Ryze.com is one of many networking sites which can be found on the internet. It happens to be my favorite, though I do use a few others on occasion.

The first thing you need to do after joining ryze.com is to make sure your guestbook is configured to be open to the public. This is important as, in my experience, guestbooks are the most common form of communication between individuals on ryze.

It is also important to upload a picture of yourself to your ryze page. People like to know as much as possible about the people they are networking with. The more open about yourself you are with others, the more open they will be with you.

When creating your ryze homepage it is important that you try not to sound like a commercia. Ryze is a place to get to know people, not what they are trying to sell. Your personal information should come first. Try to include a little about your family and your life, especially if it pertains in someway to the products/services you are offering! Make a connection yourself and your potential clients will be more likely to find a connection on their own! After your personal information you should put a short description of your business. How you got started, the types of products/services you offer, etc. Try not to make it sound like you are looking for sales, instead you should just be sharing your information with the world.

This is also a good time to add a sign up box/link to your mailing list!

After you have completed your ryze page, it is time to start networking! Log into Ryze.com and at the top of the page, click on the tab where it says "networks". In the search box type in any topic you have an interest in and hit "go". There is a good chance you should find a few networks you are interested in just by searching for terms. If you have no luck finding a network this way, simply scroll down, towards the bottom of the page there is a list of random networks. Refresh the page until you find some you are interested in.

After you have joined a couple networks comes the fun part, the actual networking! Visit each of your network pages and post an introduction on the message boards. Look at some of the previous posts and reply to them. After you have made a few posts on each network it is time to start visiting other member pages!

At the bottom of each ryze network page is a link that says "go to a random member's home page" click this, read the members page and post a message in the guestbook at the bottom of their page. It's as simple as that! After you have posted your message, repeat on another page! Once you post a message in someone's guestbook, 99% of the time they will return the favor by visiting your page and signing yours.

Do this once or twice a week and you should start to see results in no time!

(NOTE: I am in no way affiliated with http://ryze.com. This article has been written from my own experience and expresses my own personal opinions. I am being compensated in no way for the writing or publication of this article.)

Jessica Tracy is a Married WAHM of 2, and an Independent Distributor for 4 direct sales companies, and can be contacted through her website http://enchanted-scents.com or on Ryze.com at http://ryze.com/go/jessicasenchantedscents Jessica is also the owner of http://marketplacemamas.com, a resource site for work at home moms.

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