7 Step Plan To Get Going With Networking

Whether you're an introvert or an extrovert, feel like you have the gift of gab or just don't know how to make small talk, networking know-how is very important for your business success. There is a notion in business that I believe most of us subscribe to that says "all... Read More

Powerful Networking: Focus on Building Connections, Not Closing Sales

You can find numerous references in the business literature about the importance of a company's mission. These sources emphasize that the mission is not to make a profit; that a profit is the outcome of and reward for fulfilling the mission. In the same sense, the mission of networking is... Read More

Communication Is A 2-Way Street (The Networking Factor)

The Personal Touch 1There is a simple art to networking and the good news is, should you choose to put forth a conscience effort to improve the way you communicate, networking can and will become second nature to you, it is really just that simple. A personal touch big or... Read More

Networking - How To Do It

Networking is probably the oldest, easiest, most effective and least expensive way to get more business. It doesn't necessarily involve selling your product or service but it does mean selling yourself. However, that doesn't involve a lot of talking - it does involve a lot of listening.Networking is about making... Read More

8 Ways To Develop Confidence In New Situations

Do you enjoy one-on-one networking, however, the thought of walking into room full of people you don't know horrifies you? You're not alone. Yes, even a social butterfly, President of the Social Committee in High School and avid networker knows how you feel. Here are some of my tricks. And... Read More

You Can?t Spell Networking Without Serendipity

"Fear not to entertain strangers for by so doing some have entertained angels unaware."This quotation is from the book of Hebrews, which means it probably has nothing to do with networking.Or does it?Networking is the process of sharing knowledge, helping others, and developing mutually beneficial relationships. Serendipity is the lucky... Read More

What I Do Is Not Who I Am... The Networking Factor

Ah, the personal touch that continues to make a big difference for the better in our lives and the lives of those who have an opportunity to experience a personal touch from us.If networking and effective communication are centered on other people, can we effectively network or communicate without the... Read More

Giving the Gift of Your Name (The Networking Factor)

Although, this is about giving the gift of your name to others, it certainly runs a close second in importance to "Whats' in a name?"What is giving the gift of your name? Giving the gift of your name is when you see someone you haven't seen in a while and... Read More

Which Networking Events Should You Attend?

How does one determine which are the best events to attend based on one's best customer?Customers are not a dime a dozen, especially in today's economy. So it is best to follow the rules mentioned before on how to define your best customer before attending an event. The customer definition... Read More

Follow-Up with Your Contacts

What happens when you meet a potential client at an event and you do not follow up?So now the event is over and you have collected a number of business cards, taken notes on the best prospects, divided the cards into Y(es), N(o), and M(aybe), now what? It is time... Read More

TopNews
Vodafone Acquires Social-Networking Platform Company
New York Times, United States - 18 hours ago
By MIKAEL RICKNÄS, IDG News Service\Stockholm bureau, IDG Vodafone is acquiring ZYB, a Danish company that has developed a social networking and online ...
Vodafone to buy Danish-based social networking site for mobile users TelecomTiger
Vodafone moves in Mobile Social networking with ZYB acquisition ITProPortal
Vodafone to buy online social networking site for £25m Mobile Today
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Rolling Review: Layer 7 SecureSpan XML Networking Gateway
InformationWeek, NY - 6 hours ago
By Erik Pieczkowski CLAIM: Layer 7's SecureSpan XML Networking Gateway is a hardware-accelerated XML firewall and service gateway. ...

Meeting / networking, week of May 19
Newsday, NY - 10 hours ago
Business referral and networking group-- Commack: Business owners looking to grow through qualified referrals are encouraged to attend, sponsored by ...

Broadcasting & Cable
Comcast Buys Social-Networking Site Plaxo
TheStreet.com - May 15, 2008
Comcast CMCSA will acquire social networking site Plaxo in a move aimed at unifying social media across the Internet and television. ...
Comcast buys social networking site Plaxo Bizjournals.com
Comcast To Acquire Plaxo, Add Social Networking To TV Mediapost.com
Comcast to Buy Plaxo for Social Networking PC World
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NJ sex offenders charged for MySpace, Facebook use
The Associated Press - 10 hours ago
MOUNT LAUREL, NJ (AP) — Three convicted sex offenders have been arrested for surfing social networking Web sites and are believed to be the first charged ...
Sex offender on MySpace, say officials Gloucester County Times - NJ.com
Three sex offenders arrested for trolling forbidden websites The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
WEB 'PEEPER' PERVS PINCHED New York Post
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Google Shakes Up Social Networking
Motley Fool - May 14, 2008
By Anders Bylund May 14, 2008 Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) is chasing the social-networking opportunity, very much in the spirit of its corporate tenets. ...
Professionals, politicians tap social-networking Web sites MLive.com
Google offers to imbue all websites with social networking AFP
Google 'Salts' Web With Social Networking Red Herring
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The top 10 social networking annoyances
ITworld.com, MA - 19 hours ago
For some folks, social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace seem nearly as indispensable as e-mail, but creating and maintaining these virtual ...

Qwest Communications' iQwest Networking Services Deployed for Law Firm
TMCnet - 22 hours ago
Sonnenschein recently relocated a main data center and it selected Qwest iQ Networking services for improving network traffic performance besides offering ...
Qwest provide networking services to law firm in US Telecom Paper (subscription)
Qwest Inks Win With Chicago Law Firm techrockies.com
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MEF launches localised mobile social networking scheme
Telecom Paper (subscription), Netherlands - 21 hours ago
The Mobile Entertainment Forum (MEF) has unveiled the next stage if its mobile social networking initiative launching simultaneously in France, India, ...

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Google to work on social networking advertising
Direct Traffic Media, UK - 23 hours ago
"Things have been going well this year... it's hard to predict where social networking will come out," he observed. Key challenges identified by the ...
Social networking future 'difficult to predict' Bluhalo
Google social network ad business "improving": Brin Reuters
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