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Include Friends and Connections in Your Network. →

January 12, 2024 Brent Jones
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Your contacts are people you may have met in real life or online, with whom you may share common interests or goals. However, you are not deeply invested in your contacts' lives, successes, or failures.

Your network comprises people with whom you have met in person or spoken directly. Networking is about getting to know more people.

Your connections are about knowing people more deeply. The distinction is obvious. You may know many people professionally and personally, but you are truly connected to only a fraction of them. These connections usually involve having a deeper relationship.

Our relationships impact all dimensions of our well-being, including physical and mental health, and our ability to flourish at work and in every other facet of life.

We surround ourselves with family and friends for support and comfort in joy and distress. Studies have shown that having supportive relationships within your social circle is a protective factor against mental illnesses and contributes to our mental well-being. Such relationships are crucial to our overall well-being.

Friends can be a valuable asset in your professional network, as they often have connections in different companies or industries compared to yours. By tapping into their network, you can access individuals who might share common interests or goals.

Networking is about expanding this circle, getting to know more people, and unlocking new opportunities. It's a collection of people you've met in person or spoken to directly. Having a broader range of contacts could help you advance in your career, and their familiarity with you makes them ideal for introducing you to the right people.

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A Common Mis-Perception of what Networking is For →

February 14, 2023 Brent Jones
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“You know… the person who was just offered a leadership position with a massive pay bump (and a corner office) but seemed to have zero noticeable skills that would have warranted such a promotion.
You hear whispers around the office – “They got the job because they know somebody” or “They must have some serious connections!” Well… Maybe it’s true!”



This statement sounds like a natural lead-in for a networking book and captures what many people think about networking. I know this is true because this is the lead for my book “Networking with a Purpose,” but I also say that the reader’s professional network is powerful, and the book is a simple guide to building it.

Don’t settle on the idea that networking is just a stepping stone job on the path to your dream career. Its value doesn’t end when you get the job. Instead, it is the gateway to the knowledge and contacts you need to open every door and do meaningful research.


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5 Good Reasons Networking Matters →

February 22, 2021 Brent Jones
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Networking is a two-way street. It requires giving and taking to build trust. Staying in contact with your new connections is needed, and looking for ways to help them achieve their goals will develop and strengthen the relationship. It works best one on one because both sides can participate equally.

5 Good Reasons to Network

Finding Opportunities– Networking helps you meet new people, learn about different organizations, and discover career paths.

Finding Connections – Networking helps you find the contacts that can tell you what you need to know.

Understanding the Marketplace – Things change fast. You can’t see what is sometimes coming unless you meet new people with different perspectives, and overall, business connections are essential.

Gaining Creditability - Expanding your contacts and connections will give you more insight and creditability.

Finding new and fresh ideas – You can find new ideas in the marketplace faster if you look for them.

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6 Good Reasons Why You Should Network, After You Find New Connections →

December 18, 2020 Brent Jones
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Is “more” better? Do more connections make your network better? The answers to these questions are found in understanding why a relationship is picked and if you are willing to be a good partner for them.

Six Reasons to Network

1. New connections can open doors for new business

2. New connections bring new referrals

3. New connections bring you into contact with new & best practices

4. New connections can bring personal opportunities

5. New connections can make you aware of new vendors

6. New connections open new alliances and partnerships

In Reasons for Networking, Value of Connections, Purpose for connections Tags Networking, Connections
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Cue the Confetti, Connections Matter, Ta Da! →

November 8, 2020 Brent Jones
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“Cue” typically refers to a signal that encourages someone to take action. If you “cue” the confetti, it means that you then the action. Maybe you find some confetti and toss it in the air in celebration.

The word “confetti” might instead be a symbolic suggestion that what you are going to toss around will, for example, compliments or kindness and that your efforts will cover everything.

In this case, saying “cue the confetti” might be a reminder or even a directive that your action should be like confetti falling all over, helping you to celebrate.

Spreading kindness around, like it is confetti, may be the result of first just wanting to make someone or the people in your life feel good. Kindness is contagious and may then spread everywhere around you, and it will be like confetti falling.

When a person’s efforts are spread to others, connections follow. Perhaps too little effort leaves connections not mattering? Or with ENOUGH EFFORT CONNECTIONS MATTER!

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Networking requires you to get out of your comfort zone. →

November 4, 2020 Brent Jones
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You must develop relationships and connections within your network to have more opportunities to advance your career. Attending meetings and social events hosted by your professional association is a great way to connect with people in your field. Ask friends, family members, and acquaintances already in your circle to introduce you to people they know.

Networking requires a two-way street. You can’t expect to take information and insights from your contacts without sharing your communications with them. It is about trust and helping each other.

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“Find out what you have to do and who you have to meet, and then do it.”

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Who should we connect to in each of our various networks? →

March 7, 2019 Brent Jones
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According to ABC News, genealogy is the second most popular hobby in the U.S. after gardening, and the second most visited category of websites, after pornography. The desire to search for your ancestors and build a family tree is something that a lot of people take seriously. The desire to connect your network links goes beyond the grave.

We see our living connections as part of various networks. Personal and professional groups of people are important to us through our association with them or the influence we feel from them.

Often, we don’t even think about our professional network until it becomes time to look for a job. People no longer work for one company for their whole career, retiring after 50 years with a pension and a gold watch. In today's world, the US Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics says that an individual may change jobs 12 times in their career.

Since 85% of jobs are found through networking, sooner or later, we will begin the process of developing a professional network. Forward-thinking employees will keep track of their coworkers, supervisors, senior managers, and people who have made an impression on them throughout their careers. We can find these names and contacts in our Rolodex, address books, and day planners. Once we have a list, we should actively decide who we want to invest in to build a long-term relationship. All relationships must be developed and maintained, especially professional relationships.

How do we Organize our Network? We can organize our network by dividing our contact names into groups. The most influential group, often our Professional Network, is for those we have decided to make our top 10. We contact these people a few times a year in person, by email, or in other ways. When we invest in them, we ensure our contacts are not forgotten. Co-Workers, supervisors, customers, suppliers, and competitors are important names for your Professional Network.

As we go through the day and some interesting fact or observation comes to our attention that makes us think of one of these contacts, we can send an email or give them a call. Your professional contact is reminded of your personality and skills by following up and reaching out. Ask about them and commit to your investment in the professional relationship. Be a contact worth having for those you value.

Acquaintances and Friends are in the second group. Some from this group may even be on the Christmas Card list. Nevertheless, they are important contacts and are maintained at a different level. Pick a top 10 or 20 and hold a contact frequency. This list could include family, friends, neighbors, church friends, and coworkers, past and present.

Past work experience. Unless you’re at entry level, your work value is related to your experience. If you’re busy wishing you could start your career in a different direction, you’re likely in for some disappointments. The work-related network contacts will see you best about what you have done.

Pick people who inspire you and that you admire. Even in a professional network where we have chosen the people we want to stay in touch with over the years; it is possible to have unhealthy relationships that hurt us. Our lives are happier and healthier, and we even live longer when we have close, solid, positive relationships. Pick people who inspire you and that you admire. People you have learned from, and if you’re reaching out to those you knew and are not part of the network, be positive and don’t invite negativity. Everyone you contact deserves a thank you and some feedback. Some first-time contacts will be ones your want to add to your permanent professional network.

Face-to-face old-fashioned networking is better! Voice to Voice! LinkedIn can help. That said, networking is critical in finding a new job and even a new boss.

If you genuinely like people and the feeling comes naturally to you, then you already know how to network and are most likely already a part of a network. Win Friends and Influence People back in October 1936. He included a list of “Six Ways to Make People Like You.” Becoming genuinely interested in other people is key to his statement: “You can make more friends in two months by being interested in them than in two years by making them interested in you.”

In addition, I would add that you ought to value and even treasure those relationships while being interested. If you believe, as I do, that the only thing you will take with you or at least have at the end of your life is your knowledge and your relationships, then it will be easy. Carnegie’s other five suggestions were to smile, remember the person’s name, be a good listener, talk about the other person’s interest, and make the other person feel important. When we are both excellent listeners and genuinely like people, others respond better to us.

Sooner or later, we will need to reach out to our professional network, and these thoughts are not intended to suggest that the process is a manipulation process. Trust won’t exist if your motives are suspect and not sincere. If you don’t value the relationships, it can backfire on you instead. Everyone we meet is part of our life network, but the professional network I refer to here are those we turn to when we make a job change or seek information about our professional interests.

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