If you’re starting to see a ‘networking creates more business’ trend among the “Your 7 Steps to Create More Business” posts - you’re right on!

One of the more powerful sites that tie Social Networking on the Web to meeting people in your local area is the web site www.Meetup.com.

Sure, there are many traditional ways to network on the local level:

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Tapping into the international market is generating huge results for many here in Southwest Florida.

Here are a few examples:

• People I know are receiving lease payments from people in England, Denmark, France and Italy.
• Vacation bookings on Sanibel, Captiva, and Fort Myers Beach continue to have consistent European bookings, even with the recent downturn in consumer spending.
• Investment money is flowing in from England and Germany in our commercial & residential real estate markets.

Now, more than ever, international business networking and promotion plays a big part in creating more business with our current economic condition.

So, how can you create more business with that in mind?

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Step 2 in “Your 7 Steps to Create More Business” is NOT about creating a blog, it’s about…

…learning about and participating in blogs.

The people in the photo above represent some of your online friends (and potential clients) waiting to meet you!

If you’re not familiar with the blog world, don’t worry.

First, let’s take a step back and ask:

“What exactly is a blog?”

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In my initial post of Your 7 Steps to Create More Business, I gave you the opportunity to get a head start…

If you did, then you’ve joined me in LinkedIn (Hooray!), one of the most effective business social networks on the Web, today.  Incidentally, if you’re unfamiliar with exactly what a social network is, at least in the online context, please learn more on WhatIs.com.

If you haven’t, your first task is to start using the power of LinkedIn, and you’ll need to create your free account, you can do so by Joining Today.

Think of LinkedIn as today’s version of traditional networking, such as a Chamber of Commerce event, however, your potential contact from an hour of time is in the hundreds, rather than ones or tens.

Once you’ve joined, here’s the good stuff — exactly what you need to do:

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With today’s economy, I’m fairly certain that if I gave you specific instructions on how you could create more business (using the power of the Internet from the very chair you’re sitting in) you’d probably want to do them, right?

Over my next 7 blog posts, I’m going to do just that…

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YES! You CAN have your web site in days!

It’s true — with our new Fast Track Service!

Over the last few months, we’ve revamped, streamlined, tested and rolled out our new process for fast web site design and development — what once seemed impossible — is now reality!  (And we’re really excited about it!)

Check this out -

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