1 00:00:03,440 --> 00:00:06,680 Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I Heart Radio. 2 00:00:09,360 --> 00:00:13,880 Speaker 1: Good Morning, This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. 3 00:00:14,480 --> 00:00:17,680 Speaker 1: Today's tip is about how to build your network through 4 00:00:17,720 --> 00:00:22,720 Speaker 1: small actions rather than just big ones. Today's tip, like 5 00:00:22,800 --> 00:00:26,000 Speaker 1: the next few, this week, comes from J. Kelly Howey's 6 00:00:26,040 --> 00:00:29,760 Speaker 1: new book, Build Your Dream Network. Hoei is a writer 7 00:00:30,280 --> 00:00:35,120 Speaker 1: and investor and quite the connector. In Build Your Dream Network, 8 00:00:35,520 --> 00:00:38,800 Speaker 1: she shares her wisdom with the rest of us. Now, 9 00:00:38,840 --> 00:00:41,600 Speaker 1: many of us assume that networking is about big things, 10 00:00:42,080 --> 00:00:45,360 Speaker 1: going to a conference, for instance, and you should certainly 11 00:00:45,400 --> 00:00:49,120 Speaker 1: do big things occasionally. But the nature of big activities 12 00:00:49,720 --> 00:00:54,240 Speaker 1: is to be occasional, and, as Hoey writes, successful networking 13 00:00:54,520 --> 00:01:00,080 Speaker 1: requires understanding the immense power of regular, daily activities to 14 00:01:00,120 --> 00:01:05,440 Speaker 1: connect with someone else. What are these activities? These random 15 00:01:05,480 --> 00:01:10,720 Speaker 1: acts of networking? Holy lists several Your email signature line, 16 00:01:11,520 --> 00:01:14,400 Speaker 1: what does it say about you? Does it make people 17 00:01:14,440 --> 00:01:16,920 Speaker 1: want to get to know you and want to introduce 18 00:01:16,959 --> 00:01:19,920 Speaker 1: you to other people? How about the wording of your 19 00:01:20,000 --> 00:01:24,840 Speaker 1: out of office auto responder or your voicemail message. All 20 00:01:24,920 --> 00:01:27,720 Speaker 1: of these are opportunities to interact well with people who 21 00:01:27,760 --> 00:01:31,360 Speaker 1: are trying to communicate with you. Handled well, they can 22 00:01:31,400 --> 00:01:36,199 Speaker 1: strengthen your network. Likewise, an update posted on your LinkedIn 23 00:01:36,319 --> 00:01:40,960 Speaker 1: profile is networking. Your head shot on a social media 24 00:01:41,000 --> 00:01:45,080 Speaker 1: profile is networking. People will search for your name, and 25 00:01:45,360 --> 00:01:47,720 Speaker 1: after looking at your head shot, will decide if they'd 26 00:01:47,720 --> 00:01:50,280 Speaker 1: like to get in touch. Now, no one needs to 27 00:01:50,320 --> 00:01:53,160 Speaker 1: look like a cover model, but we probably do want 28 00:01:53,200 --> 00:01:57,280 Speaker 1: to look approachable and professional and convey an important part 29 00:01:57,280 --> 00:02:02,080 Speaker 1: of our identities. This way you are Invoices can actually 30 00:02:02,080 --> 00:02:06,040 Speaker 1: be acts of networking. An invoice might get forwarded around 31 00:02:06,040 --> 00:02:09,480 Speaker 1: to various places at the organization that's processing it, and 32 00:02:09,600 --> 00:02:14,520 Speaker 1: all of these people represent opportunities to connect. Participating in 33 00:02:14,560 --> 00:02:17,720 Speaker 1: a Twitter chat can be an act of networking, as 34 00:02:17,720 --> 00:02:22,240 Speaker 1: other people see your comments using a particular hashtag. Even 35 00:02:22,280 --> 00:02:25,639 Speaker 1: taking the stairs can be an act of networking if 36 00:02:25,680 --> 00:02:27,680 Speaker 1: you do it with the goal of saying hello to 37 00:02:27,760 --> 00:02:30,560 Speaker 1: someone in a different part of the building. The same 38 00:02:30,600 --> 00:02:33,560 Speaker 1: goes for trying out a new spot in a coworking space. 39 00:02:34,720 --> 00:02:38,200 Speaker 1: The idea is simply realizing that every time someone has 40 00:02:38,240 --> 00:02:43,799 Speaker 1: an interaction or a potential interaction with you, it's networking. Yet, 41 00:02:43,840 --> 00:02:46,240 Speaker 1: while we might spend quite a while figuring out what 42 00:02:46,320 --> 00:02:49,600 Speaker 1: to wear to an official networking event, we spend less 43 00:02:49,639 --> 00:02:54,679 Speaker 1: time pondering our email signatures. Even though these signatures we'll 44 00:02:54,680 --> 00:02:58,200 Speaker 1: reach a lot more people. I confess that after reading 45 00:02:58,200 --> 00:03:01,760 Speaker 1: Hoey's reminder of that, realized that I hadn't updated my 46 00:03:01,840 --> 00:03:06,280 Speaker 1: signature in oh a year. Best to get moving on that. 47 00:03:07,280 --> 00:03:10,160 Speaker 1: So think about your day and think about all the 48 00:03:10,200 --> 00:03:13,600 Speaker 1: ways people wind up interacting with you. How can you 49 00:03:13,680 --> 00:03:17,720 Speaker 1: choose to make these interactions as positive and as meaningful 50 00:03:18,120 --> 00:03:22,880 Speaker 1: as possible? What random acts of networking will you commit today? 51 00:03:23,680 --> 00:03:27,600 Speaker 1: You can let me know at Before Breakfast podcast at 52 00:03:27,639 --> 00:03:31,960 Speaker 1: i heeart media dot com. In the meantime, this is Laura. 53 00:03:32,639 --> 00:03:35,560 Speaker 1: Thanks for listening, and here's to making the most of 54 00:03:35,560 --> 00:03:45,279 Speaker 1: our time. 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