Pretty much anyone will agree that networking is important, whether or not you’re in business for yourself. Most of us will put networking events on our calendars and make an effort to attend, at least occasionally. If we agree that networking is important, why then are we so hesitant to connect with these same people online? One of the best ways to have conversations online is to connect with people you’ve already met offline.
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WiseStamp Adds Dynamic Content to Your Gmail Signature
While Google finally allowed Gmail users to have images in their signatures, there still isn’t a way to automatically update your signature with a link to your latest blog post, for example. Or have a random quote. Or show your latest tweet. WiseStamp is a free plugin for Chrome, Safari, and Safari which lets you customize your signature with links to your social networks, images, links, plus provides applications which can bring in the title of your latest blog post with a link.
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Generating Quality Leads Online
Do you go to networking events just to collect business cards? If you never spend any time building relationships with people, but instead just collect contact information, what percentage of your contacts actually turn into sales? How many of those sales are willing to refer you to others? Building relationships is important and using that same tactic online will help generate quality leads.
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