Re: Networking for ditzes
DW posted this in another thread. It was meant to help recall things when a customer makes a return visit, and it may not be ideal with putting a face to a name, but still might be of some use for you.
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Originally Posted by DancerWealth
... One other suggestion about all this though. My partner, Jamie, came up with this and it's brilliant. If your club is cool with it, get their business card and ask when they usually come into the club. Whether it's once a week or three times a year, keep the card. Get a 3 ring binder and the plastic inserts for it designed to hold business cards. What you are going to do is write down three short bullet points about this person on the back of their card. It could be their favorite type of food, favorite color, their home town, ex-girlfriends's name, whatever. Just three simple and personal things. THIS way, the next time you know he's coming into the club to see you, refer to his card before he comes in to refresh yourself on the information about him. When he sits down, you'll sound like a hero to this guy because you remembered he loved French cuisine or that his dream car is a Ferrari, or whatever. ...
Re: Networking for ditzes
I try to take down the name and number of whoever I give my number out to (even though I don't always do that!). It doesn't even have to be in the phone book part of your phone, just so you can look it up. Just write it all down in a real address book with something to help u remember them. Other than that, fake it. :) I've also noticed i get a lot of telemarketers... you're sure it was a custy? Let them leave a voicemail, maybe he'll identify himself...
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Don't forget to write down the date you met the person in your log, along with name. That way you can reference your notes when they call. I'm way too lazy to do this but it sounds like a good idea for those who care enough about regulars.
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Originally Posted by colleen
Ok, I hcew the cell phone and the e-mail addy. I gave a couple people my number last week. Now the big problem . . . . Somebody called me last night and I have NO IDEA who he was!!! Do any of you have a way to handle this?
Get the guy's number and program it into your phone in front of him. Your phone will also ask you to input a name at the same time. Next day send a text to him asying, "Hi it's colleen, etc."
(a) You've got control because if, in the cold light of dawn you decide he's a dipshit, you don't have to send the text.
(b) He'll be pleased you've remembered him - brownie points for Colleen.
(c) If he rings/texts back, you phone will automatically identify the guy on the display.
As an extra tip - one dancer I know programs her phone as above. As soon as she's back in the changing room she reprograms the name slightly to give her a prompt. "Jim" might become "Jim - beard" - it helps her differentiate between the "Jims" on her phone.
Phil.
Re: Networking for ditzes
As was mentioned, putting something about them with their name is a good way to remember names. Bob with a beard, Jeff from Mississippi etc... What I do sometimes is kind of make whatever feature I've assigned to their name as sort of a last name and use it a few times in conversation. Something like this:
me: Hi i'm Destiny what's your name?
him: I'm Bill
me: where ya' from Bill?
him: Ackron
me: so, Bill from Ackron, have you ever been here before?
If you say it in a playful way they seem to like it and it helps you remember them. You'd be surprised how many guys will come back to the club and say, "hi Destiny, I'm Bill from Ackron".
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If you say it in a playful way they seem to like it and it helps you remember them. You'd be surprised how many guys will come back to the club and say, "hi Destiny, I'm Bill from Ackron"
Most guys with a brain realize that meeting them was probably not the most memorable event in your life...
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As an extra tip - one dancer I know programs her phone as above. As soon as she's back in the changing room she reprograms the name slightly to give her a prompt. "Jim" might become "Jim - beard" - it helps her differentiate between the "Jims" on her phone.
Are you sure that dancer isn't me? I do this all the time esp. since I travel around in re: work. I will put the person's name then in ( brackets ) the town in re: the club I met them within... for instance, Peter (Rocky) means Peter one of my regulars when I danced in Rockhampton.
I also have a little bit as part of the program on my phone in re: contacts for 'notes' and will put extra information in there.
If you really don't remember the person and this is the first time he has contacted your phone... send him a text message along the lines of "Hi, this is Colleen. It seems something happened to my contacts on my phone and it doesn't recognise this number... may I please ask who this is ?" or "Hi, this is Colleen. This is a new phone and I lost all my contact information therefore I don't recognise who this is on my phone... may I please ask who this is ?"
This only really works if the person has not contacted you previously.
Due to not carrying my phone with me around the club (I don't want to loose it), I usually get the guy to send me a text from his phone to my phone straight away... then take a moment in the dressing room to add the # to my 'address book'.
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if i forget their name i have sent a waitress friend over to get us drinks and have had her say "hey, you look so familiar, what is your name? Also Try to use their name 3 times in the conversation and you wont forget.