Upcoming Lends A Networking Hand

Instead of being a glad-handing poozer, using online resources like Yahoo's Upcoming.org events community can be a much more effective way to network with the people you need to know. It was good to see the Yahoo Publisher Network blog post the part one arrived earlier this week. In looking at Upcoming.org co-founder Andy Baio demonstrated a way to use social media to help get the networking juices flowing. Networking doesn't come easy; some work is involved. Baio suggested in part one that a site publisher should be aware of events that the site's audience will care about. Part of being a trusted publisher means sorting through the noise to feature events that should interest the core visitors. Even better, if you are attending that event and it's covered already on Upcoming, a WebProWorld Add to Del.icio.us | Digg | Yahoo! My Web | Furl Bookmark Murdok: David Utter is a staff writer for Murdok covering technology and business.