{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"What Works","title":"EP 185: Finding Your Personal Networking Style","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1359,"description":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\nYou might think of me as a fairly gregarious entrepreneur who delights in inviting strangers on to this very podcast for conversations about life and business. But…\n\n\n\nIn many ways, I’m a walking, talking introvert meme.\n\n\n\nI’m a bit of a loner. \n\n\n\nI would much rather do things on my own than rely on others for help. Parties, conferences, and even coffee dates make me anxious and sweaty.\n\n\n\nAnd yet… the relationships I’ve developed as a small business owner are some of the deepest and most valuable I’ve experienced in my whole life.\n\n\n\nMoreover, those relationships have been key to any and all success I’ve experienced over the last 10 years.\n\n\n\nDespite knowing this, I still find networking and relationship-building to be difficult. But I work at it. I work at it and work at it and work at it. \n\n\n\nThis month, the members of The What Works Network have been talking about how they meet new people, expand their professional networks, and nurture their existing relationships.\n\n\n\nI am constantly in awe of the people who dedicate time each week for virtual coffee dates. I am blown away by the members who are always on the lookout to create new work with friends and colleagues. \n\n\n\nThese are incredibly effective networking strategies. But it doesn’t mean they’re the networking strategies that will work for me.\n\n\n\nFor me, there are few instances when the ethos of what we do here at What Works is more apparent than when it comes to networking. You see, it would be easy for me–and other loner types–to say that traditional forms of networking don’t work for me.\n\n\n\nThe challenge is in discovering what does work for me. The value is in sharing it.\n\n\n\nWhat works for me is showing up with work I believe in–even if it’s a simple post on social media–and inviting conversation. It’s asking you, as I have been in every episode, to connect with me on Instagram, and tell me your story. It’s being willing to jump into the middle of a conversation on social media because I know...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/AmfGeDL96-fhMaeOcqmX7TK_eWrvTLco6OJj2QpZtZI/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS80NGUx/OWY5ZDg1M2E5MmU3/ZjEwOWVmNDM3MWVh/ZjZlOS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}