Business Networking Tips
Fast Business Networking Tips – Clear the Trees
This is an passage from the upcoming book: Face to Face Networking Skills
by Mindy Selinger
You have all the information and resources you need to be successful, they’re lurking in the background, waiting to be discovered. Sometimes we get so busy and so focused on one aspect of our business that we “can’t see the forest for the trees”. That’s where having a PowerPartner comes in. They’ll see an opportunity for you and share it with you. They are invaluable. This I know personally. Not long ago, one of my PowerPartners sent me an email of a resource that she thought I would benefit from. She included in her email exactly how she saw me using this resource. I knew about it. In fact, I had received the very same email that morning. But I had been busy. I had so many ‘trees’ in front of my that I couldn’t see the ‘forest’ or the application that she saw for me. I took action and the result was huge, MASSIVE. I’m very thankful that she took the time to share her ideas with me… Good PowerPartners look out for each other. You can find an excellent PowerPartner at your local Business Networking Groups.
Peter Shankman (of HARO) on Facebook Misuse
This guy is Awesome! I receive at least three emails a day from him, but I always read each one. (he has nearly 50,000 subscribers and an ‘open rate’ that is just to die for!) Peter Shankman, as described by PR Week Magazine is “redefining the art of networking”. Peter is so funny… a marathon-running, skydiving, hyper-active PR specialist and social media addict who lives with two cats (NASA and Karma). He founded HARO (Help A Reporter Out) HARO is an unique business networking website. The three or so emails a day contain inquires from reporters looking for sources. I have been quoted in a national magazine! More importantly, I know lots of people who are experts. I usually forward several queries every week. Some of the people I’ve forwarded to have actually been quoted and are in print. HARO is one of my favorites because it matches the philosophy I teach; be a hub through which information flows. Go to HARO.com and subscribe today. Then start forwarding queries to the ‘experts’ you know. Perhaps it will be their “big break”. Follow his easy rules.
I’m introducing Peter because I wanted to share this article he wrote on the misuse of Facebook Invitations. Go to shankman.com to read the article. My feelings exactly. Even though Facebook and LinkedIn are business networking sites. Being FB friends or LinkedIn Connections does not imply you want to be added to their marketing promotions. Half the time I am also on their email/announcement list, (How did that happen?) so the FB invites are duplicates. I’ll bet this is happening on FaceBook and LinkedIn. Just recently I received this message on LinkedIn: “Please vote for my Mom. She has signed up for the “I Believe” contest to win a trip to the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.” Nope… sorry. Enjoy!
