Build Your Online Social Capital with Key Influencers

Social capital refers to the value you derive because of your social contacts. In the online world, you need to make conscious efforts to build your online social capital in order to reap dividends from this intangible investment. You may be so busy with your professional life as a dentist that it can get difficult to maintain a contact with effective influencers who can provide a boost to your social capital. This is where online social capital can work as a good substitute.

Most of the key influencers in the dental profession are likely to be active online, whether through a website, blog, social networking, or a combination of these. Therefore, when you are unable engage with them regularly at actual events and conferences to build relationships, you can do the same in the virtual world by connecting with them online. The first thing you should know is that it is not the number of contacts that will matter most, but the quality of those contacts and the kind of value they can deliver in the long run for you.

Once you identify and engage with your network of influencers online, you can gradually consolidate the relationship by backing it up with personal phone calls. If you have some valuable information that may be of immense interest to your targeted influencer, it is worth making the call for their benefit. When you focus on their benefit instead of yours that is where the relationship begins to get better.

Once you have a number of key influencers to engage with, prepare a list of all of these important contacts in an organized manner. At an appropriate occasion, send to them greeting cards or a link to an article you have published, or a free copy of an eBook you may have written. Over a period of time, you will have created sufficient social capital with unexpected advantages to meet your professional goals.

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By: Naren Arulrajah with Vikas Vij


About the Author:
Naren Arulrajah is President and CEO of Ekwa Marketing, a complete Internet marketing company which focuses on SEO, social media, marketing education and the online reputations of dentists. With a team of 130+ full time marketers, www.ekwa.com helps dentists who know where they want to go, get there by dominating their market and growing their business significantly year after year. If you have questions about marketing your practice online, call Naren direct at 877-249-9666.

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