Social Business Networks: How Many Sites Can You Join?
Thanks for being patient. Sorry I didn’t do my routine 5-day weekly posts this week, but something prevented me… a sh*tload of fun for the past two days, and hey… Tellman only comes to town once in a blue moon. Mea culpa. 
But I’m here to talk about Social Business Networks. You know the ones I mean: LinkedIn, Entrepreneur Connect, Partner Up, StartUpNation, etc. All great places to belong to, if you’re a business owner. You can use these places not just to connect with other business owners in your niche, but to find services that you need to run your business. These networks are not only convenient, but can make a world of difference in your business life.
My question is: How many sites can you join? Well… The answer, of course, is all of them.
You can.
But how many will you actively participate in? How many do you have time to find friends in or write content for, and on and on.
My advice is to find a network that is rich with members of your niche, and then, to work in that one with the limited time you have. Build a killer profile, and make lots of friends. I-n-t-e-r-a-c-t! Don’t just throw a profile up there and expect it to do you any good.
I strongly encourage you to check out some of the social networks. They can be a blessing to new business owners, especially those dedicated to your niche. Not all niches have this option, of course, but SelfGrowth.com, for example is an excellent place for self-help and healthcare providers to meet up and plan joint ventures or whatever. Sometimes, all you need is a little moral support and things start falling into place.
Lou
April 3rd, 2009 at 12:33 pm #
Networking tools are great but you have to be interested and be involved for them to pay off.
I have a linkedin, monster, dice, and other accounts but I don’t use them much.
The problem — I am not social.
I enjoyed linkedin the most because fellow employees were using it — so i was able to start an instant network of 10+ nodes without any work.
So, its less which is the best, its more which network is being used by your current contacts… so they can vouch for you.
slepotaps
April 5th, 2009 at 1:44 pm #
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Sherry
April 5th, 2009 at 3:29 pm #
I haven’t joined any of these yet but there is a similar issue with the social connecting sites. I have family and friends on so many different ones I forget to check them. I am writing on e-how I just started that and I don’t have a very good profile on there. I guess I need to juice it up huh? I have networked on there well. What brings me back on there is I enjoy the writing and reading and comments so much. Thanks for the advice I will have to check those sites out. You have a wonderfully easy to use intuitive blog.
How do you make a killer profile?
Thanks again,
Sherry
Rathi
April 7th, 2009 at 2:46 pm #
I have not joined any social business networks till date. But they seem to be very interesting. May be I can give a try. But I do not know if I will be able to maintain thenm well.
Pat Marcello
April 7th, 2009 at 4:20 pm #
Yep… My point exactly. Choose one that applies to your niche, Rathi, and just spend time there.
– Pat
jayakar jangam
April 8th, 2009 at 1:20 am #
i didn’t show any interest till now about this. But i thought of joining many times.I really prefer only networks in which my friends are there. Really i can’t promise you how long i can maintain.
sumit
April 13th, 2009 at 3:58 pm #
I am not too much into social networking or emailing for that matter, I am from the old school. Years ago we used to mail people then came a time when we could actually talk to that person through phone and now we have again completed the full circle and we are back to messaging that person when we could actually laught out loud on the phone rather than sending LOL.
Pat Marcello
April 13th, 2009 at 4:01 pm #
Great point! LOL
Ah well… At least IMing or emailing is faster and you don’t have to worry that you’re waking someone up.
– Pat
Nartfrica
April 16th, 2009 at 10:12 pm #
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