Business Networking Tips
Fast Business Networking Tips – Clear the Trees
The following is an excerpt from the upcoming book Face-to-Face Networking Skills
by Mindy Selinger
The majority of all the information & resources you need in order to be successful is within your reach, 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”. Having someone look out for you and recognize and communicate an opportunity when they see it is a great PowerPartner. They’re priceless. This comes from personal experience. Recently, one of my PowerPartners forwarded the email of a resource to me along with her thoughts on how I might use that resource. I knew about it. In fact, I had received the very same email that morning. But at the time I was really busy. I wasn’t able to see the application that she saw because of all the ‘trees’ right in front of me. So I took action and had a HUGE result. I’m very thankful that she took the time to share her ideas with me… A good PowerPartner looks out for you. You can find an excellent PowerPartner at your local Business Networking Groups.
Peter Shankman (of HARO) on how Facebook is misused
This guy is great! Even though I get 3 emails a day, each taking several minutes to read. I never miss one. (his “open rate” on nearly 50k subscribers is to die for!) PR Week Magazine has described Peter Shankman as “redefining the art of networking”. Peter is so funny… a skydiving social media addict and a marathon-running, hyper-active PR specialist. Peter is owned by two cats (NASA and Karma). He started HARO (Help a reporter out). HARO is an unique business networking website. The 3 daily emails from HARO contain inquiries from a variety of media outlets looking for experts for their magazine, blog, TV/Radio show, book, article, etc. I was in a national magazine as an expert! More importantly, I know lots of people who are experts. On the average, I’ll forward several inquiries every week. Some of the people I’ve forwarded to have actually been quoted and are in print. I love HARO because it fits so well into the philosophy I teach; become a hub through which information flows. Subscribe to HARO today and 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. Does being someone’s connection on LinkedIn or FB imply that I want to be added to their marketing promotions? Most of the time they’ve also added me to their email/announcement list, (How’d I end up there?) so the FB invites are duplicates. I’ll wager this is happening on LinkedIn and FaceBook. I received this LinkedIn message recently: “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.” Sorry…no. Enjoy HARO & the article!