touch.”
During my research on networking I ran across a powerful tool that I believe would make it much easier for us to stay connected to those in our network. Xobni for Outlook is a free sidebar that allows you to take your inbox to the next level by providing a better way to search your inbox and find information about your contacts. A few of the useful features of this tool include an email search that makes it easier to locate emails in your inbox and shows you previous emails connected to that person. Another component of this tool is the social networking aspect that allows you to search for information on your contacts through Facebook, Linkedin, Hoovers and others. It also gives you the ability to grow your network of connections by showing you who else this contact is connected to and then gives you the ability to connect with them via Facebook, Linkedin, etc. The name encapsulates perfectly the goal of this tool. “Xobni- ‘inbox’ spelled backwards- is an affirmation of our mission: to ‘take back’ the email inbox for our users.” You can download this tool at www.xobni.com
The true cost of connecting is not about money but time. The question then is what can you do today to make sure you have the time to spend for connecting?
During my research on networking I ran across a powerful tool that I believe would make it much easier for us to stay connected to those in our network. Xobni for Outlook is a free sidebar that allows you to take your inbox to the next level by providing a better way to search your inbox and find information about your contacts. A few of the useful features of this tool include an email search that makes it easier to locate emails in your inbox and shows you previous emails connected to that person. Another component of this tool is the social networking aspect that allows you to search for information on your contacts through Facebook, Linkedin, Hoovers and others. It also gives you the ability to grow your network of connections by showing you who else this contact is connected to and then gives you the ability to connect with them via Facebook, Linkedin, etc. The name encapsulates perfectly the goal of this tool. “Xobni- ‘inbox’ spelled backwards- is an affirmation of our mission: to ‘take back’ the email inbox for our users.” You can download this tool at www.xobni.com
The true cost of connecting is not about money but time. The question then is what can you do today to make sure you have the time to spend for connecting?
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