What is your networking Quotient?
in the distance sky still sings photo by Mary MacIntyre
What is your networking quotient? How often do you connect with people who can support your goals? How many times a year do you meet with other professionals in your field?
Whether you a new beginning writer, or someone who had a vital publishing career, reviewing your networking quotient might prove benefical. Often in our complex busy lives, we arrive at point where we 1) want to be totaly introspective and reclusive. 2) Sum up that we have already been there and done that 3) No longer need support.
Yes we may need just all of the above for a short time. We also need to be able to connect and make new contacts to keep our professional pursuits vitally potent. Professionals pursue multiple avenures to acoomplish effective networking.
1) Conferences. Go to these events. You may meet famous writers, you may meet a good agent or publiher. You may become inspired to write more. You may find a new market or additional ideas how to build on the the market you are in. Your confidence and curoiity may increase.
You may find the biggest surprize connection comes not from the famous folks, but from the lady sitting next to you at breakfast.
I am going to continue this in the next blog or two….
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