subject: Success Means Knowing What The Market Demands [print this page] When was the last time you were at the right place at the right time? If you're searching for a specific item and don't know where else to look, you may not know what today's market demands. Knowing where to make the right connections is the first step toward building a successful future.
How do you connect with new trading partners from all over the United States and Canada? Do you link into Facebook and hope to find them there? Are you accumulating hundreds of LINKEDIN connections hoping that someone will read your 'status bar' and realize that you're looking for potential business partners? Let's face it! You're not really going to easily connect with the right supplier, or your next trading partner by asking people to follow you on Twitter.
There is a new way to linkup with people who have something you need or need something you have. It's a new online trading site where you can make a 'demand' for what you need and other registered members who can meet your demand are free to contact you directly. The best part is that the service is totally free to the first couple hundred people to register at the site which has just launched.
When you need to find something and don't know where to look, a great deal of time and money can be spent looking for the right supplier. What it you needed to find a red, white and blue widget for an upcoming project? Rather than depend solely on traditional research methods, you should go ahead and register at the new trading site and post your demand. You may just find a great new connection that has exactly what you need.
Daniel found exactly what she was looking for there! As a coffee shop owner, she was looking for a specific part for an antique espresso machine. Regular search methods had not been productive. Daniel signed into 'Market Demands' and registered absolutely free. Then she posted her demand for the missing part. Within just a few days someone who had seen her ad contacted somebody they knew who knew somebody else who knew exactly where Daniel could find what she was looking for.
But maybe you're not like Daniel and aren't looking to buy something. You have a lot of other widgets in your warehouse that need to be sold. Instead of making and posting a demand, simply sign-up as a registered supplier and if you're one of the first to get in on the action, registration is free. That means you can choose from dozens of categories that suit your business and freely search through up to five major categories at no cost.
Don't have anything to sell and can't think of anything you're searching for at the moment? It's still worth the effort to sign up and check out other's demands. Chances are you already know somebody who has something someone else is looking for. Becoming a people connector, instead of a "connection collector" is a great form of positive networking. It's a great way to build stronger and broader networking relationships. People will never forget that you helped them make a sale through a referral and will usually reciprocate in kind when the opportunity arises in the future.
Whether you're a seller, a buyer or a positive thinking networker, it never hurts to get in on the ground floor of what today's market demands. Norman Vincent Peale said, "If you put off everything till you're sure of it, you'll never get anything done." So why wait?
