Participate in Online Groups to Generate Buzz

by Ben Yoskovitz

One of Ron McDaniel’s 57 buzz challenges is to Join/Participate in an Online Group.

Like social networking sites there are plenty of online groups through Yahoo, Google, MSN, etc. that offer ways of connecting with peers and people who share your interests. Typically these groups are fairly small (a few hundred members), but if they’re active you can gain a lot from them - using them as a resource, feeding them news and success stories and answering other people’s questions and requests. Oftentimes people will be looking for contacts in other industries, etc. and playing matchmaker in online groups is a ticket to success.

The other day I came across Marketing Gorilla by Greg Hoffman thanks to blogtipping by Easton Ellsworth. Greg had a post about a Yahoo Group called Internet Marketing Super Group. They were looking for a few additional members.

So I decided to sign-up. It’s only been a couple of days - but looking through the archives of posts I can tell the group is quite active and discusses many topics I’m interested in — social networking, affiliate marketing, blogging, business blogging, etc.

The best way of finding groups is through others - getting referrals or reading other people’s blogs. If you search randomly you’ll find too much and it’ll take too long to judge quality. Better to have a close friend or contact recommend a group to you.

February 2nd, 2007

4 Responses to “Participate in Online Groups to Generate Buzz”

#1 Cristina February 2nd, 2007 at 9:20 pm

I couldn’t agree more with you: “using them as a resource, feeding them news and success stories and answering other people’s questions and requests”

I’ve been networking online for a few years now and I directly attribute the success of my business to online networking.

Thanks for a great post and for the link to the Yahoo Group. I’m going to check it out now!!

#2 Greg Hoffman February 3rd, 2007 at 2:46 am

Dude! I wondered where the new members were coming from. How cool is this to be tagged by you and the blogtipping site.

Thanks for sending members our way and I look forward to networking with you.

Greg
Marketing Gorilla

#3 Ben Yoskovitz February 3rd, 2007 at 2:56 am

Greg - glad to see more members signing up. If I was able to bring in some quality ones, all the better!

And thanks for stopping by and commenting.

#4 Ashish Mohta February 3rd, 2007 at 10:41 am

Thanks for the tip man.I will be looking fwd to it

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