If you said “let’s stay in touch,” actually mean it. Don’t just say it to be polite. Follow up while the interaction is still fresh. It doesn’t have to be a long message. Just something that shows you were paying attention. Follow up with a note about what you talked about, send that link you mentioned, make the intro you offered and more importantly, reference the actual conversation, not just “Great meeting you.”
People usually don’t follow up because they either forget, don’t know what to say, or they overthink the whole thing. Mostly it’s because they don’t know what to say. But you already had a whole conversation. Keep it short and be specific. That alone will set you apart from the people who just collected contacts and moved on. It doesn’t really take much.
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