Oleta Adams Get here if you can: Essence of Motown is CREATIVITY and NETWORKING

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Networking Tips for Authors

1. Be visible. Dress sharp and snappy. Look like someone others want to know because your image says “success.” Be willing to attend functions alone. Networking expands your circle of influence, builds your personal brand, and garners support.

2. Give before you get. Sow before you reap. Share information and resources with contacts before asking them for anything. Search for their interests and goals when meeting someone new. Figure out a way to help them.

3. Gather, collect, and distribute info. Position yourself as the “go to” person for information. Provide regular updates about helpful events or books. Use an email database system like Constant Contact to simplify the process and send information attractively. See http://ministrymarketingsolutions.constantcontact.com

4. Write your vision. Make it plain. Make the most of networking opportunities by having eye-catching marketing materials. Have more than a business card when going to a conference or event. Be intentional about your purpose. Have a bookmark or postcard describing your book. Offer a CD or brochure as a speaker.

5. Demonstrate your sincere faith by being a person of character and integrity. Follow the Golden Rule which says, “Treat others as you want to be treated,” with respect and courtesy. Follow up and follow through. Deliver on your promises.

Pam Perry is a ministry marketing pioneer and expert in the African American Christian market. Her public relations and advertising career spans over two decades. She spent the first ten years working in ad agencies and secular media. She has dedicated the past ten to ministry marketing. Her company has a roster of some of the most well known Christian publishers and African American Christian authors in the industry.

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JESUS – The Power Networker!

I have always been wired to network.  I love sharing information; connecting cool people with other cool people, seeing groups come together for a common cause.  There’s strength in numbers.  Jesus said, “I can of mine own self do nothing” (John 5:30).

Because networking is so much a part of my personality, I have been teased a lot.  I had even begun to think I was a bit strange – until I realized Jesus was a networker. He had to be.  He took twelve folks and revolutionized the world.  He had a life-changing message that He imparted into mankind through the networking of men. The twelve disciples told some people, and they told some people, and so on and so on...

Isn’t that what life is all about? No man is an island – we all need each other.  How could anyone have received Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior if they had not heard the Gospel?  And how can they have heard without someone telling them? (Romans 10:14).  That’s the ultimate “network.” Hooking people up to the “true vine” because Jesus said, “apart from me you can do nothing” (John 15:1 and 5).

Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King talked about networking too.   He said, “As long as there is poverty in the world I can never be rich, even if I had a billion dollars...I can never be what I ought to be until you are what you ought to be. No individual or nation can stand out boasting of being independent.  We are all interdependent.”

Networking is not always about getting.  It’s really about giving.  Actually, you’re more blessed when you give than when you receive (Acts 20:35).  I have a passion for God which has caused me to have compassion for people. 

Success does run in our race.   Fraser has been on a mission to link African Americans together for the betterment of them all.  For ten years, he has published The Success Guide to accomplish this goal.  More than an upscale directory of contacts, it is the only vehicle that has African American professionals from 7 different countries and 75 cities. “It’s networking in an instant with real people getting real results,” said Fraser. He is also the author of  “Click.”

The Bible tells us in Matthew 25:39 to “love your neighbor as yourself.”  This is the key to a successful life.  Another recurring phrase in the Bible is “one another.”  We are to: love, instruct, encourage, stir up, lift up, rejoice with, prefer, serve, pray with, submit to, admonish, minister to, fellowship with and edify ONE ANOTHER.   Sounds like networking to me.

Nobody gets to the highest peaks without help of others.  Networking is the identification of relationships for the purpose of sharing information and resources. Taking time for people and communicating is the key.  Don’t ever get too busy to share information or your wisdom.

Get the right attitude about networking and begin to open up and give. Get your copy of Fraser’s Success Guide and hook up with like-minded folks and kindred spirits.  Moving ahead often involves reaching out and being willing to give.  We reap what we sow.

The Success Guide is available at online at www.frasernet.com or email Pam Perry   Work your net!

Pam Perry is a ministry marketing pioneer and social media expert. Her public relations and advertising career spans over two decades.  She spent the first ten years working in ad agencies and secular media. She has dedicated the past ten to ministry marketing.  Her company has a roster of some of the most well known Christian publishers and African American Christian authors in the industry. 

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