Is Networking a Waste of Time?

Those who think that networking is a waste of time, specifically "social" networking are way off the mark. In fact, public networking (aka: online networking) has grown exponentially over just the last combine of years alone. With public networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter, Plurk, Tumblr, Zimbio and more, there is a plethora of avenues to study when it comes to seeing others within your niche. Because every niche is different and specifically geared towards something, the type of public network that you will want to join will vary. For example, just because Twitter and Face book are the largest public networking sites on the Internet right now, this doesn't necessarily mean that you will gain a huge benefit by creating profiles for your business here.

Research, Research. Research. Find out what sites population within your niche are hanging out on the most. For example, for one person I know who runs a gadget website for the technologically savvy, he finds that most of his success comes from using a public networking site called Redditt. However, for person like me who wants to make pro business connections, I might select to use related In. It just depends on what you are seeing for. Other example of public networking in use can be seen in my aunt. She uses a local meet up networking socially site so that she can find assorted activities to contain herself in during the week and on the weekends. From free dance lessons to 'Over 50 singles nights out', there is no shortage of things to do for her.

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Networking is also beneficial both online and off because it can mean the discrepancy in the middle of landing a job versus not. For example, though many population might have the credentials on paper, it is still a somewhat unfortunate fact that those who land the dream jobs do so not because of their actual qualifications so to speak. Rather, they get the job because of who they have networked with in the past- who they know. person who has already met with and knows the personality of one person might select that person over the person on paper that they have never met.

In modern years with the improve of online public networking, there have been some who have suggested that with this progression of online networking, there has been a inverse connection or regression away from actual face-to-face communication. However, nothing could be supplementary from the truth. In fact, networking socially, if anything, has led to the meet and greet of more population than anyone else. From online webinars to Tweets about where meet up groups are going to be meeting up, you can now rearrange your agenda and plan ahead with this type of networking. For example, person like me may see a tweet about a local meet up in my area related to public netting. I can then retort to that Tweet with an Rsvp saying that I will at tend and naturally copy down the location of where the meet up will be taking place. It's that easy...and that effective.

Is Networking a Waste of Time?