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How many of you have a working relationship with someone who lives in your city that’s nevertheless been purely virtual – conducted only over email, phone, and IM?

Your mission: Ask someone you know only virtually to meet you in person for coffee or a meal. Or do the virtual version: Have a video call on skype.com. (Skype is incredible, and one-on-one video conferencing is completely free. If you haven’t used it yet, give it a try.)

Need a script? You could say, “We’re wasting an opportunity by not sitting down for a real conversation – I want to hear more about you and your business. I bet there are ways we could be helping each other.”

Here are two reasons why I want you to do this:

1. Information share: I guarantee you each have info valuable to each other’s business that you just haven’t thought to share. You’ll benefit from their knowledge, their perspective, and perhaps, their network. Who knows what new opportunities you’ll spin up for each other.
2. Getting Personal Feels Good: It’ll take an hour to have this meeting. But it will have a profoundly positive effect on what it feels like to interact with them from here on in. That’s a great investment of your time.

So fess up on the blog: How many local-but-virtual-only biz relationships like this do you you have? Ever thought about making the leap?

Warmest,

Keith

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