Truly wonderful friendships often result from the interaction between bloggers on blog commenting systems, via e-mail, over the telephone, and in person. Blogging is all about communications, and a successful blog is an ongoing conversation between the writer and the readership. The regular and occasional blog readers can be casual searchers, passing blog readers, current or potential customers and clients, or even other bloggers.
Bloggers are natural networkers and connection makers. In fact, it seems like the first thing many bloggers do, as they become familiar with another blogger, is to make contact. Following that initial intorduction, bloggers are known to become friends, business partners, or able to help get other bloggers and non-bloggers connected. The interactions between people are unlimited.
As a business building networking tool, blogs have yet to achieve even a tiny fraction of their full potential. Blogs are still a relatively new phenomenon. As current blog writers, we tend to forget that much of the mainstream internet community doesn't read or own blogs. As for the offline community, any exposure to blogs is peripheral at best, or non-existent at worst.
That said, bloggers and non-bloggers are getting together at a rapid pace. Connections and blogging friendships are forming before our very eyes. You probably have met many close friends yourself, via the blogging community.
Along with these friendships, many mutually beneficial business partnerships are created. With the unlimited range of skills offered by bloggers, and the myriad of blogger personalities, business relationships are inevitable. The opportunities presented by the people involved are too great for things to be otherwise.
With bloggers writing about marketing, public relations, accounting, law, finance, search engines and search engine optimization, direct mail, e-mail newsletters, copywriting, book and iinternet publishing, web design, computer programming, and human resources, the talent pool among bloggers is very deep.
Like an ocean of management personnel, waiting to be sailed by some enterprising bloggers.
Because of this bottomless sea of business skills, it was only a matter of time before various bloggers met up themselves, or through the good offices of one of them many blog "connectors".
Some of the more noted blog connection makers are Paul Chaney of Radiant Marketing Group, Peter Caputa of pc4media, and Jeremy Wright of Ensight.
There are, of course, many more connection building bloggers, who are introducing future business associates and partners to one another, on a daily basis.
In fact, the blog connection concept might eventually turn into a business all by itself. Bloggers definitely become well acquainted with one another at the growing number of important blogging conferences. As a connection vehicle, the blogging conventions and conferences are powerful networking events.
Bloggers looking to form business arrangements, of either a short term or permanent type, could register for a fee. The connector business would screen the possible blog partner options, and set up a number of meetings.
Meetings could be arranged by e-mail, telephone, or conference calls. Perhaps even a web cam could be used to help the bloggers become more familiar with their possible future business associates and partners. Many blogging business partners meet in person as a result of these online discussions.
It would be up to the participants as to whether they wanted to pursue forming a formal business arrangement, of course. Some new businesses could result, rannging from a one time short term project, to emergence as a a budding corporation. The same connection idea could be used to introduce business owners and managers, to some highly skilled sub-contractors, for projects of varying time duration.
Blog connections are one powerful means to create profitable small and medium sized businesses of the future. The talent pool in the blogosphere is second to none. The residents of the blogging community are experienced hands on practical people, who get the job done.
Just like you.
Get connected with other bloggers today. They have the talent and experience that all startup businesses require for success.
You might have the startup of a successful business on your hands, as a direct result of becoming a business blogger.
