Are you very social?

Social networking is the buzz word for 2008. Yes, we know all about the old fashioned networking events we have subjected ourselves to in the past. The ones where we show up with our pile of business cards and hope to find new leads. While those types of networking events are still good, if you know the right way to work a networking event, there are others ways to network with others outside of the small confines of a room.

Myspace and Facebook are two of the big ones, but there are so many other social networks out there. There are ones specific to gender or age, ones specific to hobbies, musical tastes, careers, and so on. I am a part of LinkedIn and Plaxo. Once you join these networks, take the time to add contacts, post thoughts on a subject, comment on someone else's posts, or even drop notes of encouragement or just to say "Hi".

With the internet allowing us to move our boundaries outside of our city limits, networking with others online allows us new opportunities to meet new clients or build relationships with vendors or even to visit new places and do new things.

Take the time to jump on the social networking bandwagon as you never know what opportunities may pass you by if you don't. If you don't at least give it a try, you will be like that little kid who always watches the other kids outside having fun from their bedroom window because they are afraid to join in.