The Non-Needy Networking Process (How To Make High Value Connections)
Here are two networking games/tricks from my friend Jordan Harbinger, a lawyer turned podcaster who has transformed networking into something truly non-icky. Jordan does these on a daily basis, but you can do them whenever suits you:
Connect 4 (AKA Text Exchange): Jordan scrolls all the way down to the bottom of his thousands of text chains. There,
Social media accounts shouldn’t be just about acquiring followers, however. Go out of your way to follow other interesting accounts in your space. I always find accounts that don’t follow people to be highly suspect. A great way to get noticed is by reposting interesting content they share, tagging them in conversations, or adding your own thoughts
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The most effective way to do this is find someone on LinkedIn or Twitter who works for the website or publication, and ideally has “partnerships” somewhere in their job description. Send them a message and say something like: Hey there, My name is Nicolas Cole, and I actively write about personal development habits on Quora and Medium. Since your p
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