Social Networking Sites

It's not what you know it's who you know. Chances are you have heard this phrase a time or two, but how true is it? It's a cheesy phrase but it goes a long ways. When you're in sales you quickly learn that people buy from people they know and trust. Social networking allows you to form relationships that you otherwise may not have had the opportunity to form.

Here are a few of my favorite online networking sites:

1. Focus.com
• Interact with professionals by posting a question or an answer. Meet individuals who share similar philosophies as you do.
• Benefits: establish a professional image, network with business professionals, access to research
2. Linkedin
• People buy from people they trust and Linkedin helps you achieve those trustworthy relationships. Network with colleagues in discussion groups or messaging.
• Benefits: get recommendations from your network, status updates, grow your professional network
3. G+
• Not an expert on G+ yet but understand the power of having dedicated groups to segment the data that I share with a particular group. Video chat option is certainly a great add-on. 
• Video chat features, separate who you share information with, your opinions show up in Google's SER algorithm
4. Empire Avenue 
• Just joined earlier this week but has quickly gained my respect. Meet new people withing the first 10 minutes. A social online "stock market" your network determines your wealth. 
• Grow your network fast, motivation to pursue new social networks
5. Twitter 
• Share messages in 140 characters or less twitter gives you access to news and information in short but frequent spurts on a live feed. 
• easy to use, quick easy post, user can retweet your post to their followers  
6. Xeeme

• Manage your connections and monitor your social footprint
• Allows you to share multiple social media profiles with one link. Check out my link below!

Connect with me: http://xeeme.com/SeanRoyer


There are many other sites out there that I didn't include in this post. I welcome your thoughts on this list or additions to the list.

Sean Michael Royer