How Blogging Can Help You Build an Awesome Professional Network

Mike Fishbein, www.mfishbein.com

About Me

Casual Corp

Author of “How to Build an Awesome Professional Network”

Blog at mfishbein.com, Huffington Post & more

What Exactly is Networking?

Meeting and building relationships with people in a professional context.

Why Build Relationships?

Not just what you know or can do, it’s who you know.

People do business with people they know, like and trust.

Learn from people in your network who have experience and expertise.

My Networking Journey

Learned of importance in collegeHated itBroke in to financeLearned moreBroke in to startupsGrew to love it

Be Helpful

When people in your network get stronger, you get stronger

Per the law of reciprocity, people will be more motivated to return the favor

Share expertise, ideas, informationPromote your networkBe a connector

Build a Reputation

Be someone that people want to meetSomeone who is valuableSomeone who is helpfulSomeone who has potential and is exciting

If no one knows who you are, they can’t help you

Be visibleGo outside!

Be Visible“if a tree falls in the forest…”

If no one knows what you’re doing, it’s like it never happened.

Stay in touchMaintain regular and consistent communicationBlog

Relationships Trump Contacts

The most value from networking comes from building lasting, long-term, mutually beneficial relationships Stay in touchBe authentic Dig your well before you’re thirsty

How Blogging Can Help

Be helpful

Build your reputation

Build relationships

Meet new people

Blogging to be Helpful

Share your expertise

Promote your network

Blogging to Build your Reputation

Validate your expertise

Update your networkNewsAccomplishmentsLearnings

Blogging to Build Relationships

Stay in touch

Show your character

Scalable

Blogging to Meet New People

If you create great content, it will get shared

Create re-existing rapport

Scalable

Thanks!

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