The Power Of The Right Message To The Right Market

June 30, 2012 By Hernan Batista Leave a Comment

The Power Of The Right Message To The Right Market

SUCCESS STORY #1 – Network Marketing Money Machine

I received a phone call 2 months ago from a husband and wife team. They have done exceptionally well in the network marketing industry, and now was to go big on the speaking / information publishing business.

We designed them a campaign that goes like this:

Step 1 – Squeeze page to capture emails from people

[All a squeeze page does is capture contact information from people who visit your website. You need to entice them into why they should sign up – snippets of content they get, free bonus books or audios, etc. When they enter their information – name and email – they are then sent to step 2.

Step 2 – Thank you for sign up and Free CD giveaway

[We gave away an audio cd detailed part of their system they use to earn well over a million a year in the industry. The cd is free, shipping and handling is $5. This gives people a very low cost way to get more familiar with you and your techniques. If they take the free cd offer, they click through to the order page with an option to buy into step 3.

Step 3 – Upsell to higher end package at 20 -40 times the price of step 2

[When people go to the order page for the cd offer, they are offered an option to buy a much higher pried package. In this case we did 2 higher priced options – one at 20 times the cd s&h price, the other at 50 times that price. They can get just the cd... or take them up on the upsell offers with much more information and product sent to them.

Step 4 – For those who never took the offer for steps 2, 3 or 4 – they get sold into step 2 through the auto responders they receive once they sign up on the free newsletter (step1)

THE RESULTS?

Because the copy was targeted perfectly to their market, and because they had a good number of people read the copy:

1. 1800 people purchased the cd option
2. 20% of those people bought upsell #1 (at 20 times the price)
3. 5% bought upsell #2 at 50 times the price

Do the math! That is a serious money making AUTOMATED machine.

For every 1,000 qualified people they send to their site, they know roughly how much money they will make immediately.

QUESTION FOR YOU:

How can you leverage these ideas and automate the sales process in your business?

SUCCESS STORY #2 – First time author ROCKETS to #1

Another client of mine just launched his new book. You may have seen some of the promotions this week for The Power of You!?

We invested a substantial amount of time and resources putting a massive campaign together for him.

1. Teaser sales letters to get people to the main sales letter

2. $3,000 in bonuses to buy the book on the launch day

3. Long copy sales letter to sell the book and bonuses – the key was that he needed people to buy on a single day so Amazon could do their calculations on if he had a best selling book (calculated by Amazon every hour based on total books sold from their site)

4. Recruited LARGE numbers of partners to endorse the book to their own client lists. They got to read the book first, then endorse the book to their own clients if they like the book. IMPORTANT NOTE: the partners received NO financial compensation for doing this.

I wrote the copy they sent to their lists, to recruit them as partners, to sell people the book, etc.

5. Arranged everything to happen on August 15th starting at 12:01 am.

THE RESULTS?

#1 on Amazon – on the main book best seller list AND in all 5 registered categories the book qualified for!

PLUS, 3 days later – it is STILL #1

Thousands and thousands of books sold (still waiting on final numbers) – each of those books is a lead generator for him (ads on the inside of the books for other products) and a MASSIVE database built from the launch (people had to supply their emails to get the bonus materials)

Now he has #1 International Best Selling Author to his name.

QUESTION FOR YOU:

How can you leverage these ideas and have other people promote you to their lists? How can you use this to launch a new product, service or bundle?

The key here is to NOT say “that isn’t my business”. The key is to say “HOW can I make that apply to MY business?”

When you do that – and then implement what you wrote – you will see similar results as they have seen.

The power of the written word, combined with massive action…

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What is Networking?

June 24, 2012 By Hernan Batista Leave a Comment

What is Networking?

By Minesh Baxi

Co-Author: Chuck Gifford

Quote: Power networking involves the development of a team of powerful, proactive referral partners capable of producing a steady flow of referrals for your business.

In this chapter:

o Examples of power networking

o Defining networking

o 7 Myths and truths about networking

Before we talk about networking, let’s take a look at some examples of the results that some have achieved by applying the principles of effective networking. The examples we cite are mostly from Local Business Network simply because these are the individuals with whom we have worked and whose stories we know. In most cases, you can replace LBN with the words “structured networking organization”.

We share these stories to help you understand how truly powerful networking can be for anyone who is willing to learn the principles of power networking and to apply them consistently. Many who do so achieve rewards totaling hundreds of thousands of dollars. For many, business from referral partners account for 25% to as much as 90% of their sales. We hope these examples will encourage you to read further and to consider seriously the principles we teach.

Website Design Firm Finds Structured Networking its Most Powerful Business Growth Tool

Steve Hyer started IGD Solutions, a website development firm, in 1999. In 2000, he joined Local Business Network, a structured business referral organization. Steve was not only new to business, but new to networking.

For the ensuing three years, LBN referrals accounted for an average of 38% of his business. In real dollars, that amounts to six figures each year. Forming strategic and referral partner relationships with members of his own chapter and with those in other chapters helped Steve create a continuous referral stream and thus a continuous stream of new leads and new clients. Steve found the regional mixers particularly helpful in finding and developing referral partner relationships with those in the technology field.

Steve writes that, “LBN is the single most effective method we have used to promote our business. The structure of meeting twice a month and really focusing on sharing referrals makes it extremely effective.”

From Corporate Cast Off To Successful Business Owner In 1 Year

Mark Raymond was laid off abruptly from his information technology job when his company was bought out. The IT market was slow and Mark knew he needed to find additional sources of income. He knew it takes time to grow any business.

Mark had an entrepreneurial background. He had owned a number of different businesses before, ranging from working as a disc jockey, to being a truck driver, to operating as a multi-media expert with auto shows. Fortunately, he had built a successful real estate rental business and owned more than ten properties. Still he needed to replace his IT income.

Mark joined Pre-Paid Legal Services as an Independent Associate. He focused on the sales aspect instead of building a team, but needed prospects and referral partners. His target markets were companies and small business owners, but he did not know where to start.

His wife, Tricia Raymond, a real estate agent, already belonged to a Local Business Network and she encouraged him to use the networking to promote his business. Mark only knows one way to go – full speed ahead. He became the President of his LBN chapter and aggressively built referral relationships.

Within one year of joining LBN, he sold over 400 Pre-Paid Legal memberships. Nearly half, 180 memberships, came directly or indirectly from LBN. Today he has a rapidly growing nationwide network of business associates helping to grow his business.

Sales Agent for a Title Insurance Company Receives over 60% of Her Business Through Networking Group Referrals

Sandra Maurer enjoyed networking, but didn’t realize how powerful it could be when she joined the Birmingham, MI chapter of Local Business Network. Her sales were strongly dependent on relationships with mortgage lenders, attorneys and real estate agents.

Sandra began visiting as many LBN chapters as she could to meet key referral partners and build relationships. She attended every regional mixer to meet other members and build more relationships. She became an extraordinary referral generator, giving as many as 50 or more referrals every month.

Within two years, the relationships she had built within LBN were generating over 60% of her income. When she changed jobs, she took those relationships with her and had an immediate sales base even though she was selling different products and services.

Accountant Gives and Receives Over $100,000 in Referrals Annually

Norm McKee is an accountant and business consultant. During his first year in LBN, referrals from LBN members accounted for about 25% of his business. The second year it grew to 40%. Partnering with other LBN professionals, he also began an employee benefits firm with the potential to generate even more profit than his already highly lucrative accounting practice.

Norm receives eight to ten new client referrals a month from his referral partners. He receives over $100,000 in referrals annually and gives at least that amount to his referral partners.

Norm says, “We selected LBN as our networking group because of the structured/instructional based program offered, providing all members with basic direction over their networking activities. We found LBN members to understand the importance of relationship marketing and how to utilize relationships to create a marketing avenue for their businesses.

Residential Cleaning and Janitorial Service Reports 90% of Sales Come From LBN Members or Their Referrals

Mary Youtz was downsized by a major software development firm. She had worked in the accounting department in a thankless job for a thankless boss. After being let go, she and her husband started their own business and elected to use networking as their primary means of promoting it.

After six months, the firm was in the black and 90% of sales had come through members of her Local Business Network. Mary immediately recognized the value of visiting as many chapters as possible and became a regular visitor to half-a-dozen chapters in communities near her place of business. She attended every regional networking event and built relationships with those in a position to send her referrals. She brought referrals to every meeting she attended.

Mary also grew personally. She had never been required to speak in public and initially expressed concerns about having to do a sixty second commercial at her local chapter meeting. She quickly outgrew her fear and even became a speaker at regional networking events. Her friends saw an extraordinary transformation in her self-confidence and demeanor. She recently took on a role as an officer in her local chapter.

And there are hundreds of additional stories but we don’t have time to tell them all. Here are some quick recaps of a few more.

o Jim Motley started a new computer repair business with $250,000 in sales his first year largely through referrals; doubled his business the second year; then doubled it again the third year.

o Jeannie Kime, a marketer of promotional items spent two years in another networking organization before joining LBN without much success, then tripled her business in her first year in LBN.

o John Gentilia of Perfect View Blinds reported 35% of his business from LBN referrals his first year, growing to 40% his second year.

o Doris Benson of Comfort Zone Heating and Cooling developed 100 new customers in her first six months in LBN.

o Ed Koerner, a mortgage lender, got 36 referrals in his first six months in LBN.

o Brian Jenks, a commercial lender, received referrals for real estate financing for projects of $12 million and $5 million.

o Sharon Quarters, a Realtor, received leads totaling over $2 million in her first three weeks in LBN.

o Attorney, Brian Rolfe got a lead for a $50,000 client within a few weeks after joining LBN.

o Julie Greene, a financial planner, reported commissions of $20,000 on leads from her LBN group and expectations that that number would double the next year.

We could go on forever with stories of these types, but the important thing to understand is that the principles of power networking work for any legitimate business person, representing a valid product or service that is being marketed to the general public or to other businesses. The question is not whether the system works, but rather whether you are willing to learn and to apply the principles of power networking.

What is Power Networking? Webster’s Dictionary defines networking as, “the developing of contacts or the exchanging of information in an informal network as to further a career.” In its broadest sense, practically any type of social interaction could be considered networking. Most business people are familiar with the informal networking that occurs in Chambers of Commerce and other business organizations. But in a business environment where increased sales are the ultimate objective and “time is money”, informal and unfocused networking is inadequate. It is necessary to move to the description and definition of a more formal and focused type of networking.

Development of Win-win Relationships – In his book, Endless Referrals, Bob Burg defines networking as, “the development of mutually beneficial win-win relationships.” Bob says that, “all things being equal, people will do business with and refer people to those they know, like and trust.” Networking therefore is about developing relationships with others who will do business with you and will send referrals to you because they know, like and trust you. Bob’s goal is to transform networking from an “informal process” to a “formal” process focused on generating referrals that result in sales and increased income.

Note that there is a requirement that the individual giving you the referral first know, like and trust you. It is necessary for you to allow others to get to know you, and they must like what they see and have trust in you before they will send you referrals. When building a referral network it is necessary for you to develop relationships of trust.

Selling Through Networking Partners – Power networking involves selling “through” those who are your networking partners not “to” them. There are two components of the business you derive from networking as Mr. Burg describes it, business from those you know and business from those they know. The latter is far more critical than the former, because the potential represented is hundreds of times greater – assuming every business person knows literally hundreds of people. The ultimate objective of formalized networking is not to sell “to” those who know, like and trust you, but rather to sell “through” them to the hundreds of people they know.

Power networking is therefore selling to people you don’t know with the help and cooperation of those you do know. It is “collaborative marketing” predicated on the assumptions that:

1. With minimal proper training you and a partner can effectively prospect for each other, and that

2. It is easier for each of you to prospect for the other within your sphere of influence than it is for the other person to prospect with those same individuals.

This definition points out another critical aspect of formal business networking. You must train others to promote your business for you. Clearly, however, in order to train others to promote your business, you must first understand how to promote it yourself. Effective networkers must not only understand who their prospects are and how to promote to them, but must also be adept at teaching others how to identify prospects for their products or services and how to create the opportunity to make a presentation to those prospects.

Referral Partners – But why would this person, your friend who is generating referrals for you, want to work so hard to promote your business to others? What is in it for him or her? Obviously, he/she expects something in return and although that reward could take any form, the ideal form of remuneration is the referral of someone who could use his/her products or services. This reciprocity must exist in order for formal networking relationships to endure. And this concept of reciprocity leads us to yet another definition of focused business networking: it is the creation of personal wealth through the capture and exchange of referrals. If you want to receive referrals from others, you must be willing and able to give referrals in exchange for those you receive. If you do not give in return, the relationship will not endure and you will no longer receive referrals.

We refer to these special types of relationships where referrals are exchanged on a regular and ongoing basis as “referral partner relationships”. They are the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, the mother lode! One such relationship can result in hundreds and even hundreds of thousands of dollars of referrals. The majority of your business networking efforts should be focused on finding and developing these relationships. Several such relationships can result in a flow of referrals sufficient to satisfy your needs for the lifetime of your business.

Strategic Partners – Closely allied to the “referral partner” concept is that of the “strategic partner”. A “strategic partner” is an individual who offers a product or service complementary to your own and who is willing to work together with you to offer your products together or to collaborate on marketing efforts. By collaborating with a “strategic partner”, you can broaden the range of products or services you are able to offer your clients, thereby increasing sales or broadening your customer base or, you can leverage marketing expense through joint marketing efforts, thereby reducing marketing costs or creating the opportunity for marketing efforts you might not otherwise be able to afford. Because they are dealing with the same or similar customers to your own, “strategic partners” can also be “referral partners”.

Traditional Networking versus Power Networking – Traditional networking, a style of networking where you market yourself by allowing others to get to know you and hoping that at some point in time they will either use your products or services or will refer someone else to you, is being replaced by what can be called “power networking”. Power networking is a style of networking where you market your business through the development of powerful, proactive partners who market your business for you in return for your help in promoting their businesses. Structured networking groups, both formal and informal organizations designed to teach referral based networking and to assist in the development of teams of referral partners, have sprung up to assist in this process. In this book, we will explore the nature of structured networking groups and their role in helping you apply the principles of power networking.

Myths and Truths about Networking

Myth #1: Networking is just belonging to a ‘Good Old Boys Club’ and is solely for the purpose of camaraderie and fellowship.

Truth: With proper training, networking can be focused to develop business relationships leading to significant referral business, rather than just meeting other people over a social lunch or at the bar during ‘happy-hour’.

Myth #2: Networking is a waste of productive time.

Truth: Networking with the purpose of developing referral partner relationships can be far more productive than spending time selling. One effective referral partner can result in hundreds or even thousands of sales over the lifetime of the relationship.

Myth #3: Networking is only for aggressive, loud-talking salespeople.

Truth: In networking, aggressive, me-oriented people seldom succeed. They find it difficult to build respect and trust which are the underpinnings of any referral partner relationship.

Myth #4: Networking brings people together who are struggling and have no real influence in the marketplace.

Truth: Networking attracts both successful and experienced business owners and professionals, as well as relatively less experienced individuals. The important point to remember is that everybody has a database of contacts with whom you have interest in connecting.

Myth #5: Networking takes too much time with little or no result.

Truth: Networking is a highly leveraged activity as you meet a number of professionals in a very short time. Those you meet are attuned to the development of referral partner relationships. As illustrated earlier, the results can be extraordinary.

Myth #6: Networking is expensive.

Truth: Networking is one of the least expensive forms of marketing available. Local Business Network (LBN) charges around $30 per month for members. Many members can recoup their expense for an entire year with one good referral. For some, the benefit to cost ratio runs in the hundreds.

Myth #7: Networking is primarily for small, non-professional businesses.

Truth: Networking can benefit all types of businesses. Experienced professionals like accountants and attorneys, technology firms, small retailers, home based businesses and others are a few examples.

Key points:

To summarize what we have learned in Chapter One:

1. Focused business networking involves the development of mutually beneficial win-win relationships called “referral partner relationships”.

2. These relationships are built on trust and involve collaborative marketing to those within each other’s sphere of influence.

3. To be effective, they require education and training on how to recognize prospects and generate referrals.

4. Referral partner relationships must be balanced and require both parties to consistently generate and exchange referrals.

5. Strategic partners are individuals who offer complementary products or services to customers similar to those you serve. Collaboration with them can broaden your product offerings, expand your markets, and create opportunities to leverage marketing expense.

6. Power networking refers to the marketing of your business through powerful proactive “referral” and “strategic” partner relationships.

7. Structured networking groups are designed to help you develop these partnering relationships.

Action Plan:

1. Read Bob Burg’s book Endless Referrals.

2. Take a look at your current business situation. Can networking help you?

3. Are you ready to commit to networking as another way to grow your business?

4. If you are already using networking, are you satisfied with your results? If not, continue reading with a commitment to master networking

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Current trend of Social networking sites

June 16, 2012 By Hernan Batista Leave a Comment

Current trend of Social networking sites

by: Amin Sultani

Over the years there has been an immense rise of internet users. Every internet user has jumped on the social networking bandwagon for past few years. You can customize and create a very unique profile on social site. Today, almost each one of us is registered on social networking bandwagon. The popularity has risen beyond our imagination. Many important business deals are done on the social networking site. For every business owner, it has become one of the most important promotional strategies. One of the popular trends among people today is to create a free music playlist which you can either post on your personal page, business page or your band page.

On social networking sites, you can socialize with friends, family and colleagues and listen to music, create free music playlist, view different videos and photos. Apparently, the popularity of Social networking sites is not limited to socializing only. Business houses have realized sensed the potential of this medium and use to connect with the customers, to gain contacts, clients and to create public awareness. Businessmen are adopting interesting strategies on social networking sites to make good out of it. You can advertise your product or service on the social site; you create a business profile and add users to create awareness among people, you can create your target audience’s community etc.

In the arena cluttered with brands and names, businesses struggle to get visibility in the market. With the shift in market from offline to online, the need for new strategies come to play. And hence, a business directory becomes the most crucial tool for the promotion of a site and gets you higher ranking. After all just having a website and no visibility is like being another pebble on the shore.

Business profile on social networking site is important. It is an identity that you have online. Make sure that you have an impressive business profile that speaks about your product or service. The profile needs to be unique because of the fact that it will look just like a web page minus the actual domain that your business would have. Some of the steps that can help you create an impressive profile on the web page are listed here. Firstly, an impressive name is necessary as it is name that catches our attention. Secondly, you need to give your customized background to the profile. Keep the colors consistent throughout and don’t use jazzy colors. Thirdly, pay attention to your reply tab. Keep a regular check because appropriate replies should be given instantly to customers or prospects. Lastly, interaction and conversation with customers is the most important part of the phenomena business social networking.

Social Networking Profile privacy however cannot be overlooked. Maintaining privacy and avoiding identity fraud are the elementary things to be taken care off. Take utmost care you’re your content is interesting and appealing to have more and more visitors join you. Constant updates and interaction with customers will help to build good brand image and brand loyalty. So get connected!

Filed Under: Networking Tagged With: network, networking, social

IP Addressing And Networking- Introduction

June 7, 2012 By Hernan Batista Leave a Comment

IP Addressing And Networking- Introduction

NETWORKING BASICS

A network will be outlined as the interconnection of autonomous computers linked along to facilitate communication whereas networking is the easy concept of connected computers.

Networks and networking have grown exponentially over the last 15years; they need evolved at light speed simply to keep up with huge increases in basic crucial user needs like sharing information and printers, plus additional advanced demands such as video conferencing.

TYPES OF NETWORKS

NATIVE AREA NETWORK (LAN)

A LAN (Native Area Network) is a cluster of computers and network devices connected along, usually inside the identical building. A Local Space Network (LAN) is a high-speed communication system designed to link computers and different data processing devices together at intervals a little geographical area, like a workgroup, department, or building. Native Space Networks implement shared access technology. This suggests that that every one the devices attached to the LAN share one communications medium, typically a coaxial, twisted combine or fibre optic cable.

METROPOLITAN SPACE NETWORK (MAN)

Metropolitan area networks or MANs are large laptop networks typically spanning a town or a town. They sometimes use wireless infrastructure or optical fibre connections to link their sites.

The IEEE 802-2001 customary describes a MAN as being: “A MAN is optimized for a larger geographical area than may be a LAN, starting from several blocks of buildings to entire cities. MANs can additionally depend on communications channels of moderate to high data rates. A MAN would possibly be owned and operated by one organization, but it typically will be used by many people and organizations. MANs would possibly conjointly be owned and operated as public utilities. They can usually give suggests that for internetworking of local networks. Metropolitan area networks will span up to 50km.”

WIDE AREA NETWORK (WAN)

Wide Area Network (WAN) is a laptop network that covers a broad space. A WAN in compares to a MAN, isn’t restricted to a geographical location, although it may be restricted to a geographical locations, it would possibly conjointly be confined among the bounds of a state or country. A WAN connects several LANs, and might be restricted to an enterprise (a company or organization) or accessible to the public.

The technology is high speed and comparatively expensive. The web is an example of a worldwide public WAN.

NETWORKING DEVICES

ROUTERS

Routers are used to connect networks along and route packets of data from one network to a different. Routers, by default slash a broadcast domain, which is the set of all devices on a network phase that hear all broadcasts sent on that phase.

Routers conjointly split collision domains. This is an Ethernet term used to explain a network state of affairs where one specific device sends a packet on a network section, forcing every alternative device on that segment to listen to it. At the identical time, a different device tries to transmit, leading to a collision, after that each devices should retransmit piecemeal.

Routers run on the layer 3 of the OSI (Open System Interconnection) reference model.

SWITCHES

Switches are used for network segmentation based on the MAC addresses. Switches observe the incoming frame’s hardware addresses before deciding to either forward the frame or drop it.

Switches slash collision domains but the hosts on the switch are still members of one big broadcast domain.

HUB

A hub is extremely a multiple port repeater. A repeater receives a digital signal and re-amplifies or regenerates that signal, and then forwards the digital signal out all active ports without looking at any data. An active hub does the same factor. This suggests that all devices plugged into a hub are in the identical collision domain with in the identical broadcast domain, that means that devices share the same bandwidth. Hubs operate at the physical layer of the OSI model.

IP ADDRESSING

An IP address may be a numeric identifier assigned to each machine on an IP network. It designates the precise location of a device on the network. An IP address is a software address and designed to permit host on one network to speak with a host on a totally different network no matter the sort of LANs the hosts are participating in.

IP TERMINOLOGIES

Bit: A bit is one digit, either a 1 or a 0.

Byte: A byte is seven or 8 bits, relying on whether or not parity is employed.

Octet: An octet, created up of 8 bits is just an normal 8 bit binary variety. In most cases byte and octet are completely interchangeable.

Network address: This can be the designation utilized in routing to send packets to a far off network. For example 10.0.zero.0, 172.sixteen.zero.zero, and 192.168.ten.zero are network addresses.

Broadcast address: The address employed by applications and hosts to send info to all nodes on a network is named the published address. Examples embody twenty five5.25five.twenty fivefive.twenty fivefive which is all networks, all nodes; 172.16.25five.25five, which is all subnets and hosts on network 172.16.0.0.

HEIRARCHICAL IP ADDRESSING THEME

An IP address consists of 32 bits of data (IPV4). IPV6, a brand new version of IP consists of 128 bits of information. The 32 bits IP is divided into four sections known as octet or bytes every containing one byte (8bits).

An IP address is depicted using any of those three methods.

Dotted decimal, as in 172.sixteen.thirty.56

Binary, as in 1010110zero.0001000zero.00011110.0011100zero

Hexadecimal, as in AC.ten.1E.thirty eight

All this examples represent the same IP address. However the most commonly used is the dotted decimal. The Windows Registry stores a machine’s IP address in hex.

The thirty two bit IP address is a structured or hierarchical address, vs a flat non hierarchical address. Though either kind of addressing theme may have been used, hierarchical addressing was chosen for a smart reason. The advantage of this theme is that it can handle a giant variety of addresses, specifically four.3 billion (a 32 bit address house with 2 possible values for each position that is either one or 0 offers 237, or 4,294,967,296).

The disadvantage of the flat addressing theme relates to routing. If each address were distinctive, all routers on the web would need to store the address of each and every machine on the net. This would make economical routing impossible.

NETWORK ADDRESS VARY

The network address uniquely identifies each network. Every machine on the identical network shares that network address as part of its IP address. Within the IP address of 172.sixteen.thirty.56, 172.sixteen is the network address.

The node address is assigned to and uniquely identifies every machine on a network. This number will conjointly be referred to as host address. In 172.16.thirty.fifty six, 30.fifty six is the node address. Category A network is employed when a small number of networks possessing a terribly giant number of nodes are needed. Class C network is employed when numerous networks with a small number of node is required.

CLASS A ADDRESSES

The primary bit of the primary byte in a category A network address should always be off or zero. This suggests that a category A address must be between 0 and 127, inclusive.

0xxxxxxx.hhhhhhhh.hhhhhhhh.hhhhhhhh

If we tend to flip the opposite seven bits all off and then turn them all on, we’ll find the class A vary of network addresses.

0000000zero = 0

01111111 = 127

Class A format is network.node.node.node, thus for example within the IP address forty nine.22.102.seventy, the 49 is the network address and 22.102.70 is the node address. Each machine on this explicit network would have the distinctive network address of 49.

CLASS B ADDRESSES

The primary bit of the first byte should perpetually be turned on, but the second bit should perpetually be turned off.

01xxxxxx.xxxxxxxx.hhhhhhhh.hhhhhhhh

If we tend to can flip the first bit on and the second bit off and if the opposite half-dozen bits all off and then all on, we have a tendency to’ll realize the class B range of network addresses.

1000000zero = 128

101111eleven = 191

Class B format is network.network.node.node, therefore far within the IP address 132.163.forty.57, the 132.163 is that the network address and forty.57 is the node address.

CLASS C ADDRESSES

The first and second little bit of the first byte must always be turned on, but the third bit can never be on.

110xxxxx.xxxxxxxx.xxxxxxxx.hhhhhhhh

If we have a tendency to flip the primary and second bit on and also the third bit off and then all other 5 bits all off and all on, we have a tendency to’ll find the category C range of network address.

1100000zero = 192

11011111 = 223

Category C format is network.network.network.node, for example within the IP address 195.sixteenhalf-dozen.231.75, the 195.sixteensix.231 is that the network address and seventy five is the node address.

CLASS D AND CATEGORY E ADDRESSES

The address between 224 and 25five are reserved for class D and E networks. Category D (224-239) is used for multicast addresses and class E (240-255) for scientific purposes.

NON-PUBLIC IP ADDRESSES

Non-public IP addresses are people who will be used on a private network, however they are not routable through the web. This can be designed for the aim of creating a live of well-required security, but it also conveniently saves valuable IP address house. If every host on every network had to have real routable IP addresses, we have a tendency to would have run out of IP addresses to hand out years ago.

Category A 10.zero.zero.zero through ten.25five.twenty fivefive.255

Category B 172.sixteen.0.0 through 172.31.25five.255

Class C 192.168.0.0 through 192.168.25five.255

TROUBLESHOOTING IP ADDRESSING

Here are the troubleshooting steps in resolving a problem on an IP network.

1. Open a DOS window and ping 127.0.0.1. This is often the diagnostic or loopback address, and if you get a successful ping, your IP stack is considered to be initialized. If it fails, then you have got an IP stack failure and want to reinstall TCP/IP on the host.

two. From the DOS window, ping the IP addresses of the native host. If that is successful, then your Network Interface Card (NIC) card is functioning. If it fails, then there is a downside with the NIC card. This doesn’t mean that a cable is plugged into the NIC, solely that the IP protocol stack on the host will communicate to the NIC.

3. From the DOS window, ping the default gateway. If the ping works, it means that the NIC is plugged into the network and will communicate on the native network. If it fails, then you’ve got a native physical network drawback that might be happening anywhere from the NIC to the gateway.

four. If steps one through 3 were successful, strive to ping the remote server. If that works then you have IP communication between then local host and the remote server, you furthermore may recognize that the remote physical network is operating.

five. If the user still can’t communicate with the server once steps one through 4 were successful, then there is most likely a resolution downside and there’s want to check the Domain Name Server (DNS) settings.

NETWORK ADDRESS TRANSLATION

Network Address Translation (NAT) is used mainly to translate non-public within addresses on a network to a international outside address. The main idea is to conserve web international address house, however it also increases network security by hiding internal IP addresses from external networks.

TABLE three: NAT ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES

ADVANTAGES

Conserves legally registered addresses.

Reduces address overlap occurrence.

Will increase flexibility when connecting to web.

Eliminates address renumbering as network changes.

Translation introduces switching path delays

DISADVANTAGES

Loss of end-to-end traceability

Sure applications will not operate with NAT enabled.

TYPES OF NAT

Static NAT: This type of NAT is intended to allow one-to-one mapping between local and world addresses. Static NAT needs that there is one real internet IP address for every host on your network.

Dynamic NAT: This version provides one the power to map an unregistered IP address to a registered IP address from out of a pool of registered IP addresses.

Overloading: This is often additionally known as Port Address Translation (PAT). It is the foremost in style kind of NAT configuration. Overloading is a form of dynamic NAT that maps multiple unregistered IP address to one registered IP address by using totally different ports. With overloading thousands of users can hook up with the net using only one real international IP address.

NAT TERMINOLOGIES
Local addresses: Name of native hosts before translation.

International addresses: Name of addresses after translation.

Within native: Name of within supply address before translation.

Outside local: Name of destination host before translation.

Within world: Name of inside hosts after translation

Outside world: Name of outdoor destination host after translation.

LAYER2 SWITCHING

Layer2 switching is the method of using the hardware address of devices on a LAN to phase a network. The term layer2 switching is employed as a result of switches operate on the information-link layer that is that the second layer of the OSI reference model.

Layer2 switching is considered hardware-based bridging as a result of it uses specialised hardware called an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC). ASICs will run up to gigabit speeds with very low latency rates.

Switches scan every frame because it passes through the network, the layer2 device then puts the supply hardware address in an exceedingly filter table and keeps track of that port the frame was received on. The information (logged within the switch’s filter table) is what helps the machine determine the situation of a specific sending device. After a filter table is made on the layer2 device, it will only forward frames to the phase where the destination hardware is found. If the destination device is on the identical phase because the frame, the layer2 device will block the frame from visiting any different segments. If the destination is on a completely different section, the frame will only be transmitted to that segment. This is referred to as TRANSPARENT BRIDGING.

When a switch interface receives a frame with a destination hardware address that may not found in the device filter table, it can forward the frame to all connected segments. If the unknown device that was sent the frame replies to the current forwarding action, the switch updates its filter table relating to that device’s location.

ADVANTAGES OF LAYER2 SWITCHING

The biggest benefit of LAN switching over hub-centred implementations is that each device on each segment plugged into a switch can transmit silmatenously whereas hubs solely permit one device per network section to communicate at a time.

Switches are faster than routers because they do not take time looking at the Network layer header info. Instead, they appear at the frame’s hardware address before deciding to either forward the frame or drop it.

Switches produce private dedicated collision domains and provide independent bandwidth on each port in contrast to hubs. The figure below shows five hosts connected to a switch, all running 10Mbps half-duplex to the server. In contrast to the hub, each host has 10Mbps dedicated communication to the server.

LIMITATIONS OF LAYER2 SWITCHING

Switched networks hack collision domains but the network continues to be one giant broadcast domain. This will not solely limits your network’s size and growth potential, however will conjointly scale back its overall performance.

FUNCTIONS OF LAYER2 SWITCHING

There are three distinct functions of layer2 switching, these are

Address learning.

Forward/filter decision

Loop avoidance.

ADDRESS LEARNING

When a switch is 1st powered on, the MAC forward/filter table is empty. When a tool transmits and an interface receives the frame, the switch places the frame supply address in the MAC forward/filter table, permitting it to remember which interface the sending device is found on. The switch then has no selection but to flood the network with this frame out of every port except the supply port because it has no idea where the destination device is truly located.

If a tool answers the flooded frame and sends a frame back, then the switch will take supply address from that frame and place that MAC address in its database further, associating this address with the interface that received the frame. Since the switch currently has each of the relevant MAC addresses in its filtering table, the two devices will now build a point to purpose connection. The switch does not would like to flood the frame because it did the first time.

If there is no communication to a particular address among a bound amount of time, the switch can flush the entry from the database to keep it as current as doable.

FORWARD/FILTER DECISIONS

When a frame arrives at a switch interface, the destination hardware address is compared to the forward/filter MAC database. If the destination hardware address is thought and listed within the database, the frame is shipped out only the correct exit interface.

The switch doesn’t transmit the frame out any interface apart from the destination interface. This preserves bandwidth on the opposite network segments and is termed FRAME FILTERING.

LOOP AVOIDANCE

When two switches are connected along, redundant links between the switches are a smart plan as a result of they help forestall complete network failures in the event one link stops working.

Redundant links are extraordinarily useful however they often cause more problems than they solve, this can be as a result of frames will be flooded down all redundant links silmatenously making network loops.

Switches use a protocol known as STP (Spanning Tree Protocol) created by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) now Compaq to avoid network loops by shutting down redundant links. With STP running, frames will be forwarded solely on the premium STP-picked link.

CONFIGURING THE CISCO 2950 CATALYST SWITCH FAMILY.

The 2950 switch is one among the Cisco Catalyst switch family’s high-end model. The 2950 comes in several flavours and run 10Mbps all the method up to 1Gbps switched ports with either twisted-try or fibre. They will provide basic information, video and voice services.

2950 SWITCH STARTUP

When the 2950 switch is initial powered on, it runs through a Power-on-Self-test (POST). At first all port LEDs are green, and if upon completion the post determines that all ports are in sensible form, all the LEDs blink and then flip off. However if the POST finds a port that has failed both the system’s LED and also the port’s LEDs turn amber.

However, unlike a router, the switch is actually usable in Fresh-out-of-the-box condition. You’ll be able to just plug the switch into your network and connect network phase together while not any configuration.

To attach to the Cisco switch, use a rolled Ethernet cable to attach a bunch to a switch console serial communication port. Once you’ve got the right cable connected from your PC to the Cisco switch, you’ll begin HyperTerminal to make a console affiliation and configure the device as follows:

1. Open HyperTerminal by clicking on begin button and then All programs, then Accessories, then Communication, then click on HyperTerminal. Enter a reputation for the connection. It is irrelevant what you name it. Then click OK.

two. Choose the communication port either COM1 or COM2, whichever is open on your PC.

three. Currently at the port settings. The default values (2400bps and no flow control hardware) will not work, you must set the port settings as shown in the figure below.

Notice that the bit rate is set to 9600 and the flow management is set to none. At this time click OK and press the Enter key, and you must be connected to your Cisco switch console port.

Here’s the 2950 switch’s initial output:

— System Configuration Dialog —

Would you wish to enter the initial configuration dialog? [Yes/no]: no

Press RETURN to get started!

0zero:04:fifty three: %LINK-5-CHANGED: Interface Vlan1, changed state to administratively down

0zero:04:fifty four: %LINEPROTO-five-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface Vlan1, modified state to down
Switch>

THE CONFIGURATION

The switch> prompt is called the user exec mode and it’s largely used to read statistics. You can solely read and modification configuration of a Cisco switch in privileged exec mode that you get into with the enable command.

Switch>

Switch> enable

Switch#

Switch# disable

Switch>

The worldwide configuration mode can be entered from the privileged mode by using the configure terminal command or config t for brief.
Switch# config t
Enter the configuration commands, one per line, End with CNTL/Z.
Switch(config)# hostname zenith
Zenith(config)#

The hostname command is employed in naming the switch. The hostname of a switch is only regionally significant but it’s still useful to set a hostname on a switch so that you’ll determine the switch when connecting to it.

SETTING THE ENABLE MODE PASSWORDS AND LINE PASSWORD.

Zenith> enable

Zenith# config t

Enter the configuration commands, one per line, Finish with CNTL/Z.

Zenith(config)# enable password bank

Zenith(config)# enable secret middle

The enable password bank command sets the enable password as bank and therefore the enable secret middle command sets the enable secret password as middle. The enable secret password is additional secure and it supersedes the enable password if it’s set. The enable secret password and therefore the enable password can not be the identical on the 2950 switch.

Zenith(config)# line ?

First line range

console Primary terminal line

vty Virtual terminal

Zenith(config)# line vty ?

Initial line range

Zenith(config)# line vty 0 fifteen

Zenith(config-line)# login

Zenith(config-line)# password alex

Zenith(config-line)# line con 0

Zenith(config-line)# login

Zenith(config-line)# password malouda

Zenith(config-line)# exit

Zenith(config)# exit

Zenith#

The line vty zero fifteen, login and password alex commands set the telnet password to alex and the road con zero, login, and password malouda commands sets the console password to malouda.

SETTING IP INFORMATION

You don’t have to set any IP configuration on the switch to create it work. You’ll simply plug it in. However there are 2 reasons we tend to set IP address info on the switch.

To manage the switch via Telnet or different management software.

To configure the switch with totally different VLANs and other network functions.

Zenith(config)# int vlan one

Zenith(config-if)# ip address 172.sixteen.ten.seventeen 255.25five.twenty five5.zero

Zenith(config-if)# no shutdown

Zenith(config-if)# exit

Zenith(config)# ip default-gateway 172.sixteen.10.one

Zenith(config)#

The IP address is about to 172.16.10.seventeen and also the no shutdown command must be applied to enable the interface.

CONFIGURING INTERFACE DESCRIPTIONS

You’ll be able to administratively set a name for every interface on the switches with the description command.

Zenith(config)# int fastethernet zero/ ?

FastEthernet Interface number.

Zenith(config)# int fastethernet zero/1

Zenith(config-if)# description Sales LAN

Zenith(config-if)# int f0/12

Zenith(config-if)# description Association to Mail server

Zenith(config-if)# CNTL/Z
Zenith#

You can examine the descriptions at any time with either the show interface command or the show running-config command from the global configuration mode.

ERASING AND SAVING THE SWITCH CONFIGURATION
Zenith# copy running-config startup-config
Zenith# erase startup-config

The primary command copies the configuration into the NVRAM (Non-volatile RAM) while the erase startup-config command erases the switch configuration.

Zenith# erase startup-config

Erasing the nvram filesystem will take away all files! Continue? [confirm] [Enter]

[OK]

Erase of nvram: complete

Zenith#

VIRTUAL LAN (VLAN)

A Virtual LAN (VLAN) may be a logical grouping of network users and resources connected to administratively outlined ports on a switch. When one produce VLANs, one creates smaller broadcast domains at intervals a switched internetwork by assigning totally different ports on the switch to totally different subnetworks. A VLAN is treated like its own subnet or broadcast domain, which suggests that that frames broadcast onto the network are only switched between ports logically grouped within the identical VLAN.
By default, no hosts in a specific VLAN will communicate with any alternative hosts that are members of another VLAN.
5.one ADVANTAGES OF VLAN

A cluster of users needing security will be put into a VLAN therefore that no user outside the VLAN can communicate with them.

As a logical grouping of users by function, VLANs can be considered freelance from their physical or geographical locations.

VLANs will enhance network security.

It can block broadcast storms caused by a faulty NIC (Network Interface Card) card.

VLANs increase the number of broadcast domains while decreasing their sizes.

VLAN MEMBERSHIP

VLANs are sometimes created by the administrator, who then assigns switch ports to each VLAN. Such a VLAN is named a static VLAN. If the administrator needs to try and do a little a lot of workout front and assign all the host devices hardware addresses into a database, then the switch will be configured to assign VLANs dynamically whenever a number is plugged into a switch. This is often referred to as dynamic VLAN.

STATIC VLANs

Static VLANs are the standard way of creating VLANs, and they’re also the most secure. The switch port that you just assign a VLAN association to invariably maintain that association until an administrator manually changes that port assignment.

DYNAMIC VLANs

A dynamic VLAN determines a node’s VLAN assignment automatically. Using intelligent management software, you can base assignment on hardware addresses, protocols, or even applications to create dynamic VLANs.

An example is that the VLAN Management Policy Server (VMPS) service used to line up a database of MAC addresses that may be used for dynamic addressing of VLANs. A VMPS database maps MAC addresses to VLANs.

FRAME TAGGING

As frames are switched through the network, switches must be ready to keep track of all the frames. Frames are handled differently in step with the kind of link they’re traversing. The frame identification methodology uniquely assigns user outlined ID to every frame. This is often generally called the “VLAN ID”.

Each switch that the frame reaches should initial determine the VLAN ID from the frame tag, and then it finds out what to try to to with the frame by wanting at the data within the filter table. If the frame reaches a switch that has another trunked link, the frame will be forwarded out the trunk-link port.

Once the frame reaches an exit to an access link matching the frame’s VLAN ID, the switch removes the VLAN identifier. This is often so the destination device can receive the frame while not having to perceive their VLAN identification.

There are 2 different types of links during a switched surroundings, they are:
Access links: This type of link is solely half of 1 VLAN. Any device hooked up to an access link is unaware of a VLAN membership; the device just assumes its half of a broadcast domain. Access link devices cannot communicate with devices outside their VLAN unless the packet is routed.
Trunk links: Trunk links will carry multiple VLANs. A trunk link could be a one hundred or 1000Mbps purpose to purpose link between two switches, between a switch and server. These carry the traffic of multiple VLANs from 1 to 1005 at a time. Trunking allows you to form one port half of multiple VLANS at the identical time. It conjointly permits VLANs to span across multiple switches.

VLAN IDENTIFICATION METHODS

There are basically two ways in which of frame tagging.

Inter-Switch Link (ISL)

IEEE 802.1Q

The main purpose of ISL and 802.1Q frame tagging strategies is to provide interswitch VLAN communication.

Inter-switch Link (ISL) Protocol: This is proprietary to Cisco switches, and it’s used for quick Ethernet and gigabit Ethernet links solely. ISL routing will be used on a switch port, router interfaces and server interface cards to trunk a server.

IEEE 802.1Q: Created by the IEEE as a customary methodology of frame tagging, it’s not Cisco proprietary so if you’re trunking between a Cisco switched link and a different complete of switch; you’ve got to use 802.1Q for the trunk link to figure.

VLAN TRUNKING PROTOCOL (VTP)

This protocol was created by Cisco however it is not proprietary. The basic goals of VLAN Trunking protocol (VTP) are to manage all configured VLANs across a switched internetwork and to keep up consistency through the network. VTP allows an administrator to feature, delete and rename VLANs on a switch, data that is then propagated to any or all different switches within the VTP domain.

Before one can get VTP to manage VLANs across the network, one has to create a VTP server. All switches sharing the identical VLAN information should be in the same VTP domain.

One will use a VTP domain if there is more than one switch connected in a network, however if all the switches are in only one VLAN, there is no need to use VTP. VTP info is set between switches via trunk port.

This report exposes one to various aspects of pc networking, IP routing and IP switching and the way to manage a network from an workplace network to larger networks. Areas coated during this report includes IP addressing, Network Address Translation (NAT), IP switching and Virtual Private Network (VPN).

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Truly Successful Networking

June 6, 2012 By Hernan Batista Leave a Comment

Truly Successful Networking

By Alan Boyer

The drawback is that this shouldn’t be a secret. But it will appear that not very many are doing it, therefore it must be a big secret.

Are You Obtaining But Spectacular Networking Results?

Have you ever gone to a networking event, type of drifted around, talked to a few folks and left? The results were possibly less than spectacular.

And what were you trying to accomplish at the networking event? What was the image you’ve got in your mind of the outcome? Was it to seek out somebody that required your product, or to sell your product directly at the event?

Most folks have a image in the rear of their mind that they can meet somebody who will be biggest sale they’ve ever had, or simply perhaps the first sale they’ve had. In any case, if you are at the networking event to sell, you almost certainly weren’t as successful as you’ll be by changing your approach.

Amendment Your Networking Approach

Therefore, let’s modification the picture of what you wish to finish up with at the end of the networking event.

If your goal has been to sell at networking events, what has your typical measurable results been for that focus? Does one acquire one client per networking event? Or is it more seemingly one in every 10-15 events? Or do you even know?

If that’s your picture you’ve got been trying to sell one-on-one that isn’t as effective as selling one-to-many, nor is a networking event very a sensible place to SELL. Does that surprise you?

What would happen if you changed the image in your mind of networking into one in all “building your network”?

Let’s observe the rule of vi Degrees of Separation. That basically says that you can literally reach everyone in the globe through 5 different people. If everyone is aware of a minimum of a hundred people, and if the one hundred you recognize each understand one hundred, at the primary level you can reach ten,000 individuals. Then those 10,000 conjointly apprehend a hundred, and so simply two steps away you can probably get introduced to 1,000,00zero folks.

Here’s the quantity of individuals we might reach through contacts at every level of separation based mostly on the amount of individuals we tend to know.

……..If each——- ——If every

……..Understand 100—— —–Recognize 250

————————– ————

1………..Me———— ———-Me

2…—————a hundred ————250

three…———–ten,000 ———62,500

four…——-1,000,000 —–fifteen,625,000

five…—-one hundred,00zero,00zero –3,906,250,00zero

half-dozen…ten,000,00zero,00zero 976,562,500,000

The population of the world is approximately half-dozen,440,000,000, so through four-5 levels, theoretically, could reach everyone in the globe.

Thus, why are you making an attempt to plug to one?

What would happen if you modified your approach in networking from selling, to obtaining to grasp as several people as attainable, and then getting them to introduce you to somebody who can use your product?

What do you wish to try and do with the individuals at a networking event?

Folks respond to anyone who can facilitate them achieve what they wish. So, shouldn’t you be making an attempt to find out how you’ll be able to facilitate as many folks as possible? Become their lead source, their referral source. They will respond in kind by serving to you reach a lot of people.

Networking with the RIGHT People

What would happen if you targeted on the RIGHT folks to network with?

Who are the RIGHT individuals?

It could be individuals who recognize the people we wish to try to to business with, and not simply any networking event.
It might be different folks that think like we tend to do, that are not there to sell.

What is the RIGHT networking event?

What happens once we are at a networking event where everybody is trying to sell to everybody else? Doesn’t that cause a lot of competition for time to talk, to allow your spiel, and most likely no one is listening anyway since they’re centered on obtaining what THEY NEED, SELLING.

What would happen if you found a networking cluster that’s centered on building their network and obtaining to grasp additional folks that

Will facilitate them with their business

Can facilitate them get to understand more people

Will help them sell their products

What would happen if you start networking with individuals that have the foremost contacts?

Look at the table above. If you’re networking with somebody that knows a hundred you can reach ten,00zero through them. If you’re networking with others that have 250 contacts you’ll be able to reach 62,500 at the following level.

You’ll conjointly find that those with the most contacts are focused, like you will be from currently on, on building their network, and so will be extremely helpful.

Currently you are networking with different Power Networkers.

What would happen if you begin networking with individuals that have a better economic reach than you do?

In other words their average client is a $1M, or $10M company rather than a $100K company that you have got been networking with.

Networking at Networking events where people are selling

Most folks that are trying to sell at a networking event go to the event, meet someone, provide a spiel and if that person is not interested they move on to a higher and the subsequent. And once they leave the event, there isn’t any further contact or follow-up with anyone.

How to Capture the most Contacts, Set Up the foremost Appointments at a Networking Event

If you’re curious about building a network, you’re curious about building a relationship. Thus, arrange to satisfy later to find out how you’ll help that person build his network, perhaps provide him a referral, how are you going to facilitate him sell. If you keep your target on helping him, he’ll eventually raise how he will facilitate your and the link is off to putting together business for everybody.

You’ll realize that you’ll have a lot of appointments from your networking than you have ever had, and that those contacts can lead to additional leads, and probably more direct sales together with your initial contact that you have got ever had.

Some hints and tips to use at the networking event, offer:

Leads directly

To introduce to your existing shoppers that may would like the merchandise of the person you have simply met

To introduce to different networking contacts you’ve got that might also want the products.

To satisfy with them to learn more concerning their merchandise

To assist them achieve some specific goal, or relieve a selected downside they mentioned to you.

To share your client list, or email list. NOTE: You are here to assist, keep it in that mode, not a sales mode.

To Keep this Network Operating for You

Set up a constant follow-up routine, emails, newsletters, or other ways that to constantly keep in bit and keep serving to those folks you’ve got added to your network.

Crucial Mass

The a lot of folks you recognize, the more there are that will be bearing on you, or just sending a lot of individuals to you that you should know and raise your network. So, the more you know, the faster your network builds. I noticed that 100 business contacts kind of become the critical mass purpose at that the network started turning into one in every of my major sources for business building. I’ve heard others say that at four hundred they stopped promoting as a result of currently they get all of their business from the network.

Therefore stop selling at networking events, and start building your network.

Setting Some Goals

My personal goal for a little networking event, yours can likely be different, but these are mine:

Meet with ten individuals, collect ten business cards

2 appointments from the event (minimum)

5 appointments ensuing from follow-up calls among 1-2 days of the event (to discover different ways that we tend to can facilitate each different).

a pair of-3 more appointments from follow-up calls within the first week of the event.

one-a pair of actual sales inside 2 weeks.

Increase my networking reach by additional than 7x250x250x250x250=sixteen,807 for every event

Stop selling at networking events, begin building a network, and start finding individuals you can help with their business and with their network.

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Networking Through Blogging

May 28, 2012 By Hernan Batista Leave a Comment

Blogs are essentially to spread knowledge, ideas and perspectives on various topics of discussion. Blogs are created every minute that cater to different subject matters.

Besides sharing your take or opinion, you also gain insights through other reader views and comments. Besides using blogs as a platform for displaying you services or talent, it can also be used for something more effective for you business – networking. Most blog writers are familiar with the entire concept of building a huge network and connections via their blogs.

A blog content writer has various readers or visitors on his blog. This increases reader base considerably. Constant blogging gets good amount of traffic to you blog as well as online visibility. The benefits of it lie in your interaction with fellow blog writers who have much to share. In this way you extend your customer base as well as develop many connections and a huge network.

Expanding a network with bloggers and readers increases potential profits for your business. People online are aware of your blog and eventually you customer-base is broadened. By sharing links of you posts on other blog and discussion forums, blog writers can extend their blogs to different readers.

External linking for you blogs pays dividends as you are now visible to a wider circle of readers. For online visibility, one needs to develop a broad network. Blogging helps in this area. With regular posts and great content, a blog writer can have a bigger number of customers or readers.

Building an effective network for you blog will be beneficial in the future.

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What The Pros Know About Networking That You Don’t – Business …

March 31, 2012 By Hernan Batista Leave a Comment

What The Pros Know About Networking That You Don’t – Business …

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When I was on the Today Show, I sat down to prep a few minutes before air time. About 45 seconds before we went live, Meredith Vieira came onto set. She took one look at the topic sheet, then.

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