5 Joint Venture Time-Saving Tips


by MaryPat Kavanagh, Guest Blogger
If you are like most, you are active on Facebook and Twitter hoping to build some great relationships and be more successful in business. But how much time does it take to get connected with the right people and start monetizing this strategy?

With these five simple tips, you can start save tons of time on your social networking, start making great connections now, and avoid the burnout:

  1. Block out 15 minutes each day for purposeful relationship building on Facebook, Twitter or your favorite social networking or membership site. Yes, it can really be accomplished effectively in 15 minutes when you are purposeful and strategic.
  2. Know what you are doing: posting on walls? Making new connections? Sending birthday wishes? This will help you target your time and not get distracted. When you are focused on building relationships, then the conversations with the right people matter most.
  3. Create a system for what to do and when: accept friend requests on Mondays & Thursdays, respond to messages on Tuesdays & Fridays, build new friends & post on walls on Wednesdays. Nancy has a great system for this!
  4. Don’t do it yourself! If you have a system, why can’t your VA or even your favorite teen help out? Unless you are a social media expert, you probably shouldn’t be spending all of your time social networking. Develop the system and then spend your time on the connections and the conversations.
  5. Turn your virtual friends into real friends! Pick up the phone at least twice each week to talk to some of your new friends or even some friends you haven’t talked to in a while. Build those relationships now before you need to sell something. Promotions will be much easier later on.

When you know what you are doing and why you are doing it, you can be very targeted in your activities, save tons of time and start making profitable connections quickly!

MaryPat Kavanagh, President & Owner of Strategic Results Marketing LLC, credits her success in business to the many relationships she has developed over the years. To learn more about her and her relationship-building strategies and joint venture tips, connect with her on Facebook at http://Facebook.com/QueenofConnections


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  • http://twitter.com/DesignProf Dorothy Wolden

    These are great tips and simple. I like that.

  • http://www.VivaVisibilityBlog.com NancyMarmolejo

    Thanks Dorothy! It really is great info, MaryPat Kavanagh (author of this post) is so brilliant when it comes to relationship marketing and profitable joint ventures. I've learned so much from her over the years.

  • http://www.grammardocs.com/ Amanda Collins

    Great ideas! I love having a VA take over the follow-up on social media strategies.

  • http://jkvirtualoffice.com/ Kimberly

    Saw this posted on your Facebook page and just wanted to jump on over here to post a comment on how much I liked this post. I think a good number of people who want to be involved in using social media just aren't sure how much time to spend on it to get results. I like that you break it down here in simple steps. Great reminders here too for anyone already immersed in social media.

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  • deborahredfern

    What I have found to be key for me and the way I work, is to create the system, or the idea, and to expect there will be a certain amount of work involved to get going smoothly. Sometimes the string of tasks needed to be done to keep that appointment with yourself isn't apparent until you begin. For example I really need is to set up blocks of writing time. In my home office there are so many distractions that getting to my priority (writing) too often feels like a luxury. I love the idea of having a portable office – of say, doing my writing in a coffee shop, away from the distractions of home. As part of my system I invested in a tiny netbook laptop computer (under 1 pound!). The laptop I choose has a 9 hour battery life to allow me to pack up for a days' writing without needing to carry the power adapter. I scheduled time this week and set out.I met with one problem after another: unable to connect with the wireless nternet at the coffee shop was number 1. I spent a good portion of my time trying to solve it. In my vision I saw myself writing and posting in my portable office, so naturally I wanted to be on WordPress. Eventually I gave up on the wrieless and connected to the internet through my iphone. Plugged into my computer, it began charging the phone, and rapidly drained that lovely 9 hour battery. In the end I barely got 2 hours usage without publishing anything. I would amend that Create a System to Create a System and Work out the Bugs. It might take a few trial runs. I will be fine tuning my portable office over the coming weeks, working out those bugs. I'll keep trying until I have an ideal work system in place.

  • http://www.VivaVisibilityBlog.com NancyMarmolejo

    Deborah, what an ordeal! But you found a discovery in it and that is priceless. (Personally, I can't work in public places I need solitude and get cranky when my concentration is interrupted!)

  • deborahredfern

    What I have found to be key for me and the way I work, is to create the system, or the idea, and to expect there will be a certain amount of work involved to get going smoothly. Sometimes the string of tasks needed to be done to keep that appointment with yourself isn't apparent until you begin. For example I really need is to set up blocks of writing time. In my home office there are so many distractions that getting to my priority (writing) too often feels like a luxury. I love the idea of having a portable office – of say, doing my writing in a coffee shop, away from the distractions of home. As part of my system I invested in a tiny netbook laptop computer (under 1 pound!). The laptop I choose has a 9 hour battery life to allow me to pack up for a days' writing without needing to carry the power adapter. I scheduled time this week and set out.I met with one problem after another: unable to connect with the wireless nternet at the coffee shop was number 1. I spent a good portion of my time trying to solve it. In my vision I saw myself writing and posting in my portable office, so naturally I wanted to be on WordPress. Eventually I gave up on the wrieless and connected to the internet through my iphone. Plugged into my computer, it began charging the phone, and rapidly drained that lovely 9 hour battery. In the end I barely got 2 hours usage without publishing anything. I would amend that Create a System to Create a System and Work out the Bugs. It might take a few trial runs. I will be fine tuning my portable office over the coming weeks, working out those bugs. I'll keep trying until I have an ideal work system in place.

  • http://www.VivaVisibilityBlog.com NancyMarmolejo

    Deborah, what an ordeal! But you found a discovery in it and that is priceless. (Personally, I can't work in public places I need solitude and get cranky when my concentration is interrupted!)