Social Networking Makes You More Approachable

I teach classes and am very aggressive about what I think people should do to grow their business (sometimes even when they don’t ask…:) I have great ideas BUT not everyone likes that IN YOUR FACE information. People who would like to have the info without all the grief can join my networks on www.Facebook.com, LinkedIn.com or Twitter.com and watch without the hype. (I am Taradactyl on all of these and would be your friend – just ask!)

Funny things sometimes happen too! On facebook, someone from my high school class posted our senior picture and I am on there dressed in black – I still dress in black and take a lot of grief for it BUT that makes me more accessible to people who don’t know me BUT who might want to buy my services.

Social Networking Lets You Help People

The other day my business friend Maggie Morris’ Iphone lost my number. She had a situation that was important and needed to reach me. Because she is my friend on facebook, she could send me a message that came to my email and I called her right back. How cool is that?!?!?!

People can watch what you are doing and can copy it. If I find a great new site that could help get me new business, more than likely I will be posting something about it online. If you are in my network, you will see it and be able to take advantage of that opportunity.

Social Networking Is, Well, Social AND Ranks Well On Search Engines

There are many things that you can add to your profile which will be found by humans AND by the search engines. I hear all the time that you need to have backlinks to your site to make it more google friendly. One of the easiest ways EVER to get backlinks to your site is to make them yourself. In your profile make sure to add your website!

Join some groups that you like! In class yesterday Frank was truly puzzled by why he should take the time to join a network. Well Frank sells real estate AND likes boating. People who like boating buy houses on the water. Houses on the water cost more than houses not on the water. Connect the dots!

Anyways….there are some reasons, if anyone out there has better, more comprehensible ideas please feel free to jump in…:)

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So now you think I am cheating writing about what I am supposed to be doing BUT let me just say it is really easy to find things to write about when you have your ears up and eyes open for topics!!!

As I wrote earlier this week, I use my google reader to check out all kinds of blog posts. A lot of times I will read something that sparks a new blog topic for me. OR I will find something that makes me wicked mad and then blog about that (after letting it season a bit so that it doesn’t sound too snarky).

I also have set up Google Alerts for “client contact”. That gives me even more things that I could write about! I read today about a guy who is using Outlook for his client contact management system. I was VERY excited to see if he had something that I could use to link to. Unfortunately it was pretty sparse so I put it on my list of things to blog about, in way more depth in order to help my readers.

There are a million things to talk about! Keep a list! Then don’t beat yourself up about what you should be writing about. Don’t spend hours agonizing over a post, making sure it is perfect. Don’t worry that your topic is stupid. There is always someone that doesn’t know what you know and who can benefit from your insights.

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