Review: Nurturing Networker

Thursday, January 21st, 2010 at 10:00 AM

Few days ago Sara Pencil Bluemenfield has sent me an email in regards to doing a review for her new book she just launched “Networking Nurturer” at www.NurturingNetworker.com. I was happy to do it, and here is my review:

What is “Networking Nurturer” book about?

“This book is about being a Nurturing Networker. As a Nurturing Networker, you recognize that everyone is in a different place in their business and their life. You nourish them by promoting them to others. You support them by providing resources and ideas. You encourage them by inspiring them with confidence and courage. You genuinely care about the whole person: their business, their family, their hobbies, their dreams. It shows in your actions.”

And Sara, in her book, shows you exactly how to do just that.

Sara herself is no stranger to successful networking. In 2005 her and her husband decided to start their own greeting card business and got heavily involved in networking.

One really interesting side of her book is that all the guest experts authors who contributed, there were 7 including me, Sara met through networking, and in the book itself she has links to each expert’s website – you’re right, to promotemore networking.

The panel of guest expert authors who contributed to her Nurturing Networker book includes:

Aaron Chapa, DC (http://www.draaronchapa.com) is a chiropractor and clinical nutritionist in Houston.
Donna Fisher, CSP (http://www.donnafisher.com) is an entrepreneur at heart.
Jason Jacobsohn, MBA is well known in the Chicago area as a “connector” and advocate for entrepreneurs who want to grow and maintain their success.
Maruxa Murphy, MA, is passionate about empowering Mama CEOstm to live their BEST life in the office, home, and community.
Carrie Wilkerson, a.k.a. The Barefoot Executive ™, http://www.barefootexecutive.com) used her networking skills and “massive action to completion”philosophy to go from being unknown to being Internet Marketer of the Year in about 18 months time.
and myself – The Social Media Vixen

what I liked the most about this book is that it’s not just the facts, but it’s filled with real life networking stories, which makes for not just useful but also a very interesting read with many “nurturing networking” examples and tips to go along with it.

And of course, each of guest expert authors brought in different flavors on networking from their own angles.

Here are just few examples:

Donna is all about empowering women in networking. She coaches women on how to network not for the sake of networking but for a great good.

Maruxa talks about “taming mental chaos” and a secret power-tip on journaling. It’s amazing what weird places you’ll get your best ideas at (I assure you, I can attest to that!!!!)

Jason talks about power-connectors that have a huge sphere of influence and can really boost your presence in your industry. The trick is to identify them and connect with them. Jason shares few great tips on how to do that.

Carrie shares her secrets on creating ‘forever-relationships’ as well as how to draw 6-7 figure income as a results of those.

Aaron? Listen to this:

“Do you know that what you eat at a networking event, and even up to three days prior to the event, can affect your behavior? Now that is something worth taking a note of. What you eat can make you tired, irritable, cloud your memory, and even make you smell bad—all things that are not helpful if you want to be a Nurturing Networker.”

I don’t know about you, but I surely wanted to know what those are so I can avoid them…You will be shocked at what those are – I was.

And of course I share the scoop on social media in networking. I actually share a chapter, “Understanding the Psychology of Social Media Marketing” from my latest self-study e-course “Social Media Marketing Manifesto” which reveals a shocking truth on how you too can successfully use social media to easily build profitable relationships and networking with a much larger, and more diverse, audience online.

The book itself goes for only $27, but I think that ideas and tips outlined in there are worth many times over.

Check out Sara’s “Nurturing Networker”. I believe you’ll find it worthy of being added to your e-library.

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