4 Fast How Tos: Connecting Live Networks to Online Networks

For a small business, connecting your live community to your online community is critical, and there are a wide number of ways to make it happen. Over the next few articles, I'll dig deeper into this concept of integrating Live and Online network communities.

Here's 4 ideas to start with:

1. Use Foursquare.
2. Collect business cards and add those contacts to your newsletter.
3. Offer discounts to people through online profiles, encouraging people to attend your live events.
4. Create workshops and events that you invite people to, using a mix of phone calls and social profiles like Facebook.