This is my very first Vlog. I've not done it for lots of reasons, but because I'm speaking more and more I decided to share it with you!

I've been looking for a simple analogy to social media for a while. Then I realized that most business people are trained at some level to network in real life. Social media uses those exact same principles, just online! So the point of this video was to compare offline networking to your online presence.

The poster in the background looks like this:

Wanna know how to make your offline network pay off online? Since I try to write for business owners I want to share with you some great information I happened upon. I read an amazing article last week by Andrew Hazen on iMedia Connection. After reading it I wanted to go and beat my head against a wall. The suggestions he made were so simple. Many of them I even know about but hadn't seen them approached this way. I wish I had written this article: Online Opportunities for your Offline Business.

If you are networking offline in any fashion you need to read this article. In fact I have nothing else to add. Take five minutes, go check out what he has to say. I agree one hundred percent when Hazen says:

When networking, it pays to take the extra step of exploring the many existing online opportunities within your circle. Think of it as profitable social networking for your business.