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Whats up with my local geek community.Need to vent

2 pointsby bennykover 14 years ago
I am building a web based business.I need to find website developer so I go to a local geek meeting.I politely give out my card and asked 4 different people to call me the next day.Not one call.I washed, smelled good and dressed ok for the venue.What did I miss?And I use the word geek in the best way as there was a room of very talented people

2 comments

Scott_MacGregorover 14 years ago
You should have found "one" who was interested (hot to work on your project) while you were there, and "closed the deal" right there.<p>Separate the wheat from the chaff, and ABC (always be closing)!<p>If you thought to get their e-mail (in my opinion, the best way to "initially" communicate with most coders) pop them an e-mail and see if they are still interested. Not everyone is a phone person.
solarmistover 14 years ago
What did they have to gain from contacting you? There needed to be a compelling reason from their perspective to get back with you.