Sabine Asgodom: I was a member of half a dozen women's networks, but more for support reasons. Women are still learning how to advise, recommend or book each other. In 2005, I was the only woman to join the founding board of the GSA, and now they have an estimated 40 percent female share. This is also thanks to my efforts. Yes, women usually network differently. Women are often more interested in doing things together, founding regional groups and keeping them going. Men are in a network primarily for their own benefit and to write about it on their website.
Question: How do you assert yourself among the male “network alpha animals”?
Sabine Asgodom: I simply don't worry about them, but do what I instagram data feel like doing. For example, I use Facebook to advertise my lectures and seminars, and of course the coach training. I quickly had 5,000 "friends" on Facebook, which meant I had to open a fan page. I have since reduced the number of FB friends considerably because I no longer see the real friends. And on the fan page we are approaching 10,000.
I think my advantage is that I don't have my posts written by a PR agency, but I enjoy spending a few minutes on Facebook myself and posting very personal (not private) posts. Incidentally, my Facebook presence earned me an offer for a regular column in the women's magazine Freundin DONNA six years ago. So networking really does pay off.
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Question: Do women need special networks to be successful?
Sabine Asgodom: Women's networks are a good way to exchange ideas with other women, to work together for something. Or sometimes just to not feel so lonely, especially when women work in purely male domains. Decision-makers and doers are much more likely to be found in mixed networks. Incidentally, I advise women always and everywhere to strengthen and maintain their own informal network. Networking is a good way for women to become more visible. Hard-working women in particular often do their work well, but nobody sees them and too few important people know them.
Question: You publish your knowledge very generously on the Internet and even on television. And you do this even though you have long received far more requests than you can handle yourself. Why do you do this?