Network With Email and a Phone

It's possible to "meet" people who are online. Just send an email and sometimes you get a phone call or another email back. That call could mean money. It always means a relationship.

Take the initiative. Be the first. Just ask.

How do you do this?

- One of the first places on a web site to visit is the About Us page. If you like what you see and think you may want to have a relationship with this person, go to the Contact Us page and write what you are thinking.
- See something in a physical place like an ad or an article in a magazine. Look up their web site, read it, and send an email message via their web site.
- Receive an email and reply to the person who wrote it.
- Find a blog and put a comment on it.
- Read someone's name you saw in an email but weren't able to listen to their teleclass.
- Same as above only you heard the person speak and want to comment on it or learn more about them.

There are lots more ways to meet people without physically going out. Add more and tell me about them. Sometimes what you have to say is a question. Sometimes you agree and sometimes you don't. Sometimes you just want to give them the electronic equivalent of a "pat on the back".

You never know whether the person will phone, email or do nothing or how long it may take. And you never know what they will do with your information. I got a phone call to me to help promote an event in New York City, a call about becoming a regular writer for an ezine that originates in Texas and a thank you and let's keep in touch in Toronto just to name a few that happened recently.

You have nothing to lose if you do it - so ... write something. Just remember to be positive.

BIO:
Do you want to grow your biz with marketing? Trudy Van Buskirk, entrepreneur and founder of Smallbizbuilder, has been helping small business owners be better marketers since 1980 and publishes a free ezine with a practical marketing tip to use right away, and books designed to create business success. Go to her website at http://www.smallbizbuilder.com. Here you can get more products and programs to grow your business easily. Reach her at trudy@smallbizbuilder.com .