HYBRID SNICKS MAGAZINE

There are countless online networking activities we could participate in but it’s not always clear which online networking sites are truly beneficial. Plus, it can be difficult to figure out how much time we should devote to online networking in order for it to be effective.

One of the things that’s changed over the last five or six years is that people no longer trust the experts very much; instead we trust our peers. Therefore–in order to try to get some answers to our questions about how much time we should spend networking and where we should network (face-to-face and online)–we thought the best thing route would be to ask our colleagues.

So last autumn we created a questionnaire, asking people like ourselves how much time they spent networking, what specific marketing tools they used and how they balanced online and real world networking. The last questions we asked pertained to how they liked to network, which events worked best, what size group proved was most beneficial for them and how the process of trust development played out. In the end, 650 people completed the questionnaire; mostly entrepreneurs found through BNI, Ecademy or LinkedIn.

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[Phonte:]
When I step on stage, that’s when the joy ends
Hoes be whisperin, mad ’cause I dissed they boyfriends
Lookin at me askin Tay, “Why you so mean? “
It’s ’cause I’m the most slept-on since codeine, and niggaz want beef
Or can’t take the protein, irons, and minerals
Crush you Minute Maid-rappers in 30-second intervals (uh)
Album couldn’t see one of my interludes
Have you spittin and stutterin like Tavis Smiley in his interviews (ah-burbeeburbeebeeboo…)
You wack emcees be warned, sick of niggaz wantin
To freestyle all night, but can’t perform
My nigga, showmanship is what counts (uh!)
You gets no dough, your mic check just bounced (BOING!)
And came back with a “funds denied” stamp with it
Rap today is like a Minstrel/menstrual Show, even I’m catchin stomach cramps in it (uhh!)
It wouldn’t matter if you put your whole camp in it
It’s just a +Flavor+ for y’all +Cold Lamp+ with it, wha?