Hey Creadivs,
I have recently become quite the busy body on the social networking scene. Building Facebook fan pages, Linkedin connections, and gaining Twitter followers has been my MO for the last couple of weeks.
Why? To gain visibility in local, national, and international markets.
My primary focus is gaining visibility, meeting people, and making contacts within NWI. So I have been searching local #hashtags on Twitter, and connecting with current and former employees on Facebook. Two technologies that are ridiculously popular at the moment. But it occurred to me that no matter how many connections I made and how well I got to know them online, I needed more. I needed high touch as well as high tech. So it was time to get offline.
Yesterday was the first day that I did that. I attended the Northwest Indiana Business Professionals luncheon at Portillo’s in Merrillville. An event that was absolutely what I was looking for, good food, good contacts, and good advice. I met a handful of great individuals that I was able to speak to, connect with, and even add back to my online community. But the best part was that I could see them, I could shake their hands, and I gained the ability to be able to pick them out of a crowd, something that you just can’t get from twitter.
After lunch Kathy Sipple of My Social Media Coach gave a presentation on the benefits of using online communities the likes of twitter and linked in and even shared a couple of really cool tools with our group.
Yesterday was a major success in my book, and I look forward to joining the NWIBP ( Northwest Indiana Business Professionals ) Group as a full fledged member.
The future of my social networking calendar already has a new event. The 5th Annual Health & Interest Fair in Merrillville set for tomorrow make sure you check it out.
Social networking tip:
Make sure you exchange business cards because unless you have a great memory you aren’t going to remember everyone. When you have a second use the back of the card to write down some notes about that person. Some identifiers, some conversation pieces, or any thing that you feel may be of relevance down the road.
Links Courtesy Of Kathy Sipple:
twtqpon – create and distribute twitter Coupons
socialoomph – social networking tools including scheduled tweets
Tags: Business Tips, Marketing, Social Networking
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Adam,
Thanks for the mention. I’m glad I could share a few tools that were of use. I wish you much success in your continued networking efforts.
Hope to see you at future NWIBP meetings and elsewhere!
Kathy
P.S. Google Alerts is another useful tool. (It’s how I knew you posted something about me.)
Kathy,
Thanks for stopping by the site. I am glad you found it and you are welcome for the mention. Thanks for the presentation. I look forward to seeing you again.
Adam
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