Making Connections-It Really Is Who You Know
Filed Under life lessons, Home Business | Posted on February 6, 2009
Making friends and business connections on the internet through my businesses has been invaluable to me. With no exaggeration, I have been introduced to opportunities that I never would have unless I knew these people and established a business/trusting relationship.
I will gloss over the opportunities for a moment even though they have been the main reason why I have been able to quit my job and work from home.
It is more about establishing these relationships that needs to be addressed because not everyone knows how to do it. I’ve either “met” these people through programs I have promoted or have been involved in, through being on a list where I made contact or through forums. Initially, I made contact because I saw someone was successful and wanted to learn more or had people who were in my downlines or uplines that I wanted to get to know better.
It also helped that I have a sincere desire to help out and I believe people saw that sincerity….for the most part! I guess that is the teacher in me. When you sincerely approach people to give help or ask for help, it is amazing what you can see in return. Literally, opportunities fall in your lap because you just don’t meet that many people online (and I am not talking about dating) that are sincere and not looking to take your money.
I have met so many people with the right intentions but that “so many” to me is truly a small percentage and frankly, I’ve noticed, many of them know each other and are involved in and have been invited into some of these amazing and lucrative ventures. Just to be clear, I am not really talking about affiliate marketing and MLM.
To have a presence so that people are drawn to you and will trust you is not that difficult especially when you post on forums. You do not have to be a great writer or a fluent English speaker for that matter. It is what you say or at least what you are trying to say that matters. People will pick up on it.
This relates to the title of my post because now that I have established some sort of internet presence, I have made some very valuable friendships with people who are much more on the “inside” than I am and who are very experienced marketers and business people. I marvel at the small world that I am becoming a part of. This has been quite a revelation that I am now reaping the benefits and participating in opportunities that have only come to me for this reason alone.
I’ll make the explanation of these opportunites brief. They relate to online and offline investments. It’s not all about the Dow and NASDAQ you know….in fact it is far from it. There is a whole world of forex and opportunities that people of means know about and can do that are not always open to the little guy….unless you know someone of course (the whole point of this post).
In the end, I really just want to say that there is a way to present yourself that will open doors and opportunities that you may never have dreamed of. Yes, it is who you know but is more importantly, who you are.
Until the next time,
Laura
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