Networking Your Way To Success

The question to ask yourself is this... 'are you mixing with like minded people?' who you mix with with determine your success. I don't know how many books I have read that have said in order to be a success, it is advisable to be around successful people. Why? well let's look at it shall we. You are influenced greatly by those who are around you, and if you are surrounded by successful people, you will begin to think like them, act like them, and hold yourself up like them.

So, that being said, if you are currently not going out and mixing with successful people, there is only so far in life that you can go. Being a part of a physical group, or online one or being able to talk to others via email or mailing each other is a great way to not only share ideas, but to brainstorm issues or problems with others who are then able to provide you with possible solutions

Albert Einstein and Napoleon Hill talk about 'Master Mind Groups'. This is where a group of like minded people meet up once a week or month or whenever they decide to, and each person is successful in different areas of industry, life etc. You are then able to brainstorm business ideas, or problems together to come to a resolution that meets your needs. The Master Mind Group is not for gossiping or small talk it is about discussing ways to improve each others lives or business. It is about staying around people who are positive, like minded and who have things in common with you.

It is amazing what you can accomplish when you don't care who gets the credit!

There are many social networking sites where you can begin your own mastermind groups or join existing ones.  Sites like www.ecademy.com or www.linkedin.com,www.betternetworker.com are really good for networking with like minded business people, and people who are able to help solve issues or problems. These are just a few that I have found really useful, and there are many more out there, so let me know if you find any more useful sites by leaving a comment on this blog postecademy. Build up a good rapport online and take it from there.

There are also forums that you can join on most topics, just google for a forum of your choice and begin to network with like minded people.

Colette Morris F.R.S.A,
Expert Author and Business Coach

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What is Twitter?

Not too long ago (over 2 months now), I joined Twitter. I had heard about this social networking site and wanted to see what all the fuss was about. Needless to say I got hooked after only a few days.

Its a great site to socialise, make links, meet new people from just about anywhere in the world. The land of Twitterville does not sleep, it is continiously active 24/7.

So what is this Twitter? What is it abbout?

You have 140 words in which to just through out to the world of Twitterland what your thoughts or views are. You could be listening to the radio and want to share the music you are listening to via weblink, you could be asking for advice, researching for a university paper, or looking for a job, yes that's right looking for a JOB on Twitter.

You can either 'follow' other people on twitter, this is where you can search out other like minded people via search menu or through other twitter members reccommendations. You can also be the person who is 'followed' by others who think your Bio is interesting.

Your Bio is short for your Biography which is a short description of what you are about.
In fact it can be used for just about any and everything if you can get it out in less than 140 words.

There is a grest sense of community on Twitter, and you feel a surge when you see your 'followers' go up in total.

You can build up your follows by recommending others, or like certain days (Fridays) you can reccommend to other who to follow by using the tweet description after their names "#followfriday".

There is a Tweet dictionary http: //twittonary.com/ which is really useful to learn what the meaning of words beginning with a # are.

There are also many applications you can use to enter your tweets onto Twitter. I use a combination of three, Power Twitter, Tweetdeck and Twitter itself. I find them all useful in their own different ways.

Power Twitter allows me to follow people automatically and to send a response back to them straight away, which is always nice to be acknowledged on Twitter. I can also set up automated tweets which I can schedule to go out at different times in the day. Great for networking, building a business or giving advise and tips.
I can also view my replies all in one place and respond back quickly.

Tweetdeck - allows you to see different views all at once. I can see my replied, my followers, and whats being tweeted all at once in one screen, where as in the other applications I have to select them seperately.

You can upload videos, photos as well, and I do not think it is as invasive as myspace or facebook which I believe are on another level of social networking anyway.

These are only my views, so why not check it out for yourself. Youcan follow me on twitter by clicking here
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