You may have seen that on the LinkedIn website and you may have asked yourself if connecting with open networkers is a good thing or a bad thing and whether you, yourself, should become an open networker.
Building a network is hard. Building a network for your business can be even harder. Make it easier by joining LinkedIn. This site has a few hundred million members. Each person you connect with is on average connected to over a hundred other professionals.
There are many different reasons why influencers are so important for your business. The first thing that you have to do is to determine who is an influencer and then to choose the appropriate influencers for your particular business.
Trust is one of the essential building blocks for you in business (and in life). Without it, you can’t establish any relationships with anyone and you can’t do business with anyone.
LinkedIn is an amazing social media channel for professionals. You are probably well aware of that; however, what you may not be aware of is how much LinkedIn actually has to offer. It offers some features that are not so well-known but if you start to use them, you will not understand how you ever did without them in the past.
If you own a business (or even if you work for someone else), the foundation of your success (and this applies to everyone around the world) is solid relationships with the people who you eventually want to buy what you are selling. If you have a relationship with someone with whom you spend in-person time, it is often easier than if you have an online relationship with that person.
In a recent blog post, we wrote, How Do You Recognize Influencers? in order to increase your business’ reputation. The other side of the coin is how to achieve LinkedIn influencer status yourself so that you can positively influence other businesses. One thing that you should keep in mind is that there is influencer status and then there is influencer status on LinkedIn. The two are not the same thing.
The relationships that you share with your clients is the bread-and-butter of your business. If you aren’t taking those connections seriously, it is certainly time for you to do so. You must initially establish a connection and then you will fortify that connection so that it is enduring and solid.
It is understood by many people that networking is an important part of a successful business. However, there are several different ways in which to network. The question that comes up often is whether online and in-person networking are equally effective and interchangeable.
The chances are really good that the products and/or services that you are selling are amazing. However, the quality of what you are selling has little to do with whether you are successful at selling. You need to establish an emotional connection with the buyer.
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