BNI, Networking, Referrals and Word of Mouth

I just wanted to share a great example of Marketing using Networking and Word of Mouth. I have been a member of BNI Ivyland Profesional Network group for over 3 years now and have been getting many successful referrals from with in and outside of the group. One of my current website clients is Barry Murphy from Virtual Kitchen Concepts.

An accountant in my BNI Group referred me to Barry when his new company was in need of a website, logo design and print materials. My company Media Components designed all of the marketing pieces and launched the website – www.virtualkitchenconcepts.com

Last few months I have been web consulting Apple Graphics Inc. – a Philadelphia based vehicle wraps, signs and banner printing company. Neal Freedman the founder of the company happened to be in my office building at the time when I invited him to visit my BNI group as a guest. Neal saw the potential and benefits that this group would bring to his business and became a member right away.

When I consult my clients I also open up my network of connections and contacts so that my clients can network with each other and benefit from all of the connections.

When Barry mentioned that he was interested in wrapping his box truck for marketing purposes, I immediately told him about Apple Graphics and Neal’s ability to deliver a great looking wrap design. I am very happy that it worked out and wanted to share this video testimonial that shows how Word of Mouth Networking is great for referrals and I highly recommend BNI as a vehicle for success!

April 8, 2009 | Filed Under Networking | View Comments

Philly New Media Weekend

Had a great time this weekend attending BarCamp Philly and catching up with several of my new media friends from Philadelphia Area.

I ran into Alex Hillman from IndyHall, Whitney Hoffman, Beth Harte, Christine Cavalier, Mark Magliocco & few other local new media attendies who were there.

Walt Ribeiro - Building Your Brand Session

Some of the sessions I attented really insipired me to work on some of the ideas I had for a long time. The one sessions stood out for me was Walt Ribeiro’s Building your Brand Session.

He is very energized internet music teacher and lives off by doing a video show on his blog – WaltRibeiro.net. This dude reminded me so much of Gary Vaynerchuk, and I think he will make it far in the online music space.

Philly New Media Community is definatelly an exciting place right now and I am looking forward to attending more events like this.

Photos of the event can be viewed on Flickr.

November 12, 2008 | Filed Under Events, Networking | View Comments

BarCamp Philly

This weekend I will be attending BarCamp Philly!

BarCamp is defined by Wikipedia as follows:

“…an international network of user generated conferences — open, participatory workshop-events, whose content is provided by participants — often focusing on early-stage web applications, and related open source technologies, social protocols, and open data formats.”

I plan to meet many cool people in the social media space located in Philly area and network with them.

If you found this site after meeting me, feel free to connect to me on Facebook and Twitter!

For More info on BarCamp Philly click here.

November 6, 2008 | Filed Under Networking, News | View Comments

LinkedIn.com – Reid Hoffman of LinkedIn

I came across a great interview from Venture Voice Podcast about Reid Hoffman, the founder of Linkedin.com.

Real business networking takes place in the country club, at the chamber of commerce and on the golf course. After all, the Internet is just for friending strangers on MySpace and poking friends on Facebook. If you said all that to Reid Hoffman, he might think twice about adding you as a contact in LinkedIn, the business networking site he started that connects over seven million professionals. Although his Palo Alto-based company is now profitable and growing rapidly, Reid still thinks he has yet to hit the tipping point. Reid’s goal wasn’t always to be an entrepreneur: He just wanted to change the world. His original career choice was “public intellectual”. Hear if his career switch is paying off..

Feel free to connect to me on www.linkedin.com/in/sinelnikov

April 5, 2008 | Filed Under LinkedIn, Networking | View Comments

Internet Marketing – Blogging Seminar at Lower Bucks County Chamber of Commerce

I will be a speaker and presenting on the topic of internet marketing and blogging technology at Lower Bucks County Chamber of Commerce Technology Forum on February 8.

Also presented by Kathie Jankauskas (KJanStudio), Edward T. MacConnell, CES, CBC (EMA Group Inc.) and sponsored by PNC Bank / Newtown, “Blogs, Mail and Web Driven Sales” What your competitors are doing to attract YOUR customers will be held from 8:00-9:00 a.m. at the Chamber. Their will be a half hour question and answer session following the presentation. Cost $15 members, $30 non-members.

February 4, 2008 | Filed Under Events, Networking, Technology | View Comments

Steven Burda on LinkedIn.com

One of my close friends Steven Burda has reached quite a milestone in the online networking world of Linkedin.com. Steven has reached 10,000 contacts and now considered Top 50 most-connected LinkedIn’s users, according to TopLinked.com.

While Steven always encourages me to join different social networks and groups, I mainly stay active on Facebook, and should really take note on the power and potential of business networking on Linkedin.

Steven Burda recently was interviewed on Stan Relihan’s podcast show The Connections Show. Steven explains how he reached such a high number of contacts and what Linkedin has done for him.

To listen to the podcast you click over to The Connections Show.

If you would like to connect to me on Linkedin – click on my profile.

February 3, 2008 | Filed Under Networking, Reviews | View Comments

Cool Upcoming Events!

This week, there are few interesting events going on in Philly!

This Wednesday there will be a great WordPress Workshop @ IndyHall by Jason Tremblay and Johnny Bilotta.

“Whether you are a seasoned WordPress developer or you are a newbie trying to get your feet wet, come and discuss your experiences and find out how to step up your development and creativity. Future workshops (which will be longer, and probably on the weekends) will center on WordPress set-up, plug-in use, plug-in development, theme development, best practices, and much more. So come join us at 6:30pm Wednesday Jan. 23rd at IndyHall.”

After the workshop, I will most likely head to PANMA.org social at Triumph Brewing Company 117 Chestnut Street in Old City. The date is Wednesday, January 23, from 6 to 9 pm. I invite everyone to join us at these two cool events on Wednesday Janurary 23rd.

January 21, 2008 | Filed Under Events, Networking | View Comments

Buxmont Jewish Business Network

Denis Sinelnikov in conjunction with Media Components, Web Design Firm in Bucks County & Philadelphia, released a new website for Buxmont Jewish Business Netowork:

October 3, 2007 | Filed Under Networking, Projects | View Comments

Delaware Valley Philharmonic Orchestra Live Auction

On Sunday, February 11th 2007 I attended the Delaware Valley Philharmonic Orchestra Live Auction.

The DVPO is dedicated to inspiring, entertaining and educating the community by providing high quality, artistic and diverse symphonic concerts performed by professional musicians. Our Creative Arts competition includes three Fine Arts with original compositions in Music, Poetry and Art. It is believed to be the only one of its kind in the region.

The second annual Youth in the Arts live auction raises over $20,000 for their spring concert. My company Media Components has donated an item for the Live Auction- a Custom Brochure Style Website (valued at $3500) to raise money for the concert. The Auction brought in several business owners, Bucks County residents and even our newly elected Congressman – Patrick Murphy who is born and raised in Northeast Philadelphia.

Photo from the event:

In this photo, left to right: Michael Pratt – DVPO Music Director, Patrick Murphy – Congressman, Jane Ward – Third Federal Bank, Denis Sinelnikov – Media Components, Elena Antonello, M.D., Vice President of DVPO, Stan Marcus, ESQ., President of DVPO.