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Is
There A Short Circuit In Your Networking?
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by:
Trina L.C. Schiller
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Are You Really Networking?
By Trina L.C. Schiller
Network marketing is all about communication, and building
relationships. Is that what you are really doing? How many people do
you communicate with personally? I don't mean with autoresponders, or a
mailing list. How many people do you chat with, or exchange dialogue
with, on a regular basis? How many people are in your buddy list?
Who are the people that you interact with consistently? Are they
business people, friends, family, or acquaintences? Are you
participating in forums and using interactive technologies to
communicate with new people? Or...
Are you exchanging ads and sales letters with everyone?
Network marketing, networking... Is not about blasting your copy at
everyone within your keyboard's reach. It's not about joining a group
and sending ads to other members in place of a letter of introduction.
It is not about filling member inboxes with sales pitches.
If you want to network with me, tell me who you are, not what you're
selling. I prefer to work with people, not products. THAT is what
networking is about.
Forums are a place to openly discuss topics of interest between
like-minded people. Sadly though, too many people misuse them as an ad
board. They join just to sell stuff to people. If I wanted to read ads,
I'd surf the classifieds. Forums are a place for networking, not
advertising; for joint venturing, not selling.
I spend a lot of time in forums. I don't always do much posting, but I
read. I learn. And I don't read ads that are posted to them.
Recommendations for tools, or information, I always read, but no ads.
If it's starts with a headline, it goes in the trash.
Interactive web sites, such as forums and moderated discussion groups
are an awesome networking tool. I've met some of my best joint venture
partners this way. Participation is the best way to learn what you
don't know, and share what you do know. It is WIN-WIN and it's FREE!
Proper use of forums and discussion groups is one of the strongest
marketing tools at your disposal. When you network with others, you
discover ways inwhich you can partner with people, creating new avenues
for earning potential. Selling people stuff is short term. Partnering
with them is for the long haul, and when done right, far more
profitable. It is easier to achieve what it is you want, when you help
someone of complimentary interest get where they'd like to be.
So what's the answer now? Are you really networking?
Copyright © 2005
The Trii-Zine Ezine
www.ezines1.com
About the author:
Trina L.C. Schiller is a professional network marketer, the publisher
of the Internet marketing ezine, "Trii-Zine" and owner of TLC
Promotions, as well as a founding publisher at Quikonnex.com,
and President of AdsOnQ.com, the Internet's first
syndicated advertising agency.
She has also authored the following ebooks:
"Your Beginner's Guide To Syndication"
RSS, Blogs and Syndication... The Facts vs
The guruese"
Keywords: networking, network marketing, join venturing, joint venture
partnering, forums, discussion groups
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