Networking

It is not about how many people you know..
How many you follow...
How many follow you....
It is all about the quality of your connections.
Do they  promote you? When you post  something that really reaches out and grabs you- do they  pass the your link? When you have a new product or business, do they tell their friends? Or are you being ignored?
Successful networking requires a relationship between you and your followers- just knowing is not enough.
Twitter-
I see so many that join twitter, post daily, and expect people to flock to them..... Does not happen that way.
People want information- Great information. That is why people follow you and should be why you follow others. It really does you no good to follow 1000 tweets when you only have 100 following you.  You are getting all this information, but only a few are accepting you.
Check out people before you follow. Visit their links, read their tweets, Google them- seriously Google their name and see what comes up.  You will find everything thing they have ever done on line. Good or bad...
Decide is this a person you want to be associated with...?
 Face Book-
Face Book is used for networking and personal ( actually twitter is too), but face book gives you more room and options.
With face book, decide on your goal. Do you want to promote your business? find friends? Keep in touch with family? Do you have a fan page?
Face book Games- these have become an addiction.... LOL.
Applications, Tests, and much more. My wall daily is full of someone gave me a chicken, my dream home etc... While fun and sometimes interesting... I really do not want to read over 50 posts like that.
I am looking for new friends and to keep in touch with old. I want to see your new products, new blog, new baby. These are important to you so that makes them important to me/ your friend.
Linked in-
This is another one where quality is way better than quantity. While the bulldozer sales me in Asia is nice to know of, and he may buy one of my products, and someone may find my information off of his profile, Do I really need to now this person?  No!  He is not my target area. Now If I sold or needed to buy a bulldozer he would be perfect!

A final word on Networking.... Your reputation can make or break you! How do you want to come across to others? Use correct spelling, no slang etc.. Rather then writing  B4U  write it out before you.
Most important do not spam- this does not get you new customers or connections. This gets you ignored- deleted- and maybe reported.
Happy networking, Sherry