Posts from — November 2007

Brothers, Matthew Toren & Adam Toren, are the founders of YoungEntrepreneur.com — an award-winning small business website for entrepreneurs and small business owners and is made up of a community of entrepreneurs and aspiring entrepreneurs who are truly passionate about economic development and enjoy promoting the formation and success of innovative and growth-oriented companies.

Josh: How do you define Business Networking and why do you feel it is important?

Matthew and Adam Toren: We network every day. Whether it’s online at a social network like facebook.com or a niche site like ours at YoungEntrepreneur.com. Successful business networking is the art of creating and cultivating helpful and meaningful business relationships.  Click to read the full post...

Jason Alba got laid off in 2006. With great credentials and in a job-seeker’s market, Jason could hardly get a job interview. Finally he decided to step back and pick apart the job search process, including understanding all of the available resources. Within a few months he had designed a personal job search CRM tool. His tool, JibberJobber.com, is designed to help professionals manage career and job search information the same way a salesman manages prospects and customer data.

Jason blogs at JibberJobber.com/blog and recently finished “I’m on LinkedIn – Now What???”.  Click to read the full post...

I’m pleased to bring you the following interview with Kevin M. Butler, owner of ChamberFish.com — the sites focus is on helping business professionals network effectively as well as increase the contacts within their own personal business network.

Josh: How do you define Business Networking and why do you feel it is important?

Kevin M. Butler: Business networking is a simple yet often misused form of marketing for your business. Stephen Covey gives examples of how relationships have evolved over time. In the past, relationships and communication were based on ethics, morals, and the character of the individual.  Click to read the full post...

Trevor Brooks, business consultant and CEO of IdeaCloud, a full-service, outsource, multinational Web development group. He has over 13 years of experience offering design and implementation of Internet and intranet sites.

Trevor has worked extensively developing Web solutions for various companies such as Century 21, Ingersoll Rand, Starbucks, PepsiCo, Whirlpool, Genentech, and Palm. IdeaCloud has built a number of very popular Facebook applications.

Josh: How do you define Business Networking and why do you feel it is important?  Click to read the full post...

I make no bones about it, I’m a raving fan of writing articles and essays. Particularly when it comes to writing on topics which relate to your given industry, or on things that are of interest to those who also operate in the industry you want to network within (i.e build strong connections).

If you’re thinking about passing on reading this, because you think you’re not a writer, don’t. I’ll dispel the myth that it takes some magical formula to produce worthwhile content below. For now, allow me to explain a bit more on what a positive difference writing articles can have on your networking efforts.  Click to read the full post...

Often one of the hardest things for people who are beginning to embrace professional networking to grasp is that it’s not simply about sharing their product or service, but rather about first building some basic rapport with the person they’ve just met.

The other day I was having a conversation with someone and they said to me point blank, what you say about givers getting, and creating value for others first sounds good… but it’s all a bit to goody two shoes sounding for me. What I want is to get down to the meat and potatoes and see some real business taking place.  Click to read the full post...