| October 2004 Volume 10, Issue 10 10 years in service ABN 76 809 078 624 |
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Networking for Business | ||
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I
belong to a number of online forums, most of which relate to the Virtual
Assistant industry, and one of the most asked questions is: How do I
get work?
The mindset seems to be that ‘now I am in business, have a
website, and belong to a network, the work should be coming in’
– and it isn’t.
Why? There
are probably a number of business ‘newbie’s’ in many industry
categories with the same question, and so my answers here may well suit
a number of readers, irrespective of what they do.
And hopefully at least one item here will assist every single
reader – although that one item might be different for each person. There
are many ways that people can seek out new prospective clients and one
of the most common ways it is done is via networking events. But for the
virtual operator the thought is that this should be done virtually –
and that is not the case.
Many have would-be clients living next door, across the road,
over the back fence and down the street.
Why ignore these potentials?
And yet it seems to be an overlooked obvious answer.
For anyone who operates a business online, they should not ignore
the local clientele – because that is often where business comes from
first.
Nothing can beat face-to-face and personal contact, and whilst
working relationships can be and are, built online, many people still
prefer the personal connection to see who it is they are working with. That’s
not to say you can’t work virtually for someone who is local – I do,
most of the time, but I want to encourage all not to overlook the
obvious, and to make contact with locals, as well as those who are not
so local.
And to always carry your business cards around with you – ready
for that connection. There
are a number of options for business networking, and these can include
groups that are developed specifically for networking, to industry
associations designed to aid their peers through education and social
activities, to groups that service the community through works of
charity whilst networking.
If you service a particular industry group, then it would be
worth joining their industry association (if appropriate and allowed) so
that you have, at your fingertips, a ready audience of prospective
clientele. But there is another source too – which probably hasn’t
been considered by many at all.
And that is the product launch.
For those who use computer software to service their clients,
then attending a product launch is a worthwhile event to attend –
because there will be many prospective clients attending also, and often
people who do not have as much working knowledge of the product being
promoted.
And attending a product launch puts you ‘in the know’ to
existing clients who might also use that product, as you can advise them
about the changes and what would work for them.
And here another opportunity arises – writing about it in a
newsletter article, thereby providing worthwhile information to those
who are your readers. I’m
sure many of you may have other business networking ideas and I
encourage you to send them to me, so they can be shared with everyone
else on this newsletter list in a future issue.
I will happily include your name and a link to your website,
email or a phone number.
It is good to share ideas and knowledge – what might seem
obvious to one person often isn’t to another. ==================================================== |
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| Ten Benefits of Submitting Articles to E-zines | |||
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Are
you an avid writer? I am.
Perhaps these 10 tips might interest you… 1.
You, your website, and your business will become well known for the
articles you provide to e-zines. 2.
You will become known as an expert on the topics you write about. This
will give you and your business extra credibility, which will help you,
compete against your competition. 3.
There is the possibility the e-zine publisher will place your article on
their home page. This will provide you with additional exposure if each
issue is available on their home page. 4.
You might get extra exposure if the e-zine publisher archives their
e-zine on their site. People might want to read the back issues before
they make the decision to subscribe. 5.
You will get free advertising. This will allow you to spend your profits
on other forms of advertising. You could buy advertisements in other
e-zines that don't publish your articles. 6.
You can gain more earnings from people interested in employing you to
provide other writing services such as books, or seminars.
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7.
You could offer e-zine publishers the opportunity to publish your
article
submissions
within the e-books they offer for free. People tend to share these kinds
of books and this could lead to your ads being spread across the Web. 8.
Submitting your articles to e-zine publishers that maintain a directory
of free content on their website will result in your article gaining
exposure across the Web. The
publishers will give visitors permission to publish the articles again. 9.
People will have more confidence in you. If they read your article and
have a favourable opinion about it, they are more likely to purchase
your product or service. You can then realize more money. 10.
The e-zine may guarantee your article placement in their magazine. You
could approve the publishing of one of their articles in your e-zine as
long as they run one of your articles in theirs. This will benefit both
of you. Scott
F. Geld
is the VP of Marketing for Marketing Blaster, Inc.
He can be reached for comments about this article at his site. He specializes in providing highly targeted traffic on a
"per click" basis. http://www.marketingblaster.com/ |
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