Online Women’s Business Network a Great Tool for Real Meetings
Supplement an Online Women’s Business Network in Person
The secret of the “old boys’ club” is that charitable and recreational groups such as the Rotary Club or the golf course are disguised networking opportunities. And to be fair, why not do something you enjoy and make some solid business contacts at the same time? The reason it works is that shared experiences and “face time” breed stronger contacts. So while every savvy business woman must effectively leverage at least one online women’s business network, there should be many other pieces to the picture. One of them is an expandable women’s social network that puts women in physical contact.
Fortunately, most women’s networks have a regional component, so it should not be that hard to convert participation in a focused discussion group on an online women’s business network into real life interactions. In fact to borrow a term from video game parlance, online activity is a great way to add depth to RL (real life) in general.
The appeal of remotely connecting to people of the same interests across the globe is strong, but what better way to ferret out those professional women who want to enjoy the same activities as you and to network, and who live in your region than with that same, liberating and omnipresent technology. This is one of the many ways that a large, inclusive online women’s network outshines smaller niche networks and those online women’s business networks that don’t emphasize a community component.
This concept should be immediately attractive to most readers. It is an excuse to consider time spent on a women’s social networking site as an investment in professional development and to use that time to find a group of women that will eventually result in relatively guilt-free leisure time. It requires the practice of several skills both on an online women’s business network and in face-to-face interactions. Doing so has the potential to yield a number of positive personal and professional results.
