Information Overload: 3 Ways to Gather Valuable Business Insight without Wasting Time
13. Leveraging Personal Connections
With so much technology around us, it is easy to forget about the importance of personal communication. Technology improves access to information and allows for automation, and it must be harnessed, but personal conversations often provide the depth and perspective that rounds out learning that occurs through other channels.
Making time to call, email, or at least message contacts and personal sources to discuss, share information, and learn is vital in the process.
Full verbal conversations are optimal to gather the most information, but all forms of this communication are valuable, evidencing that a balance between smart use of technology and personal communications can lead even the most insight-hungry (and overloaded) entrepreneurs down a path of improved information consumption.
How do you deal with information overload? Let me know in the comments section below.
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With over 15 years of media and marketing experience, Todd Bailey is Vice President of Marketing and Digital Strategy at WebiMax in Mount Laurel, NJ. WebiMax is an industry leading search engine optimization (SEO) firm with over 150 employees and 500+ clients worldwide. Find him on Twitter @WebiMax and personally @push_star.
