Thanks, you’re first to the finish line and now number 316.

Dave:

With 4K connections, you’re going to need a bigger coffee mug and a bigger expense budget for coffee

I hope with those connections you’ve made clear in your profile (which I haven’t read cause after all this time I know you well enough) that you WILL contact via email so nobody gets cranky on you.

I myself look forward to your first issue but understand the technical challenges as I am having a few with my 2nd edition of my newsletter on my new system.

It’s always something.

Best always,
- Peter

I’m one of those LIONs who just keeps accepting invitations from people all over the world. Mondays and Tuesdays are heavy ’cause TopLinked ($29 annual fee) publishes their list of other LIONs early in the week. Even though I don’t actively send out more invites of my own, I’m close to 4,000 connections now.

Here are the reasons I do it: I’m constantly reminded that almost ANY company (even the headhunters) are potential voice clients. I haven’t put my master plan in 2nd gear yet, but at some point, I hope to “broadcast” a newsletter or an appeal to most everyone on my connection list with a “reminder” of my services.

Finally, because I live in a town with heavy convention traffic, and heck…just heavy traffic in general — a town that almost EVERYONE comes to sooner or later, I stand the chance to actually meet a significant portion of my connections down the road. Many have already noticed I live here, and ask to have coffee with me when they’re in town.