Katie,
It's not easy to find evidence of folks willing to network. But, I can show you evidence of folks willing to give each other a "mutual uplift."
Back in 2006, the Fox News Network came to a small town in Northern California to address a parade crowd. This was the result of a letter-writing campaign begun by just 30 high school students. What made the campaign a success was not the cooperation or interest of the local citizenry. That was nonexistent. Instead, it was caring Ryzers from around the world who wanted those kids to be successful in their effort. Want proof? Visit Middletown Days 2007. (This Squidoo lens is actually promoting an event that took place two years ago.)
Just this past October, Ryzers again stepped forward to help a local shopping center have a successful grand opening. All each Ryzer did was write a "Dear Editor" letters. However, those letters not only helped to entice a large crowd to show up, but garnered local news coverage of the event. See for yourself at Hardesters Shopping Center Grand Opening Promotion.
What can you do to entice serious business networking with regard to your business? I have a few suggestions:
1) Learn how to become a "go-to" person. Get a copy of the book, The Heart and Art of Netweaving and read it. You can do that by going to Netweaving.com.
2) Get yourself a Twitter.com account and start following folks and twittering (140 character messages). As Twitter will demonstrate to you, the best way to build an audience is to begin by becoming one for someone else.
3) Follow me on Twitter at lamarjmorgan. Send me a direct message your would like for me to re-tweet (share with my audience) and I will gladly do it.
Ryzers can and will help each other out. You simply need to find the right folks. If you find folks who really do CARE, really do want to CONNECT and have a GOOD PLAN for achieving a particular goal, you're all set.
Good luck.
Lamar Morgan CDMM - Synergistic Business Marketing 707-709-8605 Attract more customers!
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