Networking, iNetworking, What Is The First Rule?

Written by Catherine Franz


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Making a pitch via email to someone that can be a possible gatekeeper, prospect, or strategic partner is important, if you don't haverepparttar time to put into a well written and clearly presented email, turnrepparttar 119706 car around and do it when you do have time. If you never seem to findrepparttar 119707 time, then look at your priorities, they sound a little off kilter to me.

I'm not saying you need everything perfect nor have allrepparttar 119708 answers but I am saying that you need to know what you want and say it.

iNetworking isn't any different than in-person networking in many respects. In both, you are building a relationship, it’s just not in person, nor local, it’s international in many cases. You wouldn't say inrepparttar 119709 first three minutes at an in-person networking event that you want them to be your affiliate, or would you?

iNetworking is about building relationships. I've developed some wonderful networking buddies onrepparttar 119710 Internet overrepparttar 119711 years and they watch my back and I theirs. It isn't all about sales. Yet, each of us knows we need to scratch each other’s back. And we do. But not until afterrepparttar 119712 initial time together.

Let’s summarize these points for clarity. iNetworking isrepparttar 119713 same as in-person networking in that you need to have a clear intention or purpose for making contact, even ifrepparttar 119714 reason is to get to know what each of you do. iNetworking works its magic best when it includes at least one phone call afterrepparttar 119715 initial contact.

Since I write Internet articles, I set up many relationships with publishers and editors. I don't hesitate to write them. I compliment them on what they are doing right and sometimes give them an idea or two on what other sites are doing to support their writers. They are always grateful because they don't haverepparttar 119716 time to do this. Andrepparttar 119717 relationship grows from there. I prefer to follow it up with a phone call or two. I learn about their challenges and I sharerepparttar 119718 same.

It doesn't matter who calls whom, be ready with your spiel. What you do or provide and how you some possible working arrangements. There is a list of 100 by my phone. Allow time to iNetwork but look for people who are ready.

Don't make people guess. Spit it out clearly in your email, edit and edit again if need be. Sometimes I go through six or seven edits to make sure mine are clear. Give othersrepparttar 119719 opportunity to network with you. Here’s my challenge to you. Who can you reach out to at this exact moment and begin iNetworking? They are waiting to hear from you.

(C) Copyright, Catherine Franz. All rights reserved.



Catherine Franz is an avid iNetworker. She’s made many mistakes over the year and now sees others making the same mistakes. That is her mission in life, to share information that will help make the world a better place. For more: http://www.abundancecenter.com or Catherine’s blog: http://abundance.blogs.com .


What’s wrong with the Internet? It must be broken!

Written by Caren A. Adams


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What wasrepparttar 119715 fix? I continued my search efforts, going downrepparttar 119716 list of internet service providers. Alas! I think it’s working, I was flipping through pages, upon pages of links, so far I am atrepparttar 119717 900th link to submit my PR, hoping my success continues. Thoughrepparttar 119718 search results were still littered by a few sites, at least, I was able to bypass them to go to obscure sites to submitrepparttar 119719 news about my book. The press release may have a huge appeal to that lone journalist working at “big” media, or maybe just one buyer willing to pay a few bucks for a great book. In this day and age, withrepparttar 119720 proliferation of information, I am happy to have any appeal at all.



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