Your NetWork Equals your NetWorth
Social media is all about making friends because people would rather do business with friends.
That’s a real success principle.
How many friends do you need to succeed?
How many friends would you like to have?
Business Networking is a success principle that consists of working with others until you become friends. That’s the real secret of networking. So, how many friends do you need? How many would you like to have?
If you have many friends, then you’ll have a lot of business. You’ll be able to get anything you need. Most people reach out to friends first.
When you need something and don’t already know how to get it, you call a friend. That friend can either give you what you want or refer you to someone else will.
So, if you want more business, get more friends. Preferably, you need friends who need what you have to offer, or can introduce you to others that will. That’s the purpose of networking. Until others see you as their friend, you’re still working at it, you have not yet succeeded.
The trick is turning cyber connections into friends. Zig Ziglar said: “You can get everything in life you want, if you will just help enough other people get what they want first”. A key to making friends is to give first; help others get what they want. It’s that golden principal tha "Givers Gain". The key is to really connect with people, make personal connections
You “connect” by getting to know others. You get to know them by asking, and listening.
Discover what they want and then help them get it. You can’t connect just by exchanging business cards or hooking up on-line. Every day interact with new contacts by phone, email, and in person. Leverage your “connects” by actively participating in events that bring you together and when possible spend one-on-one time with each person. Then have meaningful conversation with them.
A meaningful conversation includes sharing your feelings, aspirations, and what you have to offer, not “pitching” yourself. It is important to listen more than you speak.
Find their need and help them. This builds strong and long-lasting friendships.
Every friendship has to begin at a “moment” in time. When you or someone takes the initiative to request that “moment”, however expressed, (maybe it’s a request for an on-line link) your ability to respond (Response-Ability) determines the potential or lost opportunity to connect with a future associate, benefactor, or friend. You never know where each new friend may lead.
Don’t forget to be “nice” to everyone and always welcome new connections.
If you schedule opportunities for new encounters as part of your marketing plan, you will create new “moments” that will serve to build your network of friends. Keep a contact database so you can re-connect regularly.
Don’t lose touch, update your on-line status often at least once per day. Don’t pitch your business, let people get to know you.
By the way, you can use ping.fm to update multiple networks facebook, twitter, plaxo, linkedin, youtube- at once.
No one is too busy to have a new friend. So, how many friends do you need? Well that depends on how much you desire to succeed. The answer, never have too many friends.
Start with an on-line profile (include pictures and video). I use a picture of myself and my wife. People will know what’s important to me. Do your profile in a word document, so you can do it once and use it over and over again. Save your account info and passowords in a notebook or address book.
Start with facebook, linkedin, plaxo, twitter, and youtube.
Do you really need to be on ALL of these?
No, but you can connect people that are only on one and not on other networks. It’s free and takes only a minute to set up. Each of the five (facebook, linkedin, plaxo, twitter, youtube) have advantages and can be used differently. Plaxo is the only social media that allos you to own your contacts.
Next Start building YOUR network.
Add people and invite people to join you. When in doubt add them as a friend.
Your NetWork Equals your NetWorth
You can start with me
facebook http://profile.to/bryandaly/
linkedin http://www.linkedin.com/in/bryandaly
Plaxo: http://tinyurl.com/dh3gtn
Twitter: http://twitter.com/BryanDaly
Youtube http://www.youtube.com/user/bigdaddy149 (click subscribe)
How do you eat an elephant?…….. one bite at a time
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