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7 Reasons Why an Online Business is the PERFECT Business for Introverts
Introverts often take a beating in regular employment, as by-and-large they are an outnumbered minority. Since extroversion is the more common personality trait, those who don't live our lives under those ways of being often don't fit into what society deems as "the norm." In many cases, entrepreneurship is the way that introverts choose to make a living, and the structure of how an online business is run offers some key advantages for introverts. Here are 7 reasons why an online business may be ideal for you:
Help! I'm an Introvert!
By enhancing strengths and minimizing weaknesses, anyone can be a good networker.

So Many Things Hinge on Leadership
Will Herman wrote a super post on The Leadership Power of Great Public Speaking. I’m a closet introvert, but I know the value of being a great public speaker (and am very comfortable – both as a public speaker and working a room.)

Proven Strategies for Networking Face-to-Face
Even if you consider yourself an introvert, these 12 simple techniques, to successfully network face-to-face in a room of people, will help you come out of that shell. There is no need to shy away from business networking if you know how to do it properly.

The Importance of Listening in Communication
At first glance communication with another person seems relatively easy. This month I had two different experiences that showed me how tricky it is to understand what a person does or doesn't say. Taking the time to listen to others is important whether you are lawyer, a manager or an employee.
How to Become An Extrovert
I was staring down at a post-it note with a phone number of a potential client on it. My mind was racing about how to start the conversation so that I can get an appointment with him. My palms were sweaty and my breath short. I was thinking to myself, “John, this is the 3rd freakin’ day that you have been staring down that note and have not mustered the courage to pick up the phone and talk! Enough is Enough! Do it now! Do it now!” I picked up...
Three Big Lies About Networking
Once you know the truth about networking, you can build connections that provide continuous business opportunities.

Introverts - More of a Transparent than Social Butterfly
Did you know there is such a thing as a transparent butterfly? Recently a friend emailed me some photos of this beautiful insect that comes from Central America. A quick internet search will find you many photos of this beautiful butterfly. The transparent butterfly is more of a metaphor for an introvert than you might first think. No, not a social butterfly but more like the transparent creature.
How to Handle a Spontaneous Response Successfully - As an Introvert
Have you ever been called on in a meeting to give your thoughts about the discussion but felt unprepared? Or maybe a brainstorming session is almost impossible for you? Even though we know an introvert's brain works differently than the extrovert's, we actually can prepare and plan for spontaneity!
Ideation!
Often I come across people and situations where budding entrepreneurs are looking out for that grand big idea that will propel them into instant millions and fame. I like to back ideas that are already proven, and strongly recommend that if you're really looking at starting your own venture you don't really need to create something radically new or unique.

Introvert Myth - Why Are Introverts Perceived as AntiSocial?
The words, social introvert, might seem like an oxymoron to some people. The truth is that most introverts are social but because we might be social differently than extroverts, we get labeled antisocial. So what's going on?
Networking Tip - 5 MORE Social Networking Ways That Benefit Introverts
It's easy for an introvert to be online with social networking because after all, we can control taking in as much or as little as we want; behind the scenes it's just us and a computer, the perfect company. But social networking, besides being our perfect networking venue, gives us more of a distinct advantage to just be us.
Networking Tip - 5 Social Networking Ways That Benefit Introverts
The interest and activity in online social network grows everyday. Is it the perfect introvert networking venue? It could be that both introverts and extroverts alike will find it boosts their strengths. Whether you are looking for connections or resources, how does it benefit an introvert?
Sales Tip - Top 3 Ways Introverts Can Sell Expertise to Stand Out and Above
Introverts can have the upper edge in a sales career as an expert when they understand the enormity of their strength as eternal learner in a sales career.
Preparing Your Product Expert for Tradeshows
The more complex your product is, the more likely you are to need a technical expert in your booth to explain the more arcane details. Even the best-trained marketing staff can’t always handle specialized questions. That’s why it’s essential that your booth staff include one or two people whose primary expertise lies not in marketing the finished product, but in creating and implementing the product design.

Sales Tip – Sell Yourself as the Expert to Stand Out and Above
Salespeople who tend toward an introvert preference thrive on research. What and why is a research strength important in selling?
Sales Tip – Rock-A-Bye Salesperson, Tell Yourself a Better Bedtime Story
Have you considered your sales results may be directly related to the bedtime stories you tell yourself?
Salespeople Can Conquer a Sales Slump Like Getting Out of Quicksand
When you’re in quicksand, like a sales slump, if you have a lot of heavy stuff strapped to you, like limiting beliefs, you will not get out. Top salespeople don’t get caught in a sales slump, even in the toughest of times, because they know what to do to steer around a slump.
Sales Training – Introvert Salespeople Celebrate Speed Reduction Day to Rev Up Sales!
Selling has a balance of extroverting and introverting activities. Yet, as human beings selling, we are mostly doing instead of being, and that’s where the problem is when introverts follow an extrovert’s lead in selling.
Sales Training – What Happens When Salespeople Start Their Day Off Like a Pop Tart?
What does selling have to do with Pop Tarts? Here are five metaphorical comparisons between the successful toasting of a Pop Tart and successful sales results.
Awarding a Franchise Semantics or Not
This article explores the nature of the franchise relationship. It discusses the commonly used term - Award a Franchise - and explores the importance of this perceptive in for formation of a healthy franchisor/Franchisee relationship.
Sales Training Can the Introvert Salespeople Find Happy Hour Bliss?
The history differs about the origins of Happy Hour. Happy Hour would also be planned differently whether it was salespeople who are introverts or extroverts.
Sales Training – Salespeople Sell Simply So Successfully
Do you have salesperson tongue twisters? Just like there are tongue twisters in every day conversations, there are sales twisters in selling! What can you learn from some popular everyday tongue twisters that translate to top sales traits?
Truths for Introverts Who Sell: What We Don’t Need To Learn The Extroverted Hard Way – Part Five
A recent study by Ramsey and Sohi in the Journal of Academy of Marketing Science clearly establishes that a customer’s perception of how well someone who sells listens, has a positive association with trust. Listening, something introverts have a natural tendency for, includes such behaviors as giving your full attention to the customer, responding to acknowledge understanding and asking clarifying questions.
Sales Digging In Progress: Get Prospects to Listen to You
Salespeople often wonder, “What can I say in an introduction to get a prospect to listen more to me?” Dogs are masters with getting their masters to listen. Here are two dog lessons to learn how to introduce yourself to get what you want.
Introverts and Extraverts: They Aren’t What You Think
Often, when people talk about introverts and extraverts, they think in terms of whether people enjoy social interactions. In fact, the true definitions of introversion and extraversion have to do with where a person finds meaning – and for this reason, knowing which you are can help you make life decisions that leave you happier and more fulfilled.
Who’s Responsible for Increased Sales Anyway?
As a sales professional do you take full responsibility for your actions? Do you take full responsibility for what happens to you?
Networking for Introverts
Networking is always a popular career topic, and the reason is simple: the people you know and those who know you will have an enormous influence on your personal and career success. If you're an introvert and the very thought of networking makes you want to dive for the nearest rabbit hole, that statement may provoke panic. But keep breathing, because networking doesn't have to be painful -- not even for introverts.
Are you DisNavigated?
The DisNavigation Quiz will tell you whether you’ve got “Personal Strategic Vision" for your life, need a push or are totally stuck in DisNavigation City
Success Demands You Must Go Where You’ve Never Gone Before by Doing What You’ve Never Done Before
Do you want success? What does that mean for you?

Networking for Results that Balance Your Give and Take
Networking can reap business rewards when your actions of give and take are balanced.

Other introvert Related Articles

Truths for Introverts Who Sell: What We Don’t Need To Learn The Extroverted Hard Way – Part Two
Communications in business is the number one skill to success by many surveys. And, if you are an introvert, take a deep sigh of relief now: successful, engaging communication does not mean showing up at a happy hour every night.
Truths for Introverts Who Sell: What We Don’t Need To Learn The Extroverted Hard Way – Part Three
The most successful mindset of networking in business is that it is not an event but a process. Grasp this concept and the phrase “relax and network” will have more congruency even for the introvert.
Truths for Introverts Who Sell: What We Don’t Need To Learn The Extroverted Hard Way – Part Six
“Why were you so quiet tonight?” is a question that can put an introvert on the defensive. And when it comes from a socializing extrovert it can sound like we just committed the faux pas of a lifetime.
Coaching A Perfect 10
The other day I was delivering some coaching skills training for a company when a delegate asked me how she should coach the person who is an introvert and has little to say.
Sales Tip – Sell Yourself as the Expert to Stand Out and Above
Salespeople who tend toward an introvert preference thrive on research. What and why is a research strength important in selling?
Networking Tip - 5 Social Networking Ways That Benefit Introverts
The interest and activity in online social network grows everyday. Is it the perfect introvert networking venue? It could be that both introverts and extroverts alike will find it boosts their strengths. Whether you are looking for connections or resources, how does it benefit an introvert?
You Schmooze, You Lose!
I generally think of myself as a borderline introvert/extrovert. Despite this, much of my business comes through networking and referrals; this marketing strategy requires me to go to events, meet strangers, make phone calls, schedule appointments, and actively cultivate new relationships. This is a breeze on my “extrovert” days, and much more of a struggle on my “introvert” days. What I’ve found, though, is that the more selective I am about where, when, and how I network, the easier it all is, regardless of how I’m feeling on a particular day. In this article I explore some basic principles for making in-person networking more comfortable, more fulfilling, and more fun, regardless of whether you’re building a business, advancing your career, or just wanting to meet new friends!
Introvert Myth - Are Introverts Aloof Or Something Better?
If you're an introvert you may be accused of being aloof, snobby, stuck-up, rude or seeming disinterested. Years ago this would happen to me and I believed it. All I could do, without the understanding I have now, is apologize. Today, I would be able to take the accusation and explain it.
Introverts, Burger Toppings and Business Networking?
Many of us network like we eat a burger: on auto-pilot. Just how well is that serving you? In particular as an introvert it may not be. And if it's not, then here's what to do about it.
Businesses For Introverts: Profits From Cyberspace
Lots of would-be entrepreneurs fail to get into business for themselves for one simple reason: they're introverts, and they're convinced you can't be both an introvert and an entrepreneur. But as a clear introvert with entrepreneurial aspirations, I'm here to tell you it just ain't so. Here are three things introverts should consider when they feel the entrepreneurial urge....
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