Show up! Attend at least two networking events a month. But show up at the right place. Make sure the people there are those you need to meet, otherwise you’re wasting time. Example if you want to meet prospects to buy your industrial widgets, attending a garden club meeting doesn’t count. Attend if you enjoy the club, but don’t kid yourself.
Your first email, or welcome email, is your first opportunity as an email marketer to engage your subscribers and set the stage for further interaction. When you start with great content, you will get better results in future email promotions. When someone let’s you into their email inbox, they’re showing their like, trust factor for you. I have read that statistics indicate that users, who sign up to be on your email lists, are more internet savvy and are more likely to purchase from you. This will happen as you build that relationship of trust, like, and now adding in credibility (reliability). And, it is a part of your marketing and kintish networking tips that you’ve learned and put into action.
When he finally got around to calling the name on the lead, he always received the same response. The customers would inform him that they were no longer interested because they were working with software defined networking someone else.
People like freebies and tips. Offer your best tips on working from home, on direct sales, web designing, and marketing and even Twitter tips. There are tips for everything so find something in your niche that you think would be valuable information. Throw in a few freebies as everyone loves something for free.
Be active – add to your website daily – Facebook updates, twitter updates, blog. Imagine if you only turned up to your retail storefront one day a month, how successful would your business be? Your website should be treated like a retail store, open it everyday, update things, add things, make it fresh and interesting.
The first part of the definition describes those who talk together as an alliance. That means that they are all on the same side. I’ve seen plenty of networking groups that consisted of people who competed with each other. That attitude is the antithesis of a Mastermind group. You’ll have to screen every person you invite to make sure that this principle is understood.
Recently I was watching Kudlow & Company on MSNBC and they tried a similar concept. Just before a station break they announced that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was no longer the most powerful woman in the world any more according to Forbes magazine. They expected me to sit through the break to wait for the answer as to who replaced her. Do you think I waited? With my faithful notebook computer right next to me I had the answer before the first commercial was over. The world’s most powerful woman was now Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany, according to the list. By the time the break was over I was no longer watching Kudlow and had found my way to other on-demand news and information from the Internet and could care less about the rest of the program (and I’m a huge Kudlow fan!).
When it comes to the future of media, the writing is on the wall. The Internet will lead the way and all other media will become a support to that giant.