Major Developments, Forward Motion, Events and Actionable Items: TNNW - We ARE Networking*We are a unique organization that offers our Subscribers and Members: 1) fabulous information, insight and intelligence in our Newsletter and through our continuous RSS and Email Feeds, 2) an unparalleled suite of services and products for making you personally and professionally successful, and 3) an actual interpersonal community where Human Beings work together in cooperation and synergy to achieve exponential returns.
THE NATIONAL NETWORKER is more than talk about networking and media -- we are about connections, team-bulding, personal introductions, constructive interactivity and RELATIONSHIPS.
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1. ALL-NEW BUTTONS AND APPLICATIONS (FULLY-FEATURED AND COLORFUL) FOR YOU TO PLAY WITH.
If you look at the bottom of any of our wonderful (but then, I'm biased) articles, you will notice a whole set of new applications to save, bookmark re-publish, broadcast, email, comment about, rate, follow, subscribe to or promote any of our authors, any of their articles, or the whole Newsletter. Look for the buttons and use them. Experiment. Be adventurous, in the spirit of the pioneers of old.
The best part... you can use some of these nifty little buttons to get free widgets, gadgets and other stuff for your own blog, website or newsletter, and to aggressively and efficiently promote yourself, your brand and your products across all of the social media while you are talking about TNNW! Nobody offers anything quite like this. Here's a hint:
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2. MAJOR PRICE INCREASE SCHEDULED
Effective June 15th, the NATIONAL NETWORKER Newsletter, which is currently available to Subscribers at no cost, will be forced (because of tremendous economic pressure, late-night telephone calls from credit card companies, and ever-persistent whining from our parents, who feel that we are getting to that age where we should be "on our own") to raise its subscription price by 50%. Do the math - times are tough. In fact, math is tough.
3. SITES TO SEE -- NOW
There are several super sites (in the vast web of THE NATIONAL NETWORKER) which you should definitely look at and favoritize. We'll admit...we are still under construction, and are making constant improvements to the navigation "friendliness" of all of our sites -- and yes, we have a truckload of them -- more than 22 of 'em and growing. The trick is going to be centralizing the navigation right on the website. This should be in place very soon -- we are internally beta testing right now. We're just like Microsoft, except we do our beta-testing prior to releasing our product to the public.
For a complete sitemap and index of all of our sites, simply click on http://tnnwindex.blogspot.com/, and FAVORITIZE. {yes, yes...it sounds like a window cleaner} Keep this handy - when you're on any page, look for the INDEX TO TNNW SITES button to return to the Index at any time. Here are a few sites to visit right now (Put down that X-Box and get back to Networking!); they are just a sampling:
MEET OUR ADVERTISERS AND AFFILIATES
We have some fabulous services, affiliate programs and business development tools on this page. Take a look at what our advertisers and affiliates are offering (often at a significant discount to our Subscribers and Members) and click away. We do not give any space to any product or program which we have not examined for quality. Do some serious shopping. If you are interested in beling listed here, just navigate you way to our ADVERTISING AND AFFILIATE SERVICES Site. Hint: You'll have to use the index to find it.
Please pay special attention to my new ad (which is particularly direct and offensive) for DOUGLAS CASTLE - STRATEGIC PLANNING AND CORPORATE DEVELOPMENT on this page. If you want to comment about it, criticize it, or just take advantage of the opportunity to abuse me, please either post your comments right to the bottom of this bulletin, to my current article, or to my email address which is douglas.castle@yahoo.com . Please avoid profanity. For the really mean ones, you may email them to my alternate email address, which is Whodoyouthinkyouaredouglas.castle@yahoo.com .
Expect CHAPTER TRACKER (Jay Rowland's ingenious organizational tracking product which can actually be customized to accommodate the exacting needs of your multi-chapter community, club, franchise or other social or business format) and WILL BANTER (J.D. Gershbein's cartoon creation, and a possible candidate for TNNW's Board Of Directors) to be making appearances on this page and throughout issues of THE NATIONAL NETWORKER (TNNW) Newsletter very shortly.
Years after Homer Simpson is gone and forgotten, the frenetic, caffeinated and frighteningly sociable WILL BANTER will be a legend and role model to every networker on this planet. Oh brother. THE HANDSHAKE CLUB, Will's cyberspace networking organization, replete with such other cartoon characters as Ms. Brandy Share is evolving (even as I write this!) into a show of its very own.
Cartoons often mirror life -- occasionally with just a bit of exaggeration. We also know (those of us who are reading this) that many folks would rather read a comic strip or watch a cartoon than laboriously scroll through an e-mail, a blog, a website or even (heaven forbid) page through a.....a....a book! Will Banter might just be able to provide you and your company with enough traction to 1) differentiate your message from your competitors', and 2) get your point across with lightning speed -- unlike reading a specifications manual, or any of the academic articles that I published in college or graduate school.
Jay Goldberg will also be making an appearance...he is a producer and packager of "WALK-ON ADS." These are those neat little tricks where you click onto a website or blogsite (to research or buy something), and a real live person walks right onto the site
SPECIAL TNNW PACKAGES FOR PRESS RELEASES, PUBLICITY AND PR
You cannot afford NOT to use the indisputable power of the press release (just ask ANY of our TNNW clients, or Featured Author and expert Rita Wilhelm). The cost is miniscule in proportion to the potential audience. It adds to your credibility, SEO, branding, potential client population and makes you instantly more visible and more popular. TNNW offers multiple press release packages at the best prices in the industry - plus, we will help in every aspect of drafting, editing, tracking and following up with your releases. A PROFESSIONALLY WRITTEN and PROPERLY DISTRIBUTED PRESS RELEASE IS THE WORLD'S MOST POTENT MARKETING TOOL. Bottom line: Do ALL of your press releases, and set up your press release campaigns through TNNW. Let us help you exponentialize and monetize your profession, business, brand, product or service.
We have just released the TNNW BUZZWORKS page. Look at it very, very carefully. Here's the idea: If you write or reference THE NATIONAL NETWORKER in any article, blog or social media (Digg, Twitter, Facebook...), point it out to us, and we will give you (and/or your organization, service or product) a BIGGER BUZZ IN RETURN! Keep buzzing us, and we'll buzz you as you have never been buzzed before -- to hundreds of thousands of readers. Get buzzin', cousin.
Explore (bring a lunch, binoculars and a pith helmet) our services. You will not find better services, at better value anywhere. You might want to become a Member...
4. CHRISTINE, ELAINE and ANN
We have three fabulously gifted Featured Authors, and we would insist (gently, of course) that you visit their blogs. These blogs are not only fascinating, but they were evidently prepared by a brilliant blogmaster -- some uncelebrated (and probably undercompensated - sigh -) Shakespeare of Javascript.
Christine Sotmary's blog about her widely-acclaimed book can be found at http://christinesotmary.blogspot.com/ .
Elaine Ingis, the Founder of SrMeetUp! has a blog for her BabyBoomer membership community at http://srmeetup.blogspot.com/. Her website can be found at http://www.srmeetup.com/. You might want to become one of her advertisers, writers, or Members. She is a dynamo.
Ann Barczay Sloan's blog can be found at http://annbarczaysloan.blogspot.com/ . She engaged TNNW to assist her in getting some artists and photographers to contribute (for some publicity and potential royalties) for her forthcoming book. Within two four days, we have received more than 100 email submissions. Investor interest is growing as well. We will be off to the publishers soon. Ann's book is going to be a sensation -- if you don't own a piece now (the investment particpation is tiny), you will live with eternal regret.
5. OTHER DEVELOPMENTS
TNNW expects to announce the filling of several newly-created positions within these next three weeks [cue drumroll...]:
Newsletter Editor; Calendar Coordinator; Webmaster, and Director Of Membership Services.
Should you have an interest in being considered for any of the above positions, or should you wish to be a part of a team of assistants to work in any one of the above areas, please contact Adam J. Kovitz directly at adam@TheNationalNetworker.com. In the event that you are not interested, Adam requests that you do not contact him at adam@TheNationalNetworker.com.
6. REMINDER
You're missing out. To get the full benefit of THE NATIONAL NETWORKER and all that we have to offer, you MUST subscribe to either the RSS FEED or the EMAIL feed. Please do it now in order to keep your free subscription! Click on:
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It's really quite simple. If you actually do it, you'll find out that this is indeed true.
7. AN OBSERVATION
* NETWORKING IS A TOOL TO CREATE RELATIONSHIPS, AND NOT AN END IN ITSELF. BUSINESS HAPPENS BECAUSE OF RELATIONSHIPS. BOTTOM LINE...IT ALWAYS COMES DOWN TO THE PERSONAL INTERACTION BETWEEN TWO PEOPLE.
What? You'd like to see this pointed out in an article written by Douglas Castle (who, unlike Adam J. Kovitz, CEO, Editor-In-Chief, and Founder, does not need to see his name gratuitously mentioned)? Well then; why not?
Dear Readers:
Yesterday, in three separate discussions with three different colleagues, the same topic came up. I would hazard a guess that this particular topic is going to come up more frequently in conversations on a regular basis.
The crux of these discussions can be distilled into a single question and a few observations:
"What are we actually doing, and where are we actually heading with all of this "Networking" stuff?"
"It seems as if the noise level is increasing, yet I'm hearing less and less; It seems as if I am being bombarded with messages and requests, but I can't seem to focus on any single one of them; I thought that this e-media and social media networking technology was going to make my life easier -- now I literally spend hours and hours every single day just doing 'techno-chores'...reading emails, deleting spam, responding to emails, posting on a whole bunch of groups, jumping from Facebook to Linked In to Twitter, text-messaging, iPhoning, shooting out rapid-fire messages that are becoming more and more like apologies - 'I've been too busy to talk with you or meet with you. I'm booked.'
I have a rapidly growing number of contacts to keep up with, yet I know less and less about each of them personally. I don't "know them" at all; I send them emails and get autoresponder "out of office" messages back; the tiny percentage of those that I've actually spoken with on the phone with is shrinking; the even tinier percentage of those I've met is shrinking even more quickly.
The most pathetic thing is that I still do most of my business with a small number of personal, time-tested associates. They feel like friends to me. Despite all of this technology, people are getting ruder, more impersonal. What a paradox! It seems as if I'm suffocating and falling behind. It seems as if nobody has any compassion or humor left. It seems that people have lost the joy in the art of conversation.
I am on a treadmill, surrounded by strangers. I am working harder and accomplishing less. With all of this networking, it seems that I don't have time to actually close any business. I feel increasingly friendless...increasingly lost.
Please help me. I'm drowning in buzzwords, keywords, adwords and a sensorial bombardment that is destroying the quality of my life. I can't even hear my own thoughts. I can't get a grip on my own feelings. It's as if I were living in a constant state of crisis. I don't know any of my neighbors. I'm forgetting about common courtesies, like asking about people's kids, or their health.
Could we go out to the diner? Maybe we can talk about our families, or music or art, or even philosophy? Please?
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My friend, Adam J. Kovitz, hinted at this some time ago when he started discussing his notion of Relationship Capital. He believes, as I do, that people are beginning to crave real interpersonal bonding; real spiritual communion; real trust and meaningful friendship; deeper communication and cooperation; more of a celebration of individuality, of quirkiness, of the differences that make us special and interesting to know. WE NEED TO BRING SOME HUMANITY BACK INTO NETWORKING, OR NO BUSINESS IS GOING TO HAPPEN!
I have a few goals to share with you -- and I dedicate this to all of my family members and precious friends (whom I've been 'just too busy' to call), to every Subscriber, Member, Sponsor, Author and Advertiser in THE NATIONAL NETWORKER (TNNW), to all of my blog readers, followers, mentors, teachers, comrades-in-arms, comrades-in-chains and, of course, ukelele players:
1. I am going to become a person again.
2. I am going to take breaks from work now and again in order to enjoy this world and this life.
3. I am re-dedicating myself to doing everything in my power, and within my ability, to make sure that THE NATIONAL NETWORKER stays HUMAN, and PERSONAL...that we make every single effort to be a community of friends, business associates and individuals -- each special. We have to listen and to help instead of simply talking and promoting.
I have discovered a secret: In these times, business success is dependent not only upon competence and mutual needs -- it is, more than ever, dependent upon our being good friends, and having good friends.
Faithfully, and extending my hand in friendship, I am
Douglas Castle
P.S. Listen to this! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptlW99wWBWY&feature=related
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Yours,
ADAM J. KOVITZ and Douglas Castle
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