Same Bat-Time Same Bat Channel - Curious????

In our Effective Networking workshops I talk a little about creating curiosity instead of blurting out the elevator speech during networking opportunities.  I usually use the illustration of knocking on a door for the other person to answer it, but then I thought back to those cool original Batman episodes with Adam West and Burt Ward.

Every week we were introduced to the criminal and the crime, Batman and Robin swoop into save the day - fight ensues with the "KaPow" and "Bap" visuals - and by the end of the episode the criminal would have the crime fighters in some hair brained cheesy trap that led you to believe the caped crusaders were done-for.  Remember the announcer?  "Tune in next week…same Bat-time, same Bat-channel."  Now THAT's creating curiosity.  Will Batman live to fight crime another day?  You HAD to tune in again to find out.  Even though you knew how it would turn out (yes the Dynamic Duo would live to fight again), you still wanted to hear the rest of the story.

That's what creating curiosity can do for you in business-building conversations.  Leave them wanting more of you - that time for coffee, or better yet - lunch.  The best networking happens over lunch.  If you are eating alone, or at your desk, you might want to re-think that as part of your business strategies.