At the METal meeting today, hosted by Ken Rutkowski. Stephen Meade introduced us to a great networking concept he called the Tornado Effect. Following is a brief overview of a simple but powerful concept.

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I had the great fortune of meeting Larry Benet, known as “the Connector” at Blog World, where he was the opening keynote. A few days later I heard Larry speak at Peak Potentials Training’s Master of Influence seminar. There, Larry shared some strategies which landed him a meeting with Larry King among many other high profile people of influence. I have summarized those strategies here.

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Linkedin.com has become the standard for online executive level networking. I have found that most networking events that I attend result in a flurry of Linkedin.com invitations afterwards. It is also being used a tool to do reconnaissance on you before meetings and business deals. Therefore, it is important that you have a strong presence there if you are in business. This guide will help make sure you take full advantage of your Linkedin.com profile.

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Generally, I insist that a business with a website also maintain a blog. In particular, a WordPress blog (see what Matt Cutts of Google has to say about it). Following are the reasons I believe a blog can be of spectacular benefit to your business.

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