Getting Leads

Hey - here it is after Easter, after tax day, supposedly solidly into Spring and I've got a foot of snow outside my place here on Green Mountain! But, the dogs love romping in it, and it's a fair excuse to sit inside & blog.

So - if you're not gonna chase your family and friends about your business - who are you gonna talk to? How about other people who are interested in marketing on the internet? Yup - you want to look for the lookers. And, especially in light of the current economic mess, there are plenty of folks looking for alternatives to the old j-o-b. But what if you don't know many of those folks yet?

Well, as I expect you already know, there are social networking sites on the web, and through them you can get in touch and acquainted with people who are just friends of friends. Or - maybe just related by a common interest. To tell the truth, it was quite a while after my kids got me onto Myspace and Facebook that I was introduced to the options of searching for groups - such as folks specifically interested in web business and marketing. Then I got turned on to Twitter and found that people I was interested in were following other people of interest to me, and then people were following me, and . . .

I'd say one of the most important things I've learned about these various associations is that, along with all these people interested in associations and affiliations and such, there is a huge wealth of information about how to increase your connections. Sure, many folks have a program they want to sell, but there is an amazing amount of free information to be picked up, too.

There's even a free service for making lots of email connections with other web biz afficianados - consider:
http://vur.me/Sundance03

I've gotta rest up for more shoveling, but I hope Spring is springing and blooming for you!