Comments on: The Value Of Networking – Offer A Wider Range Of Services

By: Cards

Cards — Sat, 25 Dec 2010 13:00:20 +0000

Great post. I strongly believe that your Network determines your Net Worth.

By: Ishani Mitra

Ishani Mitra — Fri, 30 May 2008 13:09:57 +0000

A very true fact of life that we sometimes loose our competitive edge because we cannot handle the entire workload all by ourselves. I think we can outsource a large part of our business functions to talented virtual assistants and free up time for more important work as it comes along our way. This way we can build up an efficient network of skilled VAs and use them as a support system as and when required.

By: Lois K

Lois K — Wed, 28 May 2008 00:59:28 +0000

To Joe: I believe you are absolutely correct! The more you network, the more your net is worth.
To James C. Working in a multifaceted area like we do with the economic restrictions, this could be the most practical way to survive.
I commend all the readers that have started or expanded their network to offer more services and products to clients in the need. And isn’t that what it’s all about? Need?

By: Joe Norton

Joe Norton — Tue, 27 May 2008 14:11:36 +0000

Great post. I strongly believe that your Network determines your Net Worth.

By: James Chartrand - Men with Pens

James Chartrand - Men with Pens — Tue, 27 May 2008 11:34:36 +0000

We network with many people who provide skill sets beyond our own. We work together, we refer each other, we provide a full-service business (and then some) to clients. They love it, we love it and it’s all good.

(And if you need great designers and copywriters for your network, think of Men with Pens, the pros in the know.)

By: Tom Lindstrom At The Home Business Archive

Tom Lindstrom At The Home Business Archive — Tue, 27 May 2008 11:26:12 +0000

Excellent post! There is no business, online or off, that can survive without benefit of networking. Even if you are a service provider of a creative nature, you need to network in order to assure that you will constantly have those who are interested in buying what you create.

By: Bugsy

Bugsy — Mon, 26 May 2008 04:34:32 +0000

Useful post. Networking is the area of freelance work (or even a social life) where I am the most deprived and need to re-hack my skills.

By: Noobpreneur

Noobpreneur — Mon, 26 May 2008 01:56:10 +0000

Lois,

Great post – I agree with you.

Building a network that can do ‘everything’ is paramount. I always like this words, “If you customer asked you whether you can do x or y, just answer yes even though you can’t” – that x and y are from your network :D

Cheers!

By: Remote Gurus

Remote Gurus — Mon, 26 May 2008 00:23:54 +0000

Great article. I can actually relate to it, because I started my freelance career as a freelance SEO which is a field that has a black eye and it is probably one of the hardest fields to gain clients’ trust, but through determination and persistance it is possible. It is hard to gain trust in the field of SEO because most of what is done is guesswork, since the search engines do not work in symphony with SEO professionals.

I found it quite rewarding to build relationships and network with local talent which offered services inline with my services. Many times as an SEO I am asked to fulfill web design or web development task which I have very little experience in, but by having the right connections I am able to outsource these task to other local professionals. The web designer/developer is able to reverse the action and do the same, basically they will contact me when they have a client who needs online marketing services. It really works out great and all parties are happy, thus you do not lose a client due to incompetence.