c/commercial-networking

A client straight up said my follow-up game was weak. Fixed it.

I was doing my usual thing after a trade show, sending a generic 'nice to meet you' email to everyone. A guy I really wanted to work with, a manufacturing rep from Cleveland, wrote back. He said, 'Look, I get 50 of these a week. You talked about my new product line. Why not mention that?' It hit me hard. I was just checking a box. Now, I spend 5 minutes per contact right after the event. I jot down one specific thing we discussed, like a project timeline or a material they use. My follow-up email leads with that detail. My reply rate went from maybe 10% to over 40% in three months. It's more work, but it's actual networking, not just broadcasting. Anyone else have a simple trick to make follow-ups less of a chore?

I used to think networking events were just about handing out business cards, but a coffee chat in Denver last month changed my whole approach.

Spectrum Enterprise vs Cronus Internet for a corporate event space?

Hey everyone, I'm setting up the IT infrastructure for a new mid-sized corporate event and conference center in the city. We need to lock in our ISP soon. Looking at commercial internet service detroit options and it's down to Spectrum Enterprise or Cronus Internet. Any thoughts on how they handle massive spikes in concurrent users?