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5 Ways to Network When You Have No Time to Network
Episode 16030th August 2023 • This Shit Works • Julie Brown
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With our daily schedules packed with meetings, deadlines, errands and obligations how can anyone find the time to network?

Listen in for my 5 ways to network when you have absolutely no time to network. 


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Okay, here it is the last short episode of the summer before we have

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to get back to school, back to work.

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And back to absolutely crazy schedules.

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Which I'm guessing some of you are already looking at your fall

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schedule saying, fuck, can we like go back to lockdown maybe?

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Welcome to episode one 60 of this shit works a podcast dedicated to

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all things, networking, relationship building and business development.

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I'm your host, Julie Brown.

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Speaker author and networking coach.

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And today on the dish, it works short.

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I'm giving you five tips on how to network when you don't have any time to network.

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We all know how important networking is, or at least I hope you do.

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Building a network.

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We'll give you a competitive advantage.

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Full-stop.

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So, no matter how busy we get, we still need to find time to make networking

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part of our daily and weekly routine.

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So even when you are a balls to the wall, busy, here are five ways that you can

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still fit, networking into your schedules.

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Ready?

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One.

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Prioritize quality over quantity instead of attending

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all of the events or meetings.

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Choose a few high value opportunities where, you know, you will be able to

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connect with new people and also reconnect with existing members of your network.

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Too.

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Use LinkedIn literally hop on and spend 10 minutes a day engaging in meaningful

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conversations, sharing your own insights.

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And commenting on relevant posts.

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You'd be surprised how much you can do in only 10 minutes a day.

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Three.

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Leverage downtime, meaning use your commuting time breaks or waiting periods

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to engage in quick networking activities like sending personalized LinkedIn

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connection requests, responding to emails.

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Texting or calling someone in your network?

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Yeah.

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When I'm in the car, I love to listen to true crime podcasts, but

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honestly the time is better spent calling people and catching up.

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That's found time.

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That's leveraging downtime.

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For focus on following up with people you've already met.

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I'm sure there are a number of people in your network that you

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haven't talked to in awhile.

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So network within your own existing network, choose two or three people

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per week to simply send an email or a text message or pick up the phone

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and call them and just reconnect.

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You would, you'd be amazed what could happen in these short little interactions

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with people that you already know.

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And five.

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Please.

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Network in your office.

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The most successful people are the ones who can make mutually beneficial and

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uplifting connections in their own office.

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So you're already there spend some time making new connections.

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Strike up a conversation with somebody you haven't talked to in the

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office before and start getting to know your coworkers better and make

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them part of your overall network.

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So, if you look at these five tips, all of them, except for the first one

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can be done in a short amount of time.

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Every single day.

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Time, you spend scrolling through social media or listening to podcasts or driving

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your car or walking around the office.

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So there's really no excuse not to do these things on a daily or weekly basis.

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See, even when we have no time to network, you actually have

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plenty of time to network.

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All right friends.

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That's it for this week, since this is the last, this shit work short.

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Of the summer.

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There is no drink of the week.

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Drink, whatever you like and enjoy the last little bit of summer we have left.

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and subscribe to the podcast.

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help it reach a larger audience.

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Just let me know.

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You're found me.

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