What is Social Networking?

It is one way of gaining clients.

If you intend to reach more people when it comes to building your online business, you’ve got to put in the effort.

How can you do this?

By social networking

Let’s take a look at Facebook. First of all, comment and like other people’s posts, comments, and videos.

Get people talking. In your comments – end with questions such as:

“Where did you learn that?”
“How did you do that?”
“How do you feel about that?”

Be visible. When you leave a question be sure to check back and read the answers and respond by giving your opinion. Be yourself – as if you are talking to a friend face to face.

Social networking is the same online as offline.

You will run from the person who is pitching products and business opportunities at you; and you will ignore someone online who is spamming you. Expect to be ignored if you pitch or spam.

Be confident. By being confident you will improve your own self esteem. Your success in business and social networking builds as your confidence and self esteem grows.

Treat social networking seriously.

Put out challenges to your groups and contacts. Get people in the game and excited to see what you will do next. Use humour. Find some funny videos and cartoons to post on a regular basis.

Build relationships. This is the main goals of social networking — to build relationships. Business relationships that are strengthened over time. Be approachable, warm, understanding, and knowledgeable about your product and service. Don’t try to promote something that you really do not understand.

Listen and talk accordingly. Beginners tend to seek advice from leaders who have been in the game for awhile. If you are a pro about your business, make sure that you take time to listen or in the case of online networking to read carefully what others are asking of you.

Remember to be genuine with all your relationships.

Be very organized. Take time regularly to check the conversations out. Networking is part of your small biz strategy and needs to be done regularly.

Commenting on other people’s blogs is all part of the process. So be sure to leave your blog address at the end of your comment. Then others will come and see what your blog is all about.

Remember the impression you leave in the social networking sites helps to determine your success.

Take Action and Believe,

Corinne Floyd