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5 Ways To Network Without Leaving Your Home Or Office
It’s often said that time is our most valuable and constrained resource. Yet, we continue to spend so much of it commuting to get to meetings, events, and conferences. What if you could be just as productive in growing your network, but spend less time doing so?
The good news is you can! Without leaving your home or office, there are ample ways to network effectively. In the time in which you’d be driving, walking, or on a train, you can be connecting. And, most in-person meetings run longer than they need to because there’s a social expectation that they should.
However, when the physical context is changed and the conversation is remote, you can both build and deepen rapport, all the while making the duration shorter.
So, by doing this, you’re saving time to reinvest in other priorities and other relationships both between the meetings as well as during them.
Here are the five best ways to network without leaving your desk:
Ask for introductions
If you know what you need, reach out to your existing network and ask for connections. Be specific. Using a framework such as, “I’m looking for introductions to ______ because I can help them/I want to inquire about ______” is a good one.
