Connecting Telecom Professionals

5 Keys to Building a Huge Network on TelecomYou

#1 Leave Comments on as Many Profiles as You Can

Leave a Welcome Comment for all New Members daily

-100+ new telecom professionals sign up every week looking to network
-Offer advice on how to start a group or use TelecomYou!
-Leave a signature block with a link to your profile page
-Personalize your greeting to their name, website, or profession

3 Sentence Introduction Comment to Existing Members

-Create a simple introduction and ask a question
-Use a signature block with a link to your profile page
-Try and make at least 20 new comments a day
-Personalize your greeting to their name, website, or industry
-Make a friend request while leaving each comment

#2 Invite Your Friends

-Inviting your contacts will indirectly promote your profile to them
-Members with more than 50 unique invitation
-TelecomYou gets over 59,000 page views monthly
-Having a large group of friends gives you instant credibility

#3 Start a Group and Join Groups

-Choose a good image and name for your group
-Add a RSS feed that will supply news and information daily
-Join 3 to 5 groups that you are interested in

#4 Reply to Discussions in the Forum and post blogs

-Start your own discussion by introducing yourself
-Reply to all of the new introductions
-Start your own telecom blog on TelecomYou and share whatever you want with Telecom Professionals

#5 Build a Great Profile Page

-Make it a direct representation of yourself and your experience or business
-Personalize it, add blog posts, discussions, and YouTube videos

*Although there are boundaries to posting links directly to your own url, there are virtually no limits to promoting your own profile or group which links to your site.

One Final Note:
Networking on TelecomYou is no different from any other business networking event that you attend in person. The rules of success are the same.

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Permalink Reply by Abad A. Perez on December 29, 2008 at 6:24pm: Thanks for this article. It is very informational and it makes a lot of sense.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Bogdan Graur on March 19, 2009 at 12:53pm: great information.
thank you for sharing; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Dinesh Shettigar on August 17, 2009 at 10:19am: Very informative and much needed .
Thanks a lot.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Fred Taylor on August 30, 2009 at 3:34am: Sounds good.

Also, it would be good to build an index based on expertise, for example:

Joe Smith

Experience: SS7, IN, prepaid, etc.......; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Pritam Dutta on August 30, 2009 at 11:11am: Yes true. A good article.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Adil KOdsi on August 30, 2009 at 2:21pm: Hello,

A very good article, I can add also building some contact lists that are shared with all members, as it is the case in other group.

BR,

Adil.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Ahmed Gamal El Din Abd El Kader on August 30, 2009 at 8:06pm: Nice article, usefull information; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Mohammad Azeem on August 30, 2009 at 10:31pm: This is a wonderful article. My experience with networking has led me to believe that any forum is only as successful as the participants make it. The 'transactions' have to be mutually benificial. I am not saying that all contacts will be win-win and at times you deposit something to the greater good and hope that the community will be there for you when you need a hand. I am impressed with the quality of professionals in this community and I cengratulate the creators of this tool for making it very simple to use.; ▶ Reply to This