The subject says it all: we are active on more than one social platform. It can be difficult to manage all at the same time and connect them with your blog or website. Wibiya is a new and cool tool that does it in a very elegant way.
Operating and managing your blog’s social media activity can be a lot of work, and it might not be so effective if not done right. Many tools offer badges, widgets and toolbars for blogs and websites, I found the Wibiya toolbar very effective and well designed. We implemented it both on this blog and on Sortfix’s blog.
First of all the Wibiya toolbar has a simple step-by-step plugin installation wizard-
Well, the first place to look for money is your bank account. If there isn’t much there, and you have a great idea, you’ll have to search for funding and investors. In this post we will try looking at the subject with a different perspective.
Part of my work with start-up companies includes finding investors and funds. With time you find that somethings works for you better than others. Of course, these are just my impressions. Hope you’ll find them useful:
We have discussed LinkedIn here before, and pointed out the groups as one of its advantages. In this post I will elaborate on the groups feature, which can be very useful for business and networking.
How do you join groups? First thing, decide what are your fields of interests are. What does your business do? Real-estate, law, consulting? In almost any subject you’ll find groups and subgroups with many professionals in them. People (like you) on each group are looking to hire, talk and write on the selected topic. In other words, people are looking to connect – to network.
There’s no official ethic code for any social network. But some things aren’t done. Befriending someone one Facebook just to send him a link to your blog is problematic, but it happens too often. Let’s identify the networking issue and suggest a better way to do it.
Facebook Networking Done Wrong
When a person you don’t know befriends me on Facebook, I politely ask the obvious question: Do I know you? When I have the patience, I also add a few more words, such as: We have mutual friends, but I don’t seem to recall you.
The web is rich with ‘How To’ guides. I also read some of these articles and posts every now and then. You can probably find endless blog posts on ‘how to network ‘ online. I chose to publish here the first official ‘how to’ post to be on 5 things you should try NOT to do regarding your network. Remember, we all learn from mistakes, why not learn from others’ mistakes?
Don’t miss opportunities – When does that big opportunity come? You could never know. In order to avoid missing opportunities, there’s only one thing to do. Take part in activities related to your business and personal life as mentioned here before. Any occasion or person you meet, could easily become a great opportunity for a big client or a new contract, or finding the perfect candidate for a job your hiring for.
Then again, some meetings just bring up too many bad memories
Don’t force your business – Your product is great, I’m sure of that. But try to understand the event you’re participating in. Timing is everything (along with a good product,creative marketing and some luck…). Sometimes you might just have one opportunity to introduce yourself to someone relevant to you - don’t blow it. If you speak about your business in the wrong place, you might be considered rude and maybe even boring. From my experience, always introduce yourself first as a person, an individual. Don’t talk about your business straight away. People like to connect with people, not companies. Start by a short introduction about yourself. People will remember you but they will seldom remember a company name. If people will remember you it doesn’t matter which business it is, They would be interested in YOU.
Not everyone is your customer, and not everyone is network connections material. But they are all PEOPLE. In this post I would like to continue my last post about business networking and focus on network connections, and their part in your network of customers and business network.
This business has a great product, with a slight problem with customer support…
A lot of businessman are self-employed, which usually offer some kind of service. Unlike owning a store, usually customers wont bump into your business and buy something, Usually you would have an office somewhere or even be working from home.
