Now that we have you thinking more about social networking ... Do you think that Facebook, LinkedIn, and MySpace are "it" for social networking? Think again. Things are never quite that simple in the internet world - if you have an interest, you have a network - check out Social Networking GOD: 350+ Social Networking sites and you'll get the idea.
Here is one that might be of interest to the small home-based business, the ApSense Social Networking For Home Business. Here is what work-at-home business blog says about Apsense:
Please remember that when you join Apsense you're joining a community of business people. They don't all want to buy from you right now. They're trying to make money. So use your connections there to share ideas and sometime in the future you might get your top MLM distributor or a great business partner there. But unless you're selling services businesses can use to sell more, they may not be hot CUSTOMERS right away.
In the post - How To Make Social Networking Work For You Judy Mottl interviews the president of The Living Textbook (a solutions provider that works with school districts, state education departments and educational service agencies to develop educational materials) and this is what he has to say about social networking -
The president of The Living Textbook, , believes it's one of the best tools a business has at its fingertips today... "I see social networking really as an evolution of communication and a desire to share and dialog around subject matters in a deeper person-to-person way. It also enables a forum of people to come together in a way in which they feel more connected to a marketplace," he says.
The social networking weblog recommends a white paper called Social Networking for Business.
According to their review -
The main things you're going to learn by reading this document are how to build business relationships using social networking, why social medial is becoming more important than the traditional way of doing things, how to make the new social networking service for your business become a success.
It is always good to check out your industry's social networking landscape before forging ahead, with the right tools and network you will be able to leverage this semi-new dynamic relationship building tool to your advantage.
