Sanjay Mehta discusses the importance of social networking and personal branding, emphasizing that networking is about building relationships rather than merely making business deals. He highlights how effective social media can enhance visibility, credibility, and trust while urging individuals to create a unique identity and engage genuinely with their audience. The document encourages active participation in discussions, sharing valuable content, and focusing on a specific niche to establish oneself as a thought leader.

1. FutureNet– Social MediaSanjay MehtaExperiments with Social Networking

2. GyanEvery one lives by selling somethingDikhtahaiwohbiktahai

3. How do you make people think you are valuable? ->

4. Top Reasons on Social NetworkingIncreases Exposure Increases Visibility Increases Traffic Virtually WorldIncreases Foot Traffic Real WorldIncreases Positive Word of MouthDefends Your ReputationEncourages Positive ConversationsIncreases CredibilityIncreases TrustGrowth

5. They DETERMINE YOUR ProFiLE brand #TRUTH

6. “I feel like I’m always networking but rarely getting anything done.” Networking isn’t about closing business deals or meeting hordes of new people; it’s about developing relationships.You want to create a visible identity with everyone you meet. “You don’t have to sell to friends.” Like salt use social networking in the right proportion

7. Use your potential or you lose your potentialYour profile is intangible!Complex & difficult to comprehendSelling Profile a concept Performance is hard to measurePersonal Profile Brand is fragileProfile lives and breathes status updates and commentsListen and Serve

8. EVERYONE IS A CELEBRITY #ASM (after social media)

9. Here’s a Test…… See if you can answer this question:How long has Facebook been in business?Twitter?YouTube?LinkedIn?How long have blogs been around?9© 2010 Angel Fire ArtSpace

10. Test AnswersHow long has Facebook been in business?Since February 2004Twitter?Since March 2006YouTube?Since February 2005LinkedIn?Since sometime in 2004How long have blogs been around? Roughly Since 199910© 2010 Angel Fire ArtSpace

11. Dewaar Dialogue

12. Mere pass Connections hai795 connections on FB2875 connections on LinkedIn67 followers on Twitter58 blog posts41 recommendations on LinkedInHave recommended 48 people on LinkedInNothing is so contagious as enthusiasm

13. SOCIAL MEDIA HAS NO NEW RECIPES #truth

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17. DistributeYourBlogsVia FacebookAnd encourageconversation

19. It is hard hard work. Get ready for the hustle #truth

21. You cannot fake it. Get humble now #truth

22. RSS Feeds

23. Put on those listening ears

24. Google Alerts

25. More than 30,000 membersMost of them are BI professionals from all over the world, competition, customers, partnersHealthy discussions & weekly announcement shared with BI-Group membersBlogging invitation for establishing thought leadership among the BI community

26. Get started now, cause it is #awesome

28. FaceBook370 fans of 1KEY BI page350 members of BI-Group on FBDon’t try to be everything to everyone, or you’ll end up being nothing to anyoneFocus on doing a few things and do them exceptionally well

31. BI Blog230 blog posts since December 2007763 comments739 tagsMost popular Blog post ‘Key Performance Indicators (KPI) related with Key Result Areas (KRA)’

32. How do you make people feel you are awesome? <-

33. GooglingAvoid Generality Have a Brand Personality

34. It is all about you baby!

35. Blog is more popular than website

36. In-Page Analytics

37. Google Free Tools

38. Online Quiz & Surveys

39. SlideShare / YouTube141 presentation & 62 documents on SlideShare33 videos on YouTube

40. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpnsFqojbm4

43. www.slideshare.net/businessintelligence/beyond-erp-with-bi

44. /www.slideshare.net/businessintelligence/smb-partner-presentation-1key-mis-servers-presentation

45. Social Media Connectors

46. Online Press Release

47. News Release Distribution

48. Keep your secrets to yourself. Really.

49. SummaryProfile yourself & your products / solutionsDevote at least an hour a weekConnect with new people & start a dialogueJoin Groups of your interest & domain & start participatingAnswer questions in groupConduct polls / ask questionsRate / review / participate discussionsWrite recommendations / request recommendationsEmbed presentations, white papers, etc. on blog, site, etc.Share photo, video, news, updates, links, etc.

50. Social MediaIts about peopleIts about relationsIts about networkingIts about expandingIts about sharingIts about personalIts about business

51. Now go brand yourself into someone #awesome

52. Sanjay Mehta CEOsanjaymehta@maia-intelligence.comThank You!