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Online networking options

What topics are covered in this chapter?

  • The types of informal and formal online networking
  • What we mean by a social networking site and a micro-blogging site
  • How to generate referrals using online networking
  • How to maximise your effectiveness whilst networking online

In the previous chapter we looked at all the different face-to-face networking options available to today’s professionals. All of these options require the networker to be present physically with another person. What happens when you have the motivation to network, but not the opportunity or time to go out and meet people? Or what happens if your target market does not reside locally to you? This is where online networking has the advantage over ...

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