50.000 Contacts and The Law of BIG Numbers

Often when I spend time on virtual networking, I have asked myself :

– ´What is the best strategy for virtual networking … ?´

– and, when looking at all the ´expert answers´ on the Internet you will find lots of very, very different answers for this question …

– eg.:

– should I focus on national contacts, or global contacts ?
– should I focus on a few, selected contacts, or massive numbers of random contacts ?
– am I only working towards a narrow goal, or do I believe in serendipities and ´unexpected opportunities´ ?
– etc. …

– as always – it depends on ´what you want´ – or – ´what do you want to acheive´?

– also, it is important to bear in mind that this way of networking is significantly different from ´real life networking´

– recently the founder of ecademy.com – Thomas Power – has written about his practical experiences from 10+ years of being a ´super-networker´

– very inspiring, very informative !

– highly recommended reading – for you who … :