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title: "How to further face to face networking online"
date: 2009-01-16
author: "Courtney Robertson"
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# How to further face to face networking online

While at Starbucks on Sunday, I was making use of their free wifi as I slowly sipped on my Venti Sumatra black coffee. I’ve been overhauling [http://jjrailsales.com](http://jjrailsales.com "JJ Rail Sales"), moving them from a Frontpage based site to a [Joomla](http://Joomla.org "Joomla") based site. Translation: using a content management system that is built to support the back-office website needs for clients. In between listening to some fun podcasts, I overheard a discussion on the PA Farm Show – and shared my obsession for a rare indulgence: maple ice cream. It’s the real deal – 100% maple syrup in ice cream. After some discussion, and more work, I was packing up to leave when Kyle asked “what do you do”. In networker fashion, I used some great tips from Bob Burg. “I help people” who have a need to grow their business or develop new clients implement a social media marketing strategy. I teach them not to be spammy, but managed to help Paul Buskager double traffic to http://hoofchutes.com, landing 7 out of 10 new clients all based upon web traffic. I teach and coach them to show up online in a way that engages others and creates a natural interest. The key is – be authentic, be mostly transparent, and interact with others. What do you do? Kyle was interested rather quickly. He’s a student at a nearby university, a dj, and a reporter. He asked to connect further for a potential news piece. That does sound like a blast. I then remembered – I’m in the social media networking world. How can we connect further beyond swapping business cards after a good face-to-face networking event? Well, let’s connect on all our social media sites of course! Here’s the moment in action:

\[youtube\]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANouINHDSIk\[/youtube\]

A fast way to find all the other places you can connect online is [http://retaggr.com](http://retaggr.com "Retaggr"). It also includes great apps like email/forum footers, and a mega-list of places you can compare accounts and connect: http://ClickToAdd.Me/CourtneyEngle.

Are we connected yet?