Friday, October 28, 2011

10 Reasons Why Your Online Networking May Not Be Working

by Penny Power, co-founder of Ecademy

In this weeks article we are looking at why some people are not yet experiencing success with their social networking activity, Behind all these reasons why your networking may not be working, the most important underlying aspect of what you do must be patience, tenacity and an awareness that this is a new world for all and not everyone ‘get’s it’, but they will and you need to be one of the people who does, and the earlier the better.

Read article here
http://communitymarketing.typepad.com/my_weblog/2009/07/social-networking-coauthored-series-10-reasons-why-your-online-networking-may-not-be-working.html

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

LinkedIn, Twitter Most Important Social Accounts

Sponsored by HubSpot

In the midst of an uncertain business climate, 59% of active social networking users say LinkedIn is their most important social account, up from the 41% who said so a year earlier, according to a report by Performics and ROI Research. Twitter is ranked second among most important social accounts (58%), followed by YouTube (55%) and Facebook (53%)

Read article here
http://www.marketingprofs.com/charts/2011/5241/linkedin-twitter-most-important-social-accounts?adref=nl061411

Saturday, October 15, 2011

Successful Networking Tools and Techniques

By Alice Wojcio

Networking is not just about getting a job, or selling a product or service. It's main purpose is to give or get useful information. As such, it is one of the best research tools we have available to us.

Read her tips here
http://www.businessknowhow.com/marketing/networktools.htm

Wednesday, October 12, 2011

The Importance of Networking

[Although this was posted thru the school cirriculum, it still holds some valuable key points to networking]

Contributed by David Tupper; Blake, Casseis & Graydon LLP

One of the skills that is often attributed to successful lawyers (or law students) is networking skills. Sometimes "networking" has a negative connotation to it, being equated with insin-cerity. Often, networking is thought of as onerous and unpalatable to most of us who lack movie-star confidence.

Read this article here (PDF download)
http://www.ucalgary.ca/law/system/files/The_Importance_of_Networking.pdf

Saturday, October 8, 2011

How To Become A Natural Networker

By Dr Kem Thompson

Networking is a powerful way of marketing your business because it's based on building relationships with people. When people know, like and trust you, they'll be more likely to use your products and services. Plus they'll happily refer their friends and relatives to you (of course it helps if you offer high quality service).

Read article here
http://www.ryze.com/posttopic.php?topicid=651969&confid=1022

Saturday, October 1, 2011

12 Tips for Effective Global Business Networking

by Kit Lum

Networking forms an invaluable backbone to global business. Not only is it an essential part of growing your online business, it’s a fantastic way to cultivate business relationships globally and widen your market reach to customers beyond your own shores.

Read more here
http://www.articlecity.com/articles/online_business/article_2375.shtml