American Serb History 101

SOCIAL NETWORKING 

( Good old-fashioned networking, Serbian style!)

In today's age, it is important that we stay connected and try to aid each other in as many ways as possible.  This website page is my humble attempt to help other novices also get into the New Age of Marketing. 

Social Media is an open communications network, social networking with news, bookmarks, blogs, microblogs, videos and photo sharing, message boards, wikis, virtual reality, social gaming, podcasts, Real Simple Synd. (RSS) feeds, social media press releases, etc.

"Telling and Selling" is dead.  The new key is Demonstrating, Empowering, and Creating Business by Building Relationships.

Networking-

A compilation of thoughts from the web/webinar.

When you meet someone for the first time, engage in conversations, but be real. Connect to others and invite your new contacts to also connect, with you playing host/hostess.  Treat everyone with kindness and respect.  

FOLLOW UP.  Try to send that person you met an email later in the day while you have fresh remembrances of your meeting.  That person will admire you for thinking they're important to you and it shows you're a person of action, not all talk, a real rarity these days.

Nuture a positive project culture.  Establish an environment built on trust, creativity and open collaboration.

5 Steps to Success 

1.  STRATEGIZE.

2.  Establish a Presence.

3.  Expand your Reach.

4.  Nurture Relationships.

5.  Properly Maintain Presence.

Your PROFILE should be as inviting as possible.

Keep your eye on the Prize.

You're in for the long term, every day for the rest of your life.  Out of sight, out of mind. Stay in touch!

You must TARGET your audience as numbers alone are meaningless.

Build PERSONAL relationships for your business.  Start with conversation before ever mentioning your business.

Be Transparent, BE TRUSTWORTHY! 

It's a ZERO-SUM game.  You have to do it right or there are no benefits.

Be an Industry Leader, and not a follower. 

Be Strategic and Map people down the path to buy your goal.

Excellent business examples are BBGeeks (Blackberry platform), Bridge2Growth; Masi Bicycles; The Coffee Groundz in Houston.

Drill down, use the Advance features on Social Media sites. Don't talk to everyone, but TARGET your audience.  

Join groups that have your targeted audience for prospects.

Create your own groups and prequalify your connections.  "Join now if _______" 

Add VALUE to the conversation, help solve problems.

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 Hope this helps!

We welcome your questions and queries.   But it might be a case of the blind leading the blind.  I'm just learning too!

Mim Bizic

m.bizic@comcast.net

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