Help Others, Get help from Others – get networked.
Help Others, Get help from Others – get networked.
You do not need to join facebook or linkedin to get networked ot get connected. You do not necessarily need to join networking conferences. There are, in fact, two very simple rules of networking. The first basic rules of networking is – help those who are seeking help.
Look at your office, there may be people who may need some tutorial lessons from you. If you are a computer expert, many people need your help in getting their computer fixed. If you know Spanish in addition to English, many people may like to learn a bit of Spanish from you. If know Yoga, may people may like to learn Yoga from. Offer your help wherever you can.
How do you offer help to other persons. Where can you offer help in the areas of your expertise. Does their exist a platform that allows you to know who is seeking help in the area of your expertise. The answer is yes. eZdia is such a platform. At ezdia you can search for the term relevant to the areas of your expertise. ezdia give your a list of search results. This search result is similar to the google’s search result. There is no magic in it. There is nothing new to it. In fact eZdia uses Google’ API to show you the results in the second half of the search result. However, there is a subtle difference. And if you are sensitive enough, you will appreciate that difference. And the difference is that – next to each search result there are two icons – Get Experts and Get Explorer.
So who are the “Explorers” ? Explorers’ are precisely the persons looking for some help for that particular search result. I hope now you understand how you can find someone whom you can help in the areas of expertise. Just click on the get explorer button. Add the person in your connection and offer your humble request to help him. If they are online and available on ezdia you can offer your help using chat at ezdia.
And the second basic rule of networking is – seek help from others. When you need help, do not hesitate to ask for help. Many people are more than happy to offer help if you need it. Seek others guidance and help. Do not be egoistic – that you can solve all your problems yourself. Of course, you can solve all your problem yourself if you devote enouogh time. You may solve your problem but you may loose two things – you may loose the time to earn the skill. But this is not the real loss. The real loss is you loose an opportunity to network with other people by not seeking their help.
As you may have guessed the “Get Expert” button precisely does this function. When you need help on a particular topic – go to eZdia and search for the topic. Next to each search result is a “Get Expert” button. Click on that button. Seek the experts help. Get connected and get your problem solved. And you not only solve your problem – you secure a relationship. And you build a trust.
You can also be one of those whose advice is sought by persons in the areas of your expertise. To be able to do that you may like to understand the concept of Knowledge bucket. I think I have written some other blog about it.
I dedicate this article to Deepak Goyal, who reminded me of this wonderful tool inherent in eZdia.
Vikas Shukla is the lead architect of Hardware Design at BL Healthcare. He also provides consultancy for SEO and social media marketing.
I like the information provided in this blog..Thanks a lot..
Provide help and get helped, this is the real essence of Networking and making it possible on a click is what, which differs eZdia from other networking sites. The associated experts and explorers with every content, shows us our next step, that is sharing what we know, or learning what the know.
Provide help and get helped, this is the real essence of Networking and making it possible on a click is what, which differs eZdia from other networking sites. The associated experts and explorers with every content, shows us our next step, that is sharing what we know, or learning what other’s know.
Great thanks for realizing, in fact we are disconnecting from our real social network, and more prompt towards virtual social networking websites.
A very simple article which gives the core essence of what networking actually is.
You are right Vikas, Help to others is a good way for Networking, and eZdia is a amazing concept for experts Network, where you can search for any Knowledge and Expert, see his Knowledge Bucket and get connected with him.
Thanks Vikas for your post. Networking is always associated with a reason.. either you’re selling/looking for something immediately or setting up ground via providing help so you can receive help in future. Often a fraction of hard work of traditional networking yields real results.. as in traditional way of networking, it is difficult to record various efforts. Some of latest web 2.0 platforms including eZdia has attempted this issue lately. eZdia does pretty good job in maintaining resume, extended resume via content association, one’s professional connections & project summaries specially what has been performed online all in one place. Help as much as you can over eZdia and trust.. what goes around comes around
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