The Unique Benefits Of Using Online Networking Sites
Sohail Khan | May 25th, 2010 | Blogroll, Joint Venture Training, Newsletter, Newsletter, The Thirty Day Challenge, Thirty Day IM ChallengeThis month let’s look at some of the unique benefits that using online networking sites offer entrepreneurs that traditional face-to-face relationship building does not:
Where else can you easily search for people by industry, geography, title, and personal interests? It’s the yellow pages on steroids. You can be highly focused in a way that’s impossible in person. This is a great way for entrepreneurs to find potential business partners, employees, and inside contacts at sales prospects.
High visibility at low cost
Most of the sites let you create a profile for free, and entrepreneurs can use all the free exposure they can get. Sure, there’s a limit to how many you can actively participate in, but you can participate passively in dozens of sites. The trick is to keep a document with a master copy of all your profile information so you can easily copy and paste it and set up your profiles quickly.
Receptive audience
While no one likes to be approached inappropriately, you’ll find people in networking sites more receptive to an informational phone call or email exchange. On LinkedIn, for example, you can specify whether or not you’re willing to accept contacts regarding deal proposals, and you can limit your searches only to people that are. In the discussion boards, blatant advertising may not be allowed, but you won’t be accused of making a sales pitch just for sharing your expertise.
Easy group-forming
Growing a discussion list or forum on your own site is no easy task. In the social networking sites, there’s a built-in audience looking for groups to join. Groups have a visibility within the larger environment that simply doesn’t exist with an independent community, or even on a broad open site like Yahoo Groups. People really will start signing up almost immediately after you create your group, if you offer value to them. And creating a group around a topic related to your business is a great way to build credibility as a thought leader in your field.
Get visibility into the networks of your connections
The ability to see your connections’ connections, and to determine who you know that can make an introduction to the person you’re targeting, is very powerful and has no direct parallel in face-to-face interaction. In fact, it’s so powerful that entire products are created just around this ability.
You can realise these benefits immediately with the existing technology, regardless of its imperfections. In many cases, you can just use the free service, but even the premium memberships only run a few pounds/dollars a month — chump change if you’re actually generating business. So the real ROI question isn’t whether they’re worth the money, but whether they’re worth your time. The answer is “yes” — not because the sites themselves are, but because the relationships are.
Online networking sites simply help you manage more relationships with less effort.
The good news is, now there is a quicker and easier way to learn how to connect and profit from Joint Ventures through The JV University’s 12 week hands-on certified JV consultant’s training program where me, Willie Crawford, David Preston and Gina Gaudio-Graves hold your hand and even let you work on LIVE projects while you are being trained.
For more information on our 12 week JV certified hands-on program please click the link below:
http://www.thejvuniversity.com/sohail
To Your Abundant Joint Venture Success!
President & Co-Founder, The JV University
Sohail Khan (the “7 Figure JV Expert”)
For a free DVD on my ‘7 Figure Joint Venture Seminar’ visit http://www.freejointventuredvd.com
Discussion
May 30th, 2010 at 10:25 am
Networking sites are really advantageous, I would certainly agree with this post, it really has all of the needed features for you to market. But you must keep in mind that you must always know the ethics on everything you do.
June 11th, 2010 at 1:51 am
Websites such as MySpace and Facebook encourage you to create and share your unique online identities and profiles that could include information that may be personal, pictures, blog entries, video, podcasts and music clips. You could then share your info with other people directly and also by being able to access even more individuals through the online networks of those individuals. A great benefit of social networking sites is the fact that it creates a virtual meeting place for people today to connect and make friends.
June 14th, 2010 at 4:01 am
The benefits of With all the social networking sites popping up everywhere, the idea of branding comes to mind. Sure there is the thought of how web sites can draw traffic from social networking sites, even sell product or services but in addition to that, what about protecting your brand before someone else beats you to it? This is especially important with respect to user names and unique URLs.
June 14th, 2010 at 11:30 am
Y?? ????? ???? ??t business benefits through online networking. Ar? ??? ?n entrepreneur thinking ?b??t h?w t? ??? th? networking sites f?r ???r business? Y?? ??n th?nk ?f social networking ?? a type ?f free online advertisement. B? ?r??t?n? a bulletin board notice, ??? ????? inform th? people ?n ???r network ?f th? existence ?f ???r product ?n? ?t? benefits. Y?? ????? ???? include information regarding h?w t? b?? th? product ?r h?w t? contact ??? through th? social network. An? ??? m?? ???? ??k th? people ?n ???r network t? post ???r advertisement ?? well. If youve written ?n ?nt?r??t?n? advertisement, ?t m??ht ?n? up reaching a lot more people ???t ??k? a viral advertisement.
June 18th, 2010 at 1:57 am
Social networking sites can prove to be a good and affordable market for selling and advertising about your products. For the long term, the value for marketing on social networking sites may be simply the ability to reach niche groups via advertising. Most of these sites have targeted text advertising with fees in reach of small businesses.
June 19th, 2010 at 4:16 am
Social networking websites like Twitter, face book can be used to promote your sales. These provide best platform for all who are thinking of online marketing. They are inviting and intriguing and a powerful communication tool. Learning how to use them wisely for marketing can increase your business profile.
June 20th, 2010 at 5:17 am
Despite the huge success of sites like MySpace, Friendster and Reunion.com, millions of people have not yet seen the advantages of social networking. Perhaps it is due to the awkward situations where users find themselves wary of the friendships offered by strangers – just like when we were in junior high school. Still, social networking can offer numerous benefits that could help you and your business.
June 20th, 2010 at 10:02 am
One ?f th? m??t obvious benefits th?t th??? sites offer ?? th? ability t? keep ?n touch w?th friends ?n? family anywhere ?n th? world. W?th th? bulletin board updates, ??? ????? read ?b??t h?w ???r friends ?n? relatives ?r? doing. Y?? ??n b? quickly informed ?f theyre getting married ?r ?f theyve gotten sick ?n? need a friendly call t? wish th?m well. Y?? ????? ???? find long lost classmates ?n? acquaintances ?n? drop th?m a message t? see h?w theyre doing.
June 22nd, 2010 at 7:01 am
It is significantly cheaper to employ online social networking strategies than to pay for advertising. When you social network, you can prescreen potential customers. You learn what your prospects like and what they don’t. That personal relationship you gain when you connect with your potential customer is more valuable than what you would get had you advertised. Advertising is impersonal: the “one size fits all” concept does not seem to work anymore.
June 24th, 2010 at 12:10 pm
Despite the huge success of sites like MySpace, Friendster and Reunion.com, millions of people have not yet seen the advantages of social networking. Perhaps it is due to the awkward situations where users find themselves wary of the friendships offered by strangers – just like when we were in junior high school. Still, social networking can offer numerous benefits that could help you and your business. Here are some of these benefits you will enjoy if you utilize these sites correctly.
June 25th, 2010 at 1:11 pm
A social network service focuses on building and reflecting of social networks or social relations among people, e.g., who share interests and/or activities. A social network service essentially consists of a representation of each user (often a profile), his/her social links, and a variety of additional services. Most social network services are web based and provide means for users to interact over the internet, such as e-mail and instant messaging. Although online community services are sometimes considered as a social network service in a broader sense, social network service usually means an individual-centered service whereas online community services are group-centered. Social networking sites allow users to share ideas, activities, events, and interests within their individual networks.
August 9th, 2010 at 6:08 am
Social networking websites are the sites where you can promote, advertise or sale in such a way that is effective and and give a lot of potential possibilities for business to succeed. This sites if taken seriously can be a goo source of a descent living.
August 19th, 2010 at 11:31 pm
The greatest Web Design company in phoenix for sure if not the world. Very in expensive and very professional and friendly you have got to check them out if you need any kind of web work done.
http://www.greentrinitydesign.com
August 25th, 2010 at 2:00 am
This is such an important post. Really took me time to read all the comments, but I really enjoyed the article. It proved to be Very helpful to me and I am sure to all the commenters here! It is always good when you can not only be informed, but also entertained! Good luck with the challenge and with your business.
August 25th, 2010 at 2:03 am
This is such an important post.Really agree that social networking can offer numerous benefits that could help you and your business. You have done a great job by bringing this topic into light. I hope quality discussions follow this post. Great job.
Vincenzo @ Article Writers´s last blog ..WordPress Confusion
September 2nd, 2010 at 1:44 am
I feel social networking sites are really disturbing the privacy of the people and they must be restriction in the social site to some extent.
January 13th, 2011 at 12:41 am
I think social networking sites give you the ability to express your company’s mission, vision, and direction and introduce what your company is all about. People who have these interests will then find you easily, because that’s what the social networking software does. Many of them automatically suggest “friends” or “topics” you might be interested in knowing about. The communities of people you are looking to connect with already exist. The social network sites help them find your company.
November 22nd, 2011 at 1:42 am
Hi, just wanted to say, I loved this article. It was helpful. Keep on posting!
BlockBuster Movies´s last 1 ..1
March 19th, 2012 at 9:47 pm
Thanks , I have just been looking for information approximately this topic for ages and yours is the greatest I’ve found out so far. But, what concerning the bottom line? Are you certain concerning the supply?|What i do not understood is in reality how you are not really much more well-appreciated than you might be now. You’re very intelligent.
nuthouse´s last 1 ..1
March 20th, 2012 at 8:58 pm
I used to be recommended this website through my cousin. I’m no longer sure whether this put up is written through him as nobody else understand such distinctive about my difficulty. You’re wonderful! Thanks!
authority´s last 1 ..1
March 27th, 2012 at 4:09 am
Just desire to say your article is as astounding. The clearness for your post is just nice and that i could think you are knowledgeable on this subject. Well together with your permission allow me to take hold of your RSS feed to stay updated with coming near near post. Thanks 1,000,000 and please keep up the gratifying work.
bringmeback´s last 1 ..1
March 28th, 2012 at 1:11 am
You realize thus significantly with regards to this matter, made me in my view believe it from so many various angles. Its like women and men don’t seem to be fascinated until it is something to do with Girl gaga! Your own stuffs outstanding. All the time care for it up!
leavework´s last 1 ..1
March 28th, 2012 at 4:42 am
Heya i am for the first time here. I came across this board and I find It really useful & it helped me out a lot. I hope to give one thing again and aid others like you helped me.
faixrax´s last 1 ..1
Add A Comment