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Atricle Dump - Seven Mistakes People Make When Networking Online
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Speaking of business cards brings me to point. No 6. Don't just gather contacts. You will notice there are some people in networking groups with hundreds of contacts on their lists. A bit like the live net worker who runs around the room shoving business cards in everybodys hands and grabbing cards as they go. These names are useless unless you have something in common and keep in touch.
Finally No 7. keep in touch with your new contacts. Look for ways you can enhance the networking environment.
A colleague, Scott Stratten from Unmarketing.com suggests If someone interests you look at their “Have’s” and “Want’s” (found on the profile page) and see if there is something you can do to help them. He notes that "This reinforces the importance of the “give first” philosophy. Results are often not immediate, but they
One of the most unavoidable issues of the holiday season is the office party. The office party sounds innocuous enough, until you realize that you have a group of people gathered together, who are letting their guards down and imbibing hazardous amounts of alcohol, which is never a good combination. Invariably, something bad will happen to someone's social standing, sometimes even resulting in someone being fired if the something bad is bad enough. You don't want that happening to you.The biggest thing to avoid is alcohol. One, maybe two, drinks are fine. Just keep them small and fruit-based, and stay away from the really hard stuff; Sc
They don't include a photo on their profile page
They don't fill in their profile
They don't post on group discussion boards
They do not practice the four essentials of the likeability factor
When they post they don’t put their URL into their signature.
They make it a mission to collect as many names as possible
They don't follow up with the contacts they have made.
Ok, lets explore this more closely.
No 1. Your photo - If you don't have a photo no one is going to stop on your page. Would you be interested in reading a profile without a photo attached?
Another point about photos - make sure they are professional. I do not want to see you in fancy dress at your best friends Halloween party, and I do not want to see you smooching your pet dog unless you are a vet or a own pet grooming salon.
Remember a picture tells a 1000 words. What do you want perspective business connections to ascertain from your picture?
No 2. Fill in your profile. Adding as much relevant information as you can. Do you have a website, or two , or three - make sure you feature them. This is the part of networking online that is like working the room in a live event. You are letting people know who you are and initially if you are relevant to each other and worth following up on.
No 3. Putting up your profile and waiting to be noticed is not networking and frankly if this is all you have done you are wasting all the fabulous opportunities networking online has to offer you. If you have a website, you will know that you don't just go live and wait. You write articles with links back to your site, you write testimonials on other peoples sites, you participate in discussion boards and you put your URL on all your Products and promotional materials.
When networking online you need to post at least three times a week, this does not mean starting a new discussion every time you can simply reply or add value to a topic that is already live.
This will:
lead people back to your profile page to see who you are. Will let people know what you are interested in and what your opinions are, and if they are in line with their own thoughts and feelings on different topics Will keep you visible.
Remember if you don't post you are invisible. If you post something interesting people will come to your homepage to find out more about you.
But remember too, don't post too much or people will think you have too much time on your hands and that your business can't be very successful.
Posting on discussion boards brings me to point No 4. Tim Sanders talks about working on the four essentials of your Likeability factor. (see book The Likeability Factor)
Friendliness
Relevance
Empathy
Realness
This is as relevant online as it is in life. Be aware that most network members are invisible, they never post or speak their mind, but they do read, and everything you write will reflect your personality and your business, and therefore their decision as to whether or not they will use your services. Share your knowledge and wisdom. Make yourself a valuable resource. Someone whom people want to get to know.
Number 5. Your website url is your business card online. You wouldnt go to a live event without your cards, don't post without adding your URL under your name.
Speaking of business cards brings me to point. No 6. Don't just gather contacts. You will notice there are some people in networking groups with hundreds of contacts on their lists. A bit like the live net worker who runs around the room shoving business cards in everybodys hands and grabbing cards as they go. These names are useless unless you have something in common and keep in touch.
Finally No 7. keep in touch with your new contacts. Look for ways you can enhance the networking environment.
A colleague, Scott Stratten from Unmarketing.com suggests If someone interests you look at their “Have’s” and “Want’s” (found on the profile page) and see if there is something you can do to help them. He notes that "This reinforces the importance of the “give first” philosophy. Results are often not immediate, but they d
This is a question that many new investors ask themselves I have asked myself this many times also. This of course must be answered individually, however below are some things to consider prior to taking that much desired step as an investor.My first year I used my job earnings to put money back in building my business. Prudent investors do not open a business without a cash flow coming in regularly, or 3-6 months reserves. Disclaimer: Steve Cook did, but most of us may not be the next Steve Cook of investing, shucks anyway! For the rest of us, this article may be of help.How do we know what a prudent reserve is? We have not run
Remember a picture tells a 1000 words. What do you want perspective business connections to ascertain from your picture?
No 2. Fill in your profile. Adding as much relevant information as you can. Do you have a website, or two , or three - make sure you feature them. This is the part of networking online that is like working the room in a live event. You are letting people know who you are and initially if you are relevant to each other and worth following up on.
No 3. Putting up your profile and waiting to be noticed is not networking and frankly if this is all you have done you are wasting all the fabulous opportunities networking online has to offer you. If you have a website, you will know that you don't just go live and wait. You write articles with links back to your site, you write testimonials on other peoples sites, you participate in discussion boards and you put your URL on all your Products and promotional materials.
When networking online you need to post at least three times a week, this does not mean starting a new discussion every time you can simply reply or add value to a topic that is already live.
This will:
lead people back to your profile page to see who you are. Will let people know what you are interested in and what your opinions are, and if they are in line with their own thoughts and feelings on different topics Will keep you visible.
Remember if you don't post you are invisible. If you post something interesting people will come to your homepage to find out more about you.
But remember too, don't post too much or people will think you have too much time on your hands and that your business can't be very successful.
Posting on discussion boards brings me to point No 4. Tim Sanders talks about working on the four essentials of your Likeability factor. (see book The Likeability Factor)
Friendliness
Relevance
Empathy
Realness
This is as relevant online as it is in life. Be aware that most network members are invisible, they never post or speak their mind, but they do read, and everything you write will reflect your personality and your business, and therefore their decision as to whether or not they will use your services. Share your knowledge and wisdom. Make yourself a valuable resource. Someone whom people want to get to know.
Number 5. Your website url is your business card online. You wouldnt go to a live event without your cards, don't post without adding your URL under your name.
Speaking of business cards brings me to point. No 6. Don't just gather contacts. You will notice there are some people in networking groups with hundreds of contacts on their lists. A bit like the live net worker who runs around the room shoving business cards in everybodys hands and grabbing cards as they go. These names are useless unless you have something in common and keep in touch.
Finally No 7. keep in touch with your new contacts. Look for ways you can enhance the networking environment.
A colleague, Scott Stratten from Unmarketing.com suggests If someone interests you look at their “Have’s” and “Want’s” (found on the profile page) and see if there is something you can do to help them. He notes that "This reinforces the importance of the “give first” philosophy. Results are often not immediate, but they
I don’t know his name and he wasn’t trying to be profound. A man who worked for one of my colleagues always showed in a shirt and tie with a simple explanation: “if you look business, you is business”. His grammar was faulty, but his reasoning was letter perfect and so is its timing as young folks head into the job market, either to start careers or to find summer jobs.There are a lot of cheap shots taken at today’s youth, questioning their work ethic and their intelligence. I have more faith than that in young folks. Frankly, everyone who is my age needs to have more faith in you than that for obvious reasons. I want them to succeed,
When networking online you need to post at least three times a week, this does not mean starting a new discussion every time you can simply reply or add value to a topic that is already live.
This will:
lead people back to your profile page to see who you are. Will let people know what you are interested in and what your opinions are, and if they are in line with their own thoughts and feelings on different topics Will keep you visible.
Remember if you don't post you are invisible. If you post something interesting people will come to your homepage to find out more about you.
But remember too, don't post too much or people will think you have too much time on your hands and that your business can't be very successful.
Posting on discussion boards brings me to point No 4. Tim Sanders talks about working on the four essentials of your Likeability factor. (see book The Likeability Factor)
Friendliness
Relevance
Empathy
Realness
This is as relevant online as it is in life. Be aware that most network members are invisible, they never post or speak their mind, but they do read, and everything you write will reflect your personality and your business, and therefore their decision as to whether or not they will use your services. Share your knowledge and wisdom. Make yourself a valuable resource. Someone whom people want to get to know.
Number 5. Your website url is your business card online. You wouldnt go to a live event without your cards, don't post without adding your URL under your name.
Speaking of business cards brings me to point. No 6. Don't just gather contacts. You will notice there are some people in networking groups with hundreds of contacts on their lists. A bit like the live net worker who runs around the room shoving business cards in everybodys hands and grabbing cards as they go. These names are useless unless you have something in common and keep in touch.
Finally No 7. keep in touch with your new contacts. Look for ways you can enhance the networking environment.
A colleague, Scott Stratten from Unmarketing.com suggests If someone interests you look at their “Have’s” and “Want’s” (found on the profile page) and see if there is something you can do to help them. He notes that "This reinforces the importance of the “give first” philosophy. Results are often not immediate, but they
Whether out of necessity or perhaps wisdom, cost conscious mail order direct marketers of past decades did manage to develop and perfect a unique promotional method that, if applied correctly, still cuts a wide swath in today's market.Using a two-step approach toward market contact, employing small classified advertisements as the vehicle, they learned to validate prospect interest at the front end, increase bottom line profit, and cut cost of sale to the bone by eliminating cold broadcast mailings and other fruitless marketing actions.To this day, one can scan magazines, tabloids, and even local newpapers to see countless offe
Posting on discussion boards brings me to point No 4. Tim Sanders talks about working on the four essentials of your Likeability factor. (see book The Likeability Factor)
Friendliness
Relevance
Empathy
Realness
This is as relevant online as it is in life. Be aware that most network members are invisible, they never post or speak their mind, but they do read, and everything you write will reflect your personality and your business, and therefore their decision as to whether or not they will use your services. Share your knowledge and wisdom. Make yourself a valuable resource. Someone whom people want to get to know.
Number 5. Your website url is your business card online. You wouldnt go to a live event without your cards, don't post without adding your URL under your name.
Speaking of business cards brings me to point. No 6. Don't just gather contacts. You will notice there are some people in networking groups with hundreds of contacts on their lists. A bit like the live net worker who runs around the room shoving business cards in everybodys hands and grabbing cards as they go. These names are useless unless you have something in common and keep in touch.
Finally No 7. keep in touch with your new contacts. Look for ways you can enhance the networking environment.
A colleague, Scott Stratten from Unmarketing.com suggests If someone interests you look at their “Have’s” and “Want’s” (found on the profile page) and see if there is something you can do to help them. He notes that "This reinforces the importance of the “give first” philosophy. Results are often not immediate, but they
Have you already fallen in love before buying that house? It doesn’t favor your position in the negotiation.Negotiating is sometimes (by adherents of economic game theory) compared with playing poker. When playing poker you do not show your cards. You look at your cards, and you follow the eyes of your opponents. Can you notice something?But if you are to negotiate you could show your cards.Think of buying a house. You can be open about what you favor about the house; the location, the amount of space, the classical or rather modern style, the fact that it has a fire-place, the kitchen, the fact that it is near your work
Speaking of business cards brings me to point. No 6. Don't just gather contacts. You will notice there are some people in networking groups with hundreds of contacts on their lists. A bit like the live net worker who runs around the room shoving business cards in everybodys hands and grabbing cards as they go. These names are useless unless you have something in common and keep in touch.
Finally No 7. keep in touch with your new contacts. Look for ways you can enhance the networking environment.
A colleague, Scott Stratten from Unmarketing.com suggests If someone interests you look at their “Have’s” and “Want’s” (found on the profile page) and see if there is something you can do to help them. He notes that "This reinforces the importance of the “give first” philosophy. Results are often not immediate, but they do come, usually in a big way if you are sincere and create real value for the people around you."
So when networking online: Post a professional photo on your contact page. Provide as much relevant information as possible on your profile, Post on the discussion boards at least three times a week. practice the four essentials of the likeability factor
Friendliness
Relevance
Empathy
Realness
5. When you post always put your URL into your signature. 6. Connect only to people who you will be useful to or who benefit you in some way. 7. Build relationships with your contacts and cull out the dead ends regularly.
Above all have fun!
I look forward to meeting you online,
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