This post is the 4th of a 4-part series on the how-to’s of niche social networking. Most of the focus will be on young entrepreneurs because my experience has shown that they are the least equipped to benefit from social networking.
See Part 1 – The Profile
Part 2 – Getting Acquainted
Part 3 – Adding Value
Part 4 – Follow-up
Well now you have completed your profile, joined some discussions and groups, and begun to add value to the network. Now one of the most important keys to the success of your social networking venture is to STAY WITH IT!!!
As with anything else nothing happens over night. You have to stay with the network and keep checking back and staying up-to-date.
Remember that people are busy and don’t sign-on to every network they are a part of every day. So just because you sent friend requests to people or messages and they didn’t respond don’t get discouraged. Give them time to check back.
Don’t stop starting discussions just because yours didn’t get a big or maybe any response. Maybe you just didn’t pick the right topics or yours got buried quickly because so many other discussions were started. Keep trying and you will eventually get something going.
When trying to organize a tribe in a group give them time to contribute. Your e-book or event or whatever you decided to try and create probably won’t be ready to go in a week. Maybe you get lucky and get people who are as passionate about it as you and have the time to jump on board right away. However its more likely that it will take members time to get involved and add their pieces to the idea.
Just don’t give up. To many people give up or lose interest and then say that social networks are pointless and don’t offer much. Well those people are the reasons why there is such opportunity for entrepreneurs out there. Successful entrepreneurs never give up and fight through the up and downs of their work. The unsuccessful well they give up.
Remember it doesn’t take much. You don’t have to organize a new group everyday. Add a comment to someones page or put your 2 cents into a discussion. Give everything you do time to develop and you will see some great success.
Good luck!!!
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