How to Expand Your Professional Network
Growing your professional network is crucial to your business success. Not only that, it’s critical for your personal growth as well. I can tell you with 100% assurance that my consultancy firm would not be here 6 years later without the time and effort I’ve invested in relationship building. But where do you even begin? And how do you know which communities to join?
Julie Morris joins me in this episode to share her journey with and insights about professional networking. We share a similar background of working in corporate and shifting into entrepreneurship. Julie discusses mistakes she sees community leaders and members make, the value and benefits of networking, and some predictions for communities in the future. Press play and enjoy!
In this episode, we cover:
The importance and value of community when going from corporate to entrepreneur
What kind of opportunities are presented when you belong to supportive communities
The benefits you get both professionally and personally from networking
How communities and networks can assist during a business pivot
How professional networks and communities support your marketing efforts
How much you can expect to invest in memberships and communities
Mistakes to watch out for with professional networking and community building
If it’s better to go wide and broad or narrow and niche with communities
Where community is evolving to, some predictions from Julie
It can take time to find the best communities, but it's well worth the time and effort (and money) you pour into it! Hopefully you picked up a few strategies you can implement immediately. And I highly recommend you consider connecting with Julie and maybe even joining DIY Influence.
“If you are quiet, you’re forgotten, and we don’t want people sitting on the sidelines while less qualified people are off carrying the torch and getting the attention. You’ve got to pick up your face from the work, and you have to tell people about what it is that you do and where we should go from here.”
Did this conversation change your view on professional networking groups? Find Julie and me on LinkedIn and share with us!
More About Julie Morris
With 20 years of communications and thought leadership experience, Julie Michelle Morris helps leaders become thought leaders, and drags the genius out so they serve at scale. She has partnered with organizations and their leaders across cybersecurity, philanthropy, social good, policy, for profit including Center for Internet Security, World Economic Forum, Asset Funders Network, UC San Diego, along with founders, authors, speakers, and consultants from across the globe.
Julie speaks on developing your visibility toward service at scale, monetizing your expertise, and the how-to of thought leadership. She hosts high-profile conversations on her podcast, 'How To: Thought Leadership'.
Based in Dallas, Texas, Julie graduated from California State University of Long Beach with a Bachelors in Economics and studied Accounting at the University of California, San Diego, and is mom to two amazing daughters and wife to a financial analyst turned YouTube woodworker.
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