Maintaining and growing your network takes time and effort. Having a tool to help you do this seems like the natural solution. You know you should be keeping in touch with your network, however, you find the thought of it overwhelming. How in the world will I have the time? But perhaps the truer question is, how can you make it easier?
With more of us using social networks and email, it seems even more difficult to manage it all. There are some super tools available to help simplify the process. Tools however, are only the mechanism. Your message still needs to be authentic and genuine.