Comments on: Guest Post: Networking Techniques that Pay Off Big

By: hamid

hamid — Thu, 24 Oct 2013 17:49:27 +0000

hi dear David.
thanks a million for these very good and useful tips.

By: geercom

geercom — Fri, 04 Oct 2013 12:28:48 +0000

Thank you for connecting on LI, Cathy. 'Much appreciated. I do find that LI has made a significant impact on acquiring new work. I don't know how we didn't connect before. 'Glad you solved that one.

Lori, I definitely think you'll find LI helpful.

By: Lori

Lori — Thu, 03 Oct 2013 12:21:06 +0000

David, thank you again for the great post.

I'll admit I've not used LI as much as I should for introductions. Great advice there. In fact, I don't think I utilize LI much at all, and your strategies are great.

Cathy, you've done the same. I love having a strong, friendly network. Thanks for helping make it that way. :)

By: Cathy Miller

Cathy Miller — Wed, 02 Oct 2013 22:27:38 +0000

Great tips, David. I am a big believer in LinkedIn. When you've been around the block as many times as I have - polite way of saying I'm old ;-), you meet a lot of people. And by and large, people like helping people they know and who have helped them.

Prime example, good writer buddies, Lori Widmer and Jake Poinier referred a very lovely client to me recently. Jen Mattern has also referred potential clients my way. I love our freelancing world. :-)

I have another great prospect who was referred by an existing client - fingers crossed.

Although I have never been accused of being shy, for some reason I rarely ask for referrals. When I do, people are typically very gracious.

How have we not connected, David? Off to LinkedIn to remedy that. :-)

By: geercom

geercom — Wed, 02 Oct 2013 20:14:56 +0000

Thank you for commenting, Paula. I love the pink sock monkeys on your site.

By: Paula

Paula — Wed, 02 Oct 2013 15:51:44 +0000

Great advice, David. I lean toward the shy side, so I've never asked for a LinkedIn introduction. After reading your post I'll look for an opportunity to do so.

I've always sent job leads to other writers I know. Most reciprocate, too.

Dropping a line to editors has worked amazingly well for me, even when I was just sending holiday wishes or congratulations. With some editors it has proven a more effective way of landing assignments that pitching ideas.