There are no Social Networking Secrets!

There are not any "secrets" to Social Networking. There is only the information that you know and the information that you do not yet know! I'll make you a deal, I'll share all the tips and tricks I know if you'll do the same! Just because I am a nice guy, I will never charge you for any content- ever.

I started social networking long before the Internet started. Back in those days you had to actually talk to people! You either met them in person, made a phone call or wrote them a letter. When you met them in person you introduced yourself and gave them your business card, shook their hand and explained who you were. When you called them, you introduced yourself and explained who you were and why you were calling them. When you wrote them a letter, you introduced yourself and explained why you were writing them a letter.

It seems that with the ease of networking that came along with the internet many people forgot the first step in networking: Introduce yourself! Many even have forgotten the second step which is to explain who you are and why you are even contacting them. I guess automation is the reason to blame. You can now set everything up on a website and simply point your potential clients to the website and completely skip the introduction.

I still like the idea of introducing myself first! Your first contact with someone creates a lasting impression. Let's take a look at the hottest and latest social networking craze Twitter. My experience thus far has been that 95% of all the accounts on Twitter are trying to sell you something. Whether it be a MLM or just blatant spam to buy their "Top Secrets to Social Networking" or a program to maximize sales, it is all just spam to me!

Let me say it again, there are NO secrets to social networking. You build a network of like minded people, like minded consumers, like minded business people. You utilize that network to make contacts, make sales, or make friends. Too many people instead of learning to utilize social networking end up brutalizing social networking!

I hope that you will join me in my quest to make social networking clear, understandable and usable. Each day I will add TIPS that are no secret that will help you in your quest to become a better social networker.

TIP #1: Introduce yourself first! Let your perspective friend, client, employee know who you are and what you are about. If you set up an auto response to your e-mail or Direct Message, let this be an introduction, not a sales pitch!

Tip #2: Anyone who offers to sell you social networking secrets is just out to make money off of you. The real secret is that there are no secrets. If you look hard enough there is information on everything!

Tip #3: There are no experts in the social networking industry. There are only three kinds of social networkers: Lucky, Experienced and Inexperienced. We all start out as inexperienced and end up lucky or experienced!

Tip #4: Failure is only failure if you do not take what you learned and apply it to what you are doing! Multiple failures eventually end up as success! The trick is to look at others failures and try not to make the same mistakes, make new mistakes all together!

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