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Ever since Jocelyn and I started Networlding 10 years ago we have shared the story of our very successful start where we became #10 on Amazon, in Chicago, and held that spot for an entire year.

What a lot of people don’t know is how we accomplished that success and what it could mean for you and your business success, but we’ll tell you so you can use the idea.

First, we partnered with The Chicagoland Chamber in Chicago. We were members of the chamber and as such they provided us with the space we needed to host full-day bootcamps where people could go through the seven steps of Networlding. We offered those interested from the chamber and from Fast Company an option: either they could pay $350 for the full-day event and we would include the Networlding book and guidebook or they could buy the book on Amazon and pay just $50.00.

It won’t surprise you that the majority of people bought the book. Over the course of the first year more than 1000 professionals and business owners came through the bootcamps. We also found that people really enjoyed their groups and as a result, a number of people who connected a decade ago are still good friends, colleagues and even business partners.

Now we are back in full swing with Networlding Circles and we’re looking for people to start circles again through one of our certified facilitators or through ambassadors. If you are interested in beoming a Networlding Ambassador click here to contact us.

Want to start getting better business faster today? Start your own Networlding Circle and I will join you by phone for a session!

Here is all you have to do:

  1. Purchase the Nano-Second Networlding book by clicking here.
  2. Purchase the Networlding Guidebook by clicking here.
  3. Set up a group date by contacting us by clicking here and telling me about your goals and I will help you get started.and promote it with you.
  4. Use tools like LinkedIn, MeetUp, even Twitter to gather a group.
  5. Read the Nano book and then start the Networlding Guidebook with your group.
  6. Set up a time to bring me into your group by Skype or phone.
  7. Visit with me online where I will share my twenty-plus years of wisdom helping people achieve transformational opportunities through Networlding.
  8. Once you go through a group experience have participants start an extended group but continue to reconnect with your starter group to share wisdom and great connections.
  9. Finally, email me (melissa@networlding.com) with your success stories. I would love to showcase you and your success!

The Networlding Guidebook is designed as a companion to author Melissa Giovagnoli and Jocelyn Carter Miller’s bestselling book Networlding. While the first book provided an introduction to the overall concepts and practices of Networlding, this guidebook is intended to help you put Networlding into motion in real-time. Filled with checklists, questions and exercises to help you assess where you are in terms of your networks and the goals you hope to achieve through the implementation of Networlding, as well as a month-by-month action plan to roll out the process, The Networlding Guidebook is a fun, practical and easy-to-understand resource that helps you transform relationships from a pipeline to opportunities to a lifeline in our new world of work.

The Nano Networlders Book. It Only Takes a Second to Change Your Life Forever. Do you wish to surround yourself with people of like-minded values but struggle to find them? Are you experiencing a variety of ‘takers’ in your life, and spending all your energies defending yourself or your department or your company? The Nanosecond Networlders show us that there are compelling new solutions to some of the most vexing cross-cultural, career, and organizational business issues we face today. These solutions recognize that every decision is made in a split-second, and that although we often deliberate for months, the moment of commitment is the moment that counts. Making that commitment in a way that is firmly rooted in recognized individual core values is the key. No one can remove those barriers alone. This book shows us how to participate in an ‘exchange’ of ideas, values, and solutions to break through to our true potential-by leveraging the limitless possibilities inherent in every conversation we have.

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Following are five more ways to grow your success in groups on LinkedIn:

  1. Engage with other active group members who are leaders in your field. By engaging I mean connecting with other thought leaders like yourself who enjoy collaborating and consider interviewing each other. One person’s perspectiveis very different from another and adds additional depth and dimension to your personal brand.
  2. Connect with the head of the group. Consider requesting you become one of the group managers. If you are willing to lead a group then you can make your posts “featured” which brings them to the top of the list of posts. Now you have the opportunity to raise your profile and thought leadership.
  3. Recommend your favorite groups to others in your field. Become an advocate for the groups you find most effective. Your recommendation will be seen as an added benefit in helping colleagues and those who get to know you through your colleagues as a step up in developing yourself as a leader online.
  4. Consider starting your own group. I started my group Networlding on LinkedIn several years ago. Now it is one of the largest groups on LinkedIn. As such it enables me to be a member of a group called “The Super Group” which is just for the leaders of the largest groups. By becoming a member of that group I was able to meet many influential leaders and share lots of best practices for growing vibrant groups. I also connected with the leader of that group, Richard Chaplin, who is now going to be one of our authors in our soon-to-be-released series of books on the best social networking strategies for a wide variety of different professionals and initiatives.
  5. Aggregate, synthesize and republish other articles, blogs and tweets that you found beneficial. I say it often but this one simple tip can go a long way. Many people have great ideas. It is the aggregation of these ideas where you showcase them and their authors and then add your unique wisdom as to why they are so important that helps your growing audience learn better and faster. There is room for many experts in this dynamic, growing area called social networking.

So what other strategies have you seen working well? Who do you like to follow? What is missing that no one is currently addressing? Please share your insights or comments.

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10 Ways to Leverage LinkedIn Success With Groups – Part I

August 13, 2009

Open the Door of Opportunity I have been training people on LinkedIn now for more than six years and I keep hearing the same question,”Now that I am LinkedIn what do I do?” Following is a list of 10 things (this is Part I) you can be doing that are can really make a difference [...]

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Three Ways Brand is Being Redefined in Social Networking

August 6, 2009

As the world starts to move from a primarily vertical — command and control — system for creation value to a more horizontal — connect and collaborate — value creation model, and as we blow away more walls, ceilings and floors at the same time, societies are going to find themselves facing a lot of [...]

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February 19, 2009

Social media is here to stay. So how do we avoid throwing good money after bad when it comes to social networking or social media campaigns? B.L. Ochman, president of Whatsnextonline.com, has been creating new media marketing and online brand strategy since 1995. Here are her six myths around social media: 1. Social media is [...]

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Book Surge Gets Personal – Great Branding Strategy: Listen Up Companies!

February 18, 2009

Today I got an email from an account service professional named John Mark Schuster at BookSurge, an Amazon.com company. Now I have been exchanging emails with John who was the person who responded to my email inquiry regarding publishing a variety of new books and also older books I am updating. But what made this [...]

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Accelerating Goal Achievement to Grow Your Business Today: How to Get that 80% Return Daily

February 13, 2009

Accelerating Goal Achievement to Grow Your Business Today: How to Get that 80% Return Daily There is no question that selling today bears no resemblance to selling a year ago. At the same time there has been one area in business that has realized a decided growth–the development of social networking. Social networking most simply [...]

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Millionaires Choose the Internet as Their Number One Place to Shop

January 18, 2009

According to Marketing Daily, an online site, Google recently partnered with Unity Marketing to poll extremely well-heeled shoppers, between the ages of 24 and 64. They found some key differences between the ultra-affluent (earning at least $250,000 annually per household, or $125,000 individually, with a net worth of at least $1 million) and those who [...]

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New LinkedIn Polling Tool is Great!

January 14, 2009

LinkedIn just recently started offering the opportunity to poll literally millions of people on important issues. Check out my first creation at LinkedIn.

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Speaking

December 2, 2008

  In 1987, Melissa Giovagnoli founded an organization named after her seventh, best-selling book, Networlding, to teach professionals how to lead their organizations more effectively, producing exceptional results. Her clients have included organizations like Motorola, UBS, American Express as well as Fortune Brands, Accenture, Diamond Consulting and hundreds of smaller organizations. Melissa has also spoken for [...]

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