20A- Growing your social capital

 domain expert in your industry

1) Who they are and what their background is. The domain expert in my industry is a small business owner out of Palm Bay, FL

2) Which 'slot' you are filling with each person (i.e., domain expert, market expert, supplier), and how the person fills the spot.

This person is a domain expert because they have alot of authority in the Internet service industry. 

3) A description of how you found the person and contacted the person.

I found them through a facebook group and I got connected ever since. 

4) The nature of the exchange you have with the person -- what favor did they do for you? What is the return expectation? 

They just wanted to share their knowledge and help other people grow their business. 

5) How will including this person in your network enhance your ability to exploit an opportunity?

This person will give me great feedback and insight into my company and others. 

an expert on your market.

1) Who they are and what their background is. She is an expert in the Internet market

2) Which 'slot' you are filling with each person (i.e., domain expert, market expert, supplier), and how the person fills the spot.

Market expert since this person has made alot of money online. 

3) A description of how you found the person and contacted the person.

I actually got connected by a friend who was into Internet Sales. 

4) The nature of the exchange you have with the person -- what favor did they do for you? What is the return expectation?

They wanted me to share my knowledge I had in Internet Sales and my experience to help them also. 

5) How will including this person in your network enhance your ability to exploit an opportunity?

This person will help me scale my business if I choose to do so. 

an important supplier to your industry. 

1) Who they are and what their background is.

This person is an important supplier in my industry. 

2) Which 'slot' you are filling with each person (i.e., domain expert, market expert, supplier), and how the person fills the spot.

Important supplier since they help with the client programmer connection

3) A description of how you found the person and contacted the person.

I found this person from contacting the company he worked for. 

4) The nature of the exchange you have with the person -- what favor did they do for you? What is the return expectation? 

I Skyped him and we talked. He didn't want anything from me he just wanted to help 

5) How will including this person in your network enhance your ability to exploit an opportunity?

This person can help me with my business in the future just by his connections. 

Finally: Reflect. This experience requires you to do a little 'targeted networking.' How will this experience shape how you participate in any future networking events? Did this experience differ from your networking experiences in the past? How?

This experience really helped shape how I participated in future networking events. It showed how many people you can connect with by just the power of the internet. This was different then my last experiences since it was in person and not online.