Making Money the Old Fashioned Way

MAKING MONEY THE OLD FASHIONED WAY THERE ARE 27.5 MILLION SMALL BUSINESSES IN THE U.S. AND IN-PERSON NETWORKING IS MORE VALUABLE TO DRIVING NEW REVENUE FOR THEM THAN FACEBOOK, TWITTER OR LINKEDIN. n an increasingly digital world, it might surprise people to find out that if 1you put down the smartphone and turn off the computer, there's potential to drive $137.5 billion in potential revenue from face-to-face interaction. ------ ECONOMIC IMPACT OF NETWORKING FOR SMALL BUSINESSES 90% 31% 11% 44% said they believe if they believe if they were to hand out 100 business cards were to hand out 100 business cards it would generate at least $20,000 in revenue stated that it would bring a lot of new reported that it has led to it would generate at least $5,000 at least some new business in revenue business LONG LIVE THE BUSINESS CARD HAVE A DRINK, MAKE A DEAL Restaurants & Bars 60% 0L give out more 70 business cards than five years ago 68% 0/ of entrepreneurs said % business cards were Airplanes 38 17 % impactful when networking 23 28 68% 0/ said business cards % were valuable personally The Daily Commute Gym MOST OFFENSIVE ATTRIBUTE WHEN YOU FIRST MEET SOMEONE 31% No Eye Contact 20% Bad Breath 19% Unpleasant Appearance 12% Boring Conversation 7% Limp Handshake RECONNECTING ONLINE... INAPPROPRIATE SOCIAL MEDIA TO CONNECT WITH MySpace Twitter Facebook in % 41 32 28 47 51 77 % Twitter Linkedin Facebook SOCIAL MEDIA COMMONLY USED TO FOLLOW UP FOLLOW UP WITH NEW CONTACT 36% 34% 16% within a day within two days within a week moo.com Sources: survey was conducted by Ipsos Observer for MOO.COM