How do you connect with your contacts?

[KyleJepson]

HubSpot has a lot of tools for connecting with contacts, and there are a host of other tools sales teams use outside of HubSpot. What's your favorite tool for connecting with people? Share your thoughts in the comments below!

*To learn more about this, check out the Prospecting in HubSpot, Part 2: Connecting With Your Contacts lesson via HubSpot Academy. 

[elowe01]

My favorite tool for connecting with people is through email. However, finding the time to connect in-person has always led to more genuine connection and understanding. 

[ACole57]

Hi Kyle,  do you read me now

[LMolinari]

1. Email

2. Linkedin

3. Facebook

4. Freelance jobs platforms

5. Throught our website

[SBotelho]

Phone & SMS

[EDarwish]

Emails

[CWright33]

Attractive marketing to spark interest, sharing content that answers questions and solves problems,  contact filtering/communication channels such as blogs, search engines, and social media, via email, phone, email tracking & real time notification/media monitoring

[Chiara1]

Emails

[SBevilacqua]

Linkedin

Good ol email

Teams

Conventions/Seminars

Meetups

[AnitaGi]

For me WhatsApp is the perfect way, other options are email and F2F at local fairs

[N3XTEPAdmin]

1. Survey Sparrow (Gather information and automate most communications early)

2. Email (In the case that someone falls outside the norm we reach out via email.)

We don't actively communicate with contacts until a consultation takes place.  We border the legal industry and want to ensure they speak to the right people first so our process is pretty hands off and automated.

We use Survey Sparrow for initial forms that are then passed to a lawyer when payment is made for a consultation or in the case of non-legal requests we simply provide information on our website application.

[DjZlatkovic]

1. Email

2. Linkedin

3. Facebook

4. Freelance jobs platforms

5. Throught our website

[VSildura]

Through email and linkedin. 🙂

[aNICdotes]

Email and phone. In person is great after we've connected virtually. 

[ADuthie]

Im starting to implement video email, and LI voicenotes, but you cant beat a classic phone call

[SRyan5]

Filtering For Interest

[jhull2727]

If applicable, in this order:  Drop in, call, email, LinkedIn and then repeat/FUP (follow-up)

[MElwell]

email, then linkedin then try through phone

[shellie]

LinkedIn, then email, then phone.

[DBumgardner]

My preference in this order... Phone, Email, LinkedIn Messaging

[OLoraine]

My favourite way of connecting with people is through LinkedIn and email

[CMueller]

In person when appropriate. Next would be teams. Seeing faces is extremely important in order to build a solid relationship foundation. I said when approriate, because it isn't ALWAYS needed and not everyone wants to meet immediately. The classics - phone call, email and LinkedIn - are important.