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Remember when you were a kid? That's when neighborhoods were neighborhoods. Everyone knew everyone who lived on the street by
name. It was typical to wave to each other when you walked down
the street, or to stop and chat. The children all played
together, everything from jump rope to hop scotch, and let's not
forget Red Rover. There was something comforting on that street,
just knowing that people were looking out for each
others families and homes. Neighborhoods aren't like that
anymore. People move, a lot, and everyone seems to be in a big
hurry with their overburdened "to do list", now adays road rage
is the norm, and folks look the other way instead of getting
involved. The issue of trust has gone completely by the wayside,
since most of us don't even know whose living next door to us.
The funny part of this is the old neighborhood is coming back
online. The warm, friendly feeling of knowing who lives on your
street.But today it's a different kind of neighborhood, called
"The Internet".
As large as the Net is, after you've spent enough time online
you start feeling as if you know people. Names like Marlon
Sanders, Ken Evoy, Corey Rudi, all major players. These are all
successful people in your online neighborhood. Even though I've
never met these people personally, I've been to their sites,
maybe read their books, even swapped an e-mail or two. They are
friends in my "Internet neighborhood",maybe your friends too.
Cultivating relationships online is a new way of marketing in
the Internet age. "No man is an island", and if you're not
reaching out to your fellow netcitizen, learning from them,
helping each other, then you are missing out on one of the most
powerful features of the Internet.
Just being around successful people feels good. You help
yourself the most when you help others. Trust me on this, it
works. If you're online simply to make money and don't really
care about your fellow neighbors, you'll never be successful.
Successful people go out of their way to help others and give
advice.
What are some of the things you can do for each other? Exchange
ads in each other's ezines, announce each other's new services,
products, perhaps with a personal testimonial. How about
publishing each other's articles? Swapping links, sharing
valuable resources. If you can write and they are a graphics
expert, swap talents. The ideas are limitless!!
By scratching the backs of our online neighbors, we all win.
Maybe real neighborhoods will never go back to sharing a cup of
coffee on the neighbors porch first thing in the morning, but by
cultivating your online relationships,that warm, fuzzy feeling
of "working together for the good of all" will help bring some
of it back!
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