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Social media has become an unstoppable force. It ought to be put into maximum use. Most social sites have a chatting option, and rather than spend a lot of time just chatting, on topics that are not necessarily beneficial, it is a smart way to build and grow your network. You can do this in a number of ways:
Available Chat Sites
The first step knows what options are available to effectively use to achieve your goal. There are popular sites, for instance, Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter, which have millions of users and are available in many places in the world. They can undoubtedly be very beneficial, considering the huge numbers of users. It is also smart to put relatively new ones into consideration, as well as those specific to or popular among particular countries or people.
Apart from the famous ones mentioned above, here are a few more which are essential, especially if your main purpose is business: Ortega, Ecademy, PROskore, and Biznik, as well as Entrepreneur Connect.
Community
Chat sites generally are communities of people, as people interact. You need to have people who are loyal to you, if your network has to grow. To do this, identifying your target audience is of crucial importance. Identify their age, as well as tastes and preferences, what would appeal to them.
Feedback
Connecting with your audience on a one to one basis, is one of the biggest advantages available, and there is absolutely no reason why you should mess it up. Your audience wants to get in touch with you, and so fast, if not immediate response, is of utmost importance. Someone wants a fast response when they need to confirm something. Quick response brings you forth as an honest, sincere person, thus you win their trust.
It also helps you improve your business, or other areas that you may not be doing so well, thus benefits you too.
Features
There are various features available on the various sites, which are very helpful. For instance, one can connect several sites, thus your followers on other sites, and other people on other sites can get to know you, or your brand, depending on your purpose.
Trends
Again depending on your purpose, via chats, one can get to know what is trending and effectively use it. For instance, if one is a blogger, being among the first to blog on what is trending may increase the views on your blog, and your network too!
Professional Opportunities
Some social sites meant for professionals, for instance, LinkedIn and Zinzz, will help you link up with prospective employers, or employees, and other professionals in your particular area of interest.
Participation in various discussions on the different groups there are, also exposes you to more people. If you have good articulation of ideas, you stand out too. Chat sites do play a key role in networking, and it is best to be equipped with the knowledge of how to go about growing your network via use of chat sites.
About the Author
Cruz is working as a part time link builder at Philoutsource.com. Cruz is currently maintaining his personal blog and helping small business to increase social activity.
This is an original article from WP Cypher Copyright 2012