What Can You Tell Me About Your Network?

This blog is all about networking and understanding your network. Therefore, I ask you what can you tell me about your network?

1. How many people in your network have you contacted in the past day, week, month, and yes even year?
2. What is the nature of your contact?
   
3. Did the information benefit your contact?
   
4. Have you taken time to classify your contacts?
5. Does Pareto's Law/Principle (80:20 rule) apply to your network? I bet it does.
6. Where do you focus your time in your networking activities?
7. What is the purpose of your network (an upcoming blog article)?
8. Is your network there for you or there for both of you?
9. Do you look at the contacts belonging to your networking contacts?
10. Do you share your own contacts or do you keep them private?
11. If you are on LinkedIn have you performed any analysis of your contacts?
12. How many different companies are represented by your contacts?
13. Who are the connectors in your contact's list?
14. Who are the mavens in your contact's list?
15. Who are the salespeople in your contact's list?

If these last two questions are unfamiliar I recommend that your read:




Do an analysis of your network to improve both your understanding of your network and your understanding of how you can benefit each other.

Happy networking!