As business owners we all know that good business contacts are one of the keys to growing our business, this is also true on drop-shipping.com  This article lists some important tips for networking on our new site at drop-shipping.com and making new business contacts here.  We are very excited about our new features and new ways to make business contacts  On drop-shipping.com there are several ways to get noticed and to show potential suppliers that your company should be contacted.   

As you may have already noticed, one of the key places to network is in our forums.  As a forum member you have the opportunity to learn from other members and also to contribute articles that show your industry expertise.  This is the best way to show other members why a partnership with your company makes sense.  If you had a chance to read our articles on how manufacturers decide who to partner with, you would have read how your company reputation is the key factor in deciding a potential partnership.  So the first tip is to show the community your industry expertise is in the forum.  Make a special effort to contribute articles in your specific industry segment, and stay active.

Many of the suppliers and manufacturers on drop-shipping.com prefer to remain anonymous.  Suppliers are inundated with new requests for drop-ship partnerships everyday, most say they don't need anymore, but when they see a potential new partner that can both improve sales dramatically and their marketplace position, then they take notice.  Our second tip, is use of Private Messages (PM) to communicate with other members on drop-shipping.com  When you read an article on our forum you will notice a small icon at the end on the lower left called profile.  This allows you to view the profile of the author, and to send him a private message or to request a business contact.  This is one way suppliers on drop-shipping.com can contact a potential new business discreetly.

Your Profile on drop-shipping.com is also important and should be kept up-to-date.  Any member can lookup your public info on your profile and quickly find out what topics your are most actively contributing on our site.  You should use your profile to introduce yourself and your company. You can also include an image of yourself or a logo of your company, this image is also used on our forums when you post.  You can share as much or as little as you wish with our community, you have total control of your pubic information if you wish to remain anonymous, you can do so.  So our 3rd tip is to update your profile with company information.

Our last tip is directed more to business that want to introduce new services to our members, but it is also open to everyone.  Your business can always buy banner advertising on drop-shipping.com, but we find an informative article to be a more effective way of introducing your service to our membership.  If you have an idea for an article with information that would educate our members please be sure to send us this idea via the Contact Us form in the menu. or if the article is already written, you can click Submit News in the user menu.