http://blog.whoat.net Private.Trusted.Business.Introductions Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:27:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://blog.whoat.net/2009/10/10/hub-first-spoke-later/#comment-14 Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:27:02 +0000 http://whoat.wordpress.com/?p=116#comment-14 Great post…love the concept of paying more attention to the hub.

]]> http://blog.whoat.net/2009/11/03/online-networking-what-ails-you/#comment-13 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:01:18 +0000 http://whoat.wordpress.com/?p=173#comment-13 Great research. Do you provide any resources for how to network to further one’s career?

]]> http://blog.whoat.net/2009/10/23/the-state-of-online-networking-i/#comment-12 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:51:15 +0000 http://whoat.wordpress.com/?p=143#comment-12 [...] 3, 2009 Continuing upon our survey series on networking, we last told you about the state of open networking and that many professionals found their current [...]

]]> http://blog.whoat.net/2009/10/23/the-state-of-online-networking-i/#comment-8 Fri, 23 Oct 2009 20:17:07 +0000 http://whoat.wordpress.com/?p=143#comment-8 One of the reasons that I stopped using a certain open networking tool is that I never got answers from the people I was trying to get help from – to reach their contacts. It was very frustrating. It has been far more effective in producing a warm lead, to canvas my co-workers and friends – harder though, in that it puts them in a position to have to say no sometimes, and I don’t like making them uncomfortable in that way.

]]> http://blog.whoat.net/2009/10/20/networks-are-growing-but-what-about-relationships/#comment-7 Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:04:18 +0000 http://whoat.wordpress.com/?p=133#comment-7 [...] October 23, 2009 In the summer of 2009, we conducted a non-affiliated survey of American professionals to understand more about their online networking habits on sites like LinkedIn, Xing, Plaxo, Facebook, etc. The results, in some cases, stray from expectations and point to this trend we spot of online: networks growing without adding much value. [...]

]]> http://blog.whoat.net/2009/10/10/hub-first-spoke-later/#comment-4 Mon, 12 Oct 2009 13:46:04 +0000 http://whoat.wordpress.com/?p=116#comment-4 [...] Hub First. Spoke Later. « Who@'s Blog whoat.wordpress.com/2009/10/10/hub-first-spoke-later – view page – cached Maribeth Kuzmeski, marketing guru and author of The Connectors, recently encapsulated one of the many keys to being an effective relationship builder in her blog post, Do the opposite of what others… (Read more)Maribeth Kuzmeski, marketing guru and author of The Connectors, recently encapsulated one of the many keys to being an effective relationship builder in her blog post, Do the opposite of what others are doing. She advises, “If you build a relationship with someone they could become a great advocate for you. So, it’s really not about who you meet in your networking activities – it’s about who they know. It’s about building a relationship based on trust and credibility and having your advocates do the selling for you.” (Read less) — From the page [...]

]]> http://blog.whoat.net/2009/10/02/pay-it-forward/#comment-3 Fri, 02 Oct 2009 16:34:33 +0000 http://whoat.wordpress.com/?p=71#comment-3 [...] to them, and opens the door to further communication.   (There is also an article on the WhoDoYouKnowAt blog about this today…not [...]

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