Comments on: A step back from online participation to look at other paths

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By: Richard Coughlan

Richard Coughlan — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 22:49:53 +0000

Jared,

I recently discovered your blog via Twitter. I wanted to express my appreciation for your post. I spend most of my days with 28-35 year old MBA students, some of whom have lost the appreciation (or never developed it) for the kind of interaction you discuss in this post. I’ve forwarded it to several of them already. I look forward to following your work more closely in the future.

@U_Richmond_MBA

By: MLDina

MLDina — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 22:59:13 +0000

I’m an avid social networker- but I think social networking can be just as effective in person as it can be online. Depending on your goal, chatting in person over lunch can work much better than sending a tweet to a group.

By: Jared Goralnick

Jared Goralnick — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 04:44:24 +0000

No worries, Lydia/Jed. Yes, I did intentionally leave out names of the companies and people involved. It was actually a phone call that morning from one of the unnamed parties that prompted me to write this post.

If a friend of mine is on the verge of a pretty big opportunity and asks me for advice, far be it for me to share the names. Don’t worry, knowing who’s involved doesn’t affect the article–just trust me that you’d like to be in the position of my friend :-).

By: Jed Wood

Jed Wood — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 22:36:14 +0000

Sorry for not communicating clearly here. I’ve been on a long hiatus from reading and commenting on blogs, and apparently it shows. :)

Lemme try one more time. Jared originally wrote:

Amongst my friends that are building successful web applications, getting funding and finding users, I’m seeing this approach, as well.

Which successful web apps are you referring to?

Those are the details that are missing, intentionally or otherwise. :)

Make sense?

By: Lydia Sugarman

Lydia Sugarman — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 19:20:19 +0000

Jed-
No one’s leaving out details, intentionally or otherwise. The details are there in the original blog post and comments if you take the time to absorb what you’re reading. It’s about cultivating more visceral connections with people, however you may choose to do that.

By: Jed Wood

Jed Wood — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 02:48:50 +0000

Perhaps you’re intentionally being leaving out the details, but I’m interested in the specifics: what are the companies? What were the results? I run a few web businesses and have done very little in terms of marketing. I’d love to get some ideas and inspiration!

By: Jared Goralnick

Jared Goralnick — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 04:58:00 +0000

Thanks, Lydia, you’ve done a better job than me at outlining how that balance looks. I wish I got more hand-written cards…we’d all be happier people.

Jed, the gist is that some of my friends just reach out to the people they’re looking to get in touch with…and they let their work (rather than their social proof) and whatever they wrote speak for itself. When they aim high, sometimes it actually works. And sometimes it’s a matter of being out networking in the real world. The actual specifics are actually pretty impressive–it’s amazing what’s possible to be accomplished and the relationships it’s possible to build even primarily from a distance and without social media.

Hillel, that’d be an interesting Ignite topic… it’s funny to me how my take on real world networking has changed a lot because of social media. Its place is more complementary than the end-all be-all, but that’s I guess a topic for another day. In the mean time, good luck with the Ignite thing!