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16.11.2007 Archives / Networking

Four Types of Networkers

By Melanie Joy Douglas, Monster.ca
Adapted from Monster Careers: Networking by Jeff Taylor and Doug Hardy

The swan, the butterfly, the dolphin, and the lion are metaphors for different kinds of networkers. They represent different combinations of two essential qualities of networking: how many contacts you make and how intensely you mine those networking relationships.

The main lesson to learn is that there isn’t an ideal style; people can approach networking in entirely different ways and be equally successful. Swans, butterflies, dolphins, and lions can all be effective. Networking is really a matter of creating an individual style that makes the most of your strengths and compensates for your weaknesses. You can mix and borrow different traits from the archetypes.

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This article offers one way to view networkers. At Networlding we have others and will offer our view and others we have found. You be the judge. To see the full article go to http://content.monster.ca/10384_en-CA_pf.asp.

12 Minutes of Thought - What Can Create Success for Me Today?

With literally thousands of books written on the subject of success, I ask myself the question on a cold Chicago November morning, "What can I do to create a successful day today?" Breaking this down to the simplest idea, it would be to get one "high-priority" thing done today?

Try this approach and let us know what you found out. You can always email me at melissa@networlding.com.

Linkedin: Much Ado About A Million Or Two

Linkedin: Much Ado About A Million Or Two

A Brief Meditative Contemplation About Extraordinary Potential

I think Linkedin is better than Linkedin thinks it is.

Surprising statement perhaps.   But bear with me for a moment.

You see I believe I look at Linkedin a bit differently than most people do.

I haven't talked with Linkedin about specific numbers and I intentionally didn't invest the time to do exhaustive research on specific numbers.

Those two things aside, let's take some very broad numbers and contemplate some things that make them worth considering.   Things that make you go, "Hmmmm!!!"  At least they do that for me! :-)

If we say that Linkedin is a networking environment for business professionals and then say that the average Linkedin member has 10 years of experience and then say that there are now 15 million users, that's a total of 150 MILLION YEARS OF WORK EXPERIENCE!   

Sitting there. 

Sort of like oil fields, or goldmines, or spice islands, or "acres of diamonds". 

Just sitting there. 

Hmmmm!!!

Correct me if I'm wrong, but if my memory serves me correctly, I believe it only took 962 person years to build New York's Empire Station Building.

If there are 150 Million years worth of experience on Linkedin, that could mean:

1. hundreds of thousands of years of business building experience
2. thousands of years of artistic experience
3. thousands of years of computer experience
4. thousands of years of entertainment experience
5. thousands of years of medical experience
6. thousands of years of nonprofit experience
7. thousands of years of scientific experience
8. thousands upon thousands of years of communication experience
9. thousands upon thousands of years of executive leadership experience
10. thousands upon thousands of years of problem resolution experience
11. hundreds of thousands of years of teaching & coaching & counseling experience
12. MILLIONS of years of networking experience

Hmmmm!!!  I wonder what would happen if those thousands, if those hundreds of thousands, if those thousands upon thousands, if those MILLIONS of years of experience could talk, could communicate, could be put to SOME USE? 

I wonder and I wonder and I wonder!!!

Hmmmm!!!

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Support Exchange Model

What are the ways you can support someone in a network? In Networlding we say it is more than just exchanging leads and referrals. When Gladwell wrote The Tipping Pointhe emphasized the concept of "a connector," "a persuader" and "a maven." Each type of networker adds to the collective concept of networker.

In Networlding we have seen that there are some people who hold all three attributes of being a great connector or somone who is very wise or someone who is very persuasive. The explosion of online networking has helped even further to bring out networkers who have stellar skills in all three of these areas.

Networking for Sales: The #1 Skill of Sales People - Networking

People often ask me what the #1 skill is in networking. Through all my research throughout the last twenty years, I would say that, hands down, it would be networking and here are three reasons why.

First, think of the very best vendors you have bought from. What sticks out in your mind most about them? If you are like most of my clients they would first say what great people they were BEFORE they commented on the services or products they sold.

Second, ask yourself if you were ready to buy something that you have been wanting for awhile, looking forward to buying, almost salivating at the mouth to buy, but, unfortunately, you meet up with one of the worst salesperson you ever met. I mean this salesperson is rude, ignorant and disinterested. They almost go out of their way to make you miserable in purchasing something you were so excited about purchasing when you went to the buying table. At this point would you want to buy that product? I bet you would think twice.

Third, imagine vendors who, instead of treating you with disinterest or disdain, do just the opposite. They call you regularly to see if they can be of service. They email you with insightful articles or resources that compliment the work they are doing with you. They are proactive and responsive. They connect with you socially as well as professionally. They are good business friends.

These examples just help us realize the importance of someone who is good at building relationships. They are good at making you look good and, in return, you enjoy doing business with them. These are good networkers and the reason they can be so effective is because they are "exchanging" with other people in their network resources, connections and professional support on a regular basis. The net effect of their networking is that you benefit because they know how to network well.

And, now, more than ever, because of online social network tools like LinkedIn, Facebook and others, you can connect more effectively, looking like the best sales people in your own business or career. It's all about getting started with your own community of learning a practice.

What's New? We are now offering you the ability to start your own Networlding Community of Learning and Practice. Email us info@networlding.com for details or call us. We would be happy to have you call us 312-421-4213.