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The following traits to help identify a good networlder as well as to help you become familiar with the traits you need to develop in yourself. The traits are:
- Supportive
- Continuous Communicators
- Reliable and Responsible
- Influential
- Knowledgeable
- Active Listener
- Empathic
- Appreciative
- Connection-Conscious
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This article was recently featured on KNBN, the NBC affiliate in Los Angeles. It was licensed for KNBC by BusinessWeek online. The complete article can be found here.
Does Your Small Business Need A Blog?
It Seems As If Everyone Has One, And Experts Say They're A Great Marketing Tool. But Is The Time Commitment Worth It?
There's no doubt about it, blogs are hot. With their interactivity and their ability to position even micro-business owners as niche experts, blogs are the "it" marketing trend [see BW Online, 5/22/06, "Into the Wild Blog Yonder"]. There are more than 39 million blogs in existence and 75,000 new blogs being created every day, according to Technorati, a resource Web site with a search engine that covers the universe of blogs, known as the blogosphere [see BW Online, 4/18/06, "Blogs Multiply. Our Heads Explode"].
Some definitions for the uninitiated: A blog [the term comes from a
slurring of the phrase "web log"] is an online journal. The blog owner
regularly posts journal entries, usually fairly short essays including
links to relevant information, that readers can react to in a comments
section. Additional readers comment on . . .
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The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Bloggers (as featured in Business 2.0)
1. Focus intently on a narrow niche, ideally one whose audience has a predilection for high-margin products.
2. Set up your own blog so that each post gets its own permanent URL, or permalink,
and its heading becomes part of its permalink and page title. Write
descriptive, keyword-heavy headings, and be sure the homepage and all
archives have links on every page.
3. Think of your blog as a database, not a newspaper-like collection of dispatches. Your archive post should be easy to find through Google and Technorati, so cite authors and publications by name, and use tags, categories, and keywords consistently. (more on this later)
4. Blog frequently and regularly- if possible at least half a
dozen posts every weekday before lunchtime, when many readers take a
break from work and check out the blogosphere.
5. Use striking images in your post. They liven up the page and attract readers, and if you use captions, you’ll gain additional traffic by making it easy for Google Image Search and other visual search engines to index your illustrations.
6. Enable comments and interact with readers; cultivate your audience.
7. Make Friends with other bloggers, online and off. Link to their post and they’ll return the favor. Other blogs may well send you most of your traffic.
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The Top Five Attributes of Great Blogs:
1. Candor – be frank, honesty and
open with your reader. Do not slip into PR or marketing speak. Your
readers will know when you are not being you. Don’t hold back; put your
self out there because that is what will intrigue future clients and
customers.
2. Urgency – create a felling of urgency in your blog. The information you give must have an urgent feel to it. Let people know that they need the information you provide and they need it now. Readers will continue to check in with you to make sure they are not missing new information.
3. Timeliness – This is twofold. Your entries must be about things that important now. What are people talking about and what new directions is your market going to take? The second part is what time you actually publish your post. Do you know when the best time to post is? How frequently should you post? – Research says you should post at least once a day during the week and the most effective time to post? – Before noon because most blog readers will check the blogroll during the lunch hour.
4. Pithiness – Write with vigor and enthusiasm. Do not waver or offer merely opinions. Express yourself and offer sustentative information. Never start a sentence with “I think” – it is weak, unassertive and unnecessary. Your readers know you are writing about what you think – Readers want to know what you know. They will figure out what is merely your opinion.
5. Controversy – present opposing views and engage in discussions. Your blog doesn’t have present raging political debate or touch on the social hot topics of our time but it will drum up more interest if it is controversial. Talk about issues in your industry that others are scared to address.
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Networlding is about creating communities of support, built on trust, respect and well-being. It is a process of collaboration that achieves mutual goals and leads to professional and personal fulfillment. This is the Age of the Relationship, where our relationships become one of our most critical assets. Networlding is based on a Seven-step process. The following is the commitment I make to this process:
What else can you do to ensure mutually beneficial relationships?
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Extensive studies on human networks show that you achieve better results (more connections, ongoing creativity, better opportunities) when you have regular (at least monthly) communications (we call them Exchanges) with a small, diverse group of people. Through the Power-of-Ten Circles, we will show you how to build a powerful Circle of people who can bring new and fresh perspectives to your business or career growth and for whom you can do the same.
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The Networlding “Community of Learning & Practice”
In this workshop will be covering all the Steps of a seven-step Networlding process. You will be asked to perform exercises for each step of the process. Some of the exercises you will do on your own and others will be done with your group. The seven steps are outlined in the chart found in the Networlding guide book.
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Learn how to create your own community and be apart of ours.
Networlding relationships start when you clearly express your intent in
the broad sense of the word. Quickly and convincingly, you communicate
your goals and values, and when you do so, people who resonate to your
intent will respond. If someone responds positively and you are able to
establish a Networlding relationship, you can reap tremendous benefits.
Your new partner will not only do more for you in terms of
opportunities but in providing an empathetic ear and a source of fresh
ideas.
In contrast, networking connections are flimsy because they lack support. When networking, people are bound together because one person needs another to do a deal or create a sale. One particular situation binds them together, and as soon as this situation disintegrates or disappears, there's nothing left of the relationship to keep it strong enough to survive.
| Networlding VS | Networking |
| Value-based | Goal-based |
| Leveraged Learning | Duplication of Efforts |
| Long-term commitment | Temporary |
| Relational | Transactional |
| Conscious, strategic process | Haphazard process |
| Mutually beneficial | Often one-sided |
| Systematic | Fragmented |
| Holistic | Often Materialistic |
| Intimate | Superficial |
| Opportunity Expansive | Opportunity Specific |
| Multi-dimensional | Two-dimensional |
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