<$Tuesday, September 25, 2007$>
Networking for the Fearful
If you read my post on being held back by fear, then you can probably guess how much I suck at things like networking and marketing. I'm never short on home-based business ideas, but they never seem to get off the ground because of that whole "too shy to go out and tell people about it" thing I've got going. I figure internet marketing is my best bet--I get to hide all safe behind my computer screen, and my writing skills are MUCH better than my verbal skills. So I'm thinking about signing up with Direct Matches. It's like LinkedIn for small business owners, a way to network with other business and get your name out there, safely, without having to deal with all the scary face-to-face or phone phobia. Their free membership looks like it has everything I need to help get the word out, and they even provide opportunities to get paid for advertising your own business--which means more cash in the debt-reduction kitty. I might as well go ahead and sign up my knitting shop--what have I got to lose? Labels: disclosure, entrepreneurship, marketing, PPP |
