Top 10 Tips for Effective Online Business Networking

WeCanDo.BIZ is a new concept in online business networking. We help businesses maximise their potential by enabling business people to make the best use of references and endorsements to:

• Present their business capabilities
• Find and connect with colleagues and businesses they know and trust
• Find businesses that have been recommended by their peers
• Discover professional relationships and opportunities
• Drive business with the amazing powers of referral marketing

WeCanDo.BIZ is an irreplaceable resource for building professional relationships, winning new business and achieving your goals. It is also a great facility for consumers and business buyers to find trusted businesses to deal with, endorsed by trusted contacts. You can access our service now, for free, at www.wecando.biz.

Your own business can see success with WeCanDo.BIZ. - just follow these ten simple steps:

1. Get your business listed

   No one can find you on WeCanDo.BIZ until you have added a Business member profile -- this is free and is like adding your business card to our site. Just go to www.wecando.biz and follow the instructions to register first, then add your company details. You can add or edit your membership details at any time within the My Profile section of our site.

2. Think about your keywords

   When setting up or editing your company details you’ll be asked to enter keywords for your business. Your keywords are vital, as they are how other people will find you on WeCanDo.BIZ. Think of the words your customers would type to find you in Google; or the words they think of when scanning the Yellow Pages for your products or services. On our site keywords are used in the same way when other members search for you. We also use these keywords to match you with Biz Needs -- urgent business needs our members have. You can change your keywords at any time by editing your Company Details within My Profile.

3. Add your personal photo and company logo

   A company logo and personal photo will help your business entry stand out in our search results when other members are looking for businesses like yours. Adding a company logo is easy -- just go to My Profile and look for the Edit Logo link. Adding a personal photo at the same time makes you seem more personable and will help encourage other members to contact you.

4. Connect with your contacts

   WeCanDo.BIZ works by enabling businesses to collect endorsements from customers -- and the more endorsements collected, the higher they rank. Further, when a member searches for a business using on our site, if any of the businesses shown have been endorsed by one of their contacts we let them know about it. As a consequence, they are much more likely to choose an endorsed business above the others. To get these benefits you need to have built a network of contacts. Provide us with details of your customers, suppliers, colleagues and friends by adding them within My Contacts and we will connect them with you automatically. If any are not yet using WeCanDo.BIZ we will invite them to come and join you on your behalf.

5. Add your Biz Needs

   Biz Needs is a way of sharing your most urgent business need with our other members so that you can receive contact from businesses that could help. You add your own Biz Need within My Profile -- keep it updated and then watch for others’ Biz Needs listed in your Biz Feeds to see if anyone needs the products or services that your business offers.

6. Check your Biz Feeds

   Biz Feeds can be found within My Profile and is where the most recent activity on your business profile gets displayed. Here you get a summary of who has messaged you, endorsed you, viewed your profile, searched for business like yours and who has a Biz Need that matches your business. Watch for the links in the text to take you to more details or to the other person’s business profile.

7. Ensure you are receiving alerts

   There could be lots happening on your profile between the times you log in to WeCanDo.BIZ. make sure you have you alerts set so that you get informed when you are contacted or of urgent required actions. Your Alert Preferences are set within My Profile. Also be sure to check that WeCanDo.BIZ e-mails are not being caught by your spam filter and redirected to your junk folder. You can find guidance on this within Help on our website.

8. Use the value of endorsements

   Endorsements are a valuable way of adding credibility to a business -- and confidence to potentials customers. Don’t be shy to ask existing customers that you are connected with on WeCanDo.BIZ to come and give you a reference. Ensure you share their endorsements (if hey have given permission for you to do so) and message them a thank you upon receipt. Importantly, be sure to give endorsements to your suppliers too -- supporting the endorsement system will help to ensure you receive them.

9. Make the most of the profile you have built

   Building a great profile with many endorsements on WeCanDo.BIZ should not take much effort. Be sure you exploit the confidence it builds by keeping it updated and pushing customers and prospective customers to it -- both on and off line. You can easily link to your WeCanDo.BIZ profile on your website or in e-mails. You may want to include a button or link to connect with you within your e-mail signature. See My Endorsements for more information.

10. Keep coming back!

    It is important you return to WeCanDo.BIZ to keep your profile up-to-date; ensure you are connecting through our site to your most recent business contacts; and to make sure you do not miss the most recent opportunities being posted through Biz Feeds. We are also adding new features all the time, so keep a watch on our site for the latest tools to help promote your business.

Got any questions?

Check out our Help section at www.wecando.biz or just e-mail us at help@wecando.biz.