No man’s land

For those of you who enjoy networking, Ecademy might be one of the so called “social networks” that you use to connect with other people. While several people find the Ecademy interface rather confusing, it sure is worth the time and effort for me.

Your profile is your business card
Rule #1 to connect with people on Ecademy is the profile you create. Having a clear profile and a picture make a HUGE difference. How can people help you if they don’t know what you are offering, if they don’t know your needs and ambitions.

6 tips to improve your profile on Ecademy:

• Put a picture on your profile, people like to see who they talk to
• Tell people something personal about yourself (where you live, your education, things you like besides working)
• Tell people where you come from (what’s your professional track between school and your current job)
• Tell people where you want to go (what are your ambitions, what do you want to achieve in life)
• Clearly state what you are looking for on Ecademy, how people can help YOU
• Clearly state what you can offer to others (be it commercial or non-commercial)

2 additional tips to increase your connections:
After you used the above tips to create/improve your Ecademy profile, these final tips will make a huge difference:

• Send every visitor of your profile a short message asking what you can do for him or her. People will answer that short message and that makes you are connected to them.
• The less business you look for in your first message, the more business you will do in the long run. Building your network is like building a house, you have to start with you base. If you only focus on selling your product or service, you completely mis the whole point of building your network: relations that last longer than your regular sales pitch.

If you would like to grow your network or meet new people, Ecademy and many other social networks can do a lot for you.
Enjoy the networking!

© 2008 Getty Images

FACE ON (www.face-on.com) is a virtual gallery for portrait photography, a coöperation bewteen Getty Images and the Antwerp FotoMuseum.
Everybody can upload a portrait he/she made his/herself trough the website. Since it is both an online and offline exposition, you even might show off your talent at the wall of the museum itself.

One of my pictures has already been uploaded, for you to discover it.
Maybe I should reward the first person who gives a comment at my picture.

Het afgelopen weekend richting D’ardennen getrokken om er eens helemaal uit te zijn. Urenlange wandelingen, modder aan mijn schoenen, boeiende conversaties, lekker eten en drinken … een fijn weekend!
Alle herten en everzwijnen bleken net dit weekend met vakantie, of anders stonden ze ons met z’n allen uit te lachen achter de struiken. Feit is dat ik niet één hert of everzwijn ben tegengekomen, volgende keer meer geluk.

Dat de technologie voor niets meer staat is bekend. Een GSM die belt met perfect ontvangst in het midden van een gigantisch bos, wat een luxe. Aan de andere kant van de lijn Herman, die ons wou laten weten dat zijn vrouw overleden is. Zo’n telefoon krijgen op zo’n plaats, daar wordt een mens heel stil van.

Barak Obama zou misschien wel eens de Democratische presidentskandidaat kunnen worden tijdens de volgende presidentsverkiezingen in de US of A.

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