Educate me please
 

I have repeatedly seen posts about the way to succeed in this business is by networking...via the boards and other methods. Please educate me and make a list of all of the ways that networking is going to help anyone succeed in this business.

goto the conventions, get drunk, meet people, but on some real shit.. if your not connected you aint shit

Well said. :thumbsup

you are disconnected :glugglug

People like to do business with people they know, plain and simple.

i had a million dollers, but i spent it all :helpme

It depends on what you do and what you want to do. Some parts of the industry need to network more than others.

If you are a host, or selling content, or a designer, or running a paysite with affiliates, networking can be important.

I don't like 99 plus percent of people. I had a successful business and I know several others that have successful businesses that do not go to the conventions and do not post to the boards if that is what "networking" is about.

Connected to what, or to whom, and for what reasons?

Connected to SleazyDream, cause he rocks :)

connect to no one and live by smiley faces on icq

just know peope that are in the industry, i wont just trow out names cause they may not remeber me, but i remeber when i met some people serious in the ebony game, they sent me 1000+ hits a day in traffic.

the thing is, you need to get yourself out there, if members feel you know such n such, your a reliable source.. all boils down to setworking.. not to mention when internext comes to vegas we can all get drunk

My post is not going to mean shit.


Thats my :2 cents:

I know tons of people that don't go to conferences because they are afraid of getting into pictures and then that ruining their chances at running for president one day. LOL!

Some people in this biz are too funny!

DH

P.S. I don't think I would be making 10% of what I am making now if it weren't for all the great people I have met at conferences. No shit!

Agreed. Same here.

im too drunk for this sht

Many guys are low key and like it that way. I go to one show a year, and sometimes private industry parties and get togethers during the year.

After you've been in this business for a long time you don't need to network extensively because most people you already know and do business with. It's really a small number of people under 500 or so that run things. So networking becomes pretty much just a "Hey how are you, you're looking good, how's biz," chat scene and then just hanging out.