{"id":455,"date":"2019-12-09T18:14:26","date_gmt":"2019-12-09T18:14:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/synergy-porto.com\/?p=455"},"modified":"2019-12-12T16:56:02","modified_gmt":"2019-12-12T16:56:02","slug":"networking-simplificado-3-passos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/synergy-porto.com\/en\/2019\/12\/09\/networking-simplificado-3-passos\/","title":{"rendered":"O Networking simplificado em 3 passos"},"content":{"rendered":"
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You\u2019ve heard of networking a thousand times, you know it\u2019s important, it can change your career and your life for the better. You\u2019ve probably been to a lot of networking events and exchanged business cards, too. You might even have a drawer full of those business cards waiting for a day when they\u2019ll come in handy, a day that will never come.<\/strong> Because a business card from someone you talked to for 5 minutes 3 months or 1 year ago is as relevant as going to Google and search for the service you need and choosing anyone who comes up in the results. By the way, Google search might even be more useful, because you can see other people\u2019s rating before you choose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You know that\u2019s not how you network<\/strong> and you want to improve your skills in that field, that\u2019s why you\u2019re reading this article. You\u2019ve read several lists of the 5 or 7 right steps to network successfully. The lists feed our natural tendency to want a quick fix for everything. They give us the impression that we can create \u2018express relationships\u2019 and get benefits quickly, and even if that\u2019s not what it says there, we don\u2019t read them very throroughly because we\u2019re in a hurry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Additionally, creating a network of connections sounds like a mechanical and repetitive task,<\/strong>which makes us want to create a checklist and put a tick next the names of people we know, as if the work was done at the moment you meet them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The steps, as a general rule, do not differ much from one list to another: the goal is to create a network of contacts, do not focus on what you want, listen actively more than you talk, ask questions, help others before you ask them for help, relate to people inside and outside your professional circle, send a follow-up email the following week, etc. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s all good advice, but not always the most practical or easy to implement. If you\u2019re new to the art of networking, some of these steps may seem impossible or even ridiculous, impractical. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The same thing happened to me, especially in relation to the points: start a conversation with someone I don\u2019t know, help others and send a follow-up email. Helping others? How?<\/strong>wondered. Who am I to help a CEO of a large company, a marketeer with years of experience, a renowned photographer? And send a follow-up email? Saying what? It was nice meeting you? I\u2019ve never received an email like that, have you? These questions confused me a lot and I devoted myself to researching more and more, until I found an answer that made sense to me. It wasn\u2019t easy, I must admit. Most publications don\u2019t go beyond \u2018do it\u2019, and don\u2019t explain how to do it.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fortunately, I found this Hustle Summit article with 26 ways you can network by helping others<\/a> and, because of it, suddenly, all the articles I\u2019d read about networking made a lot more sense. Those made up phrases, such as \u2018create a relationship with someone else\u2019, became real. And I realized that helping others can be a lot simpler than I thought,<\/strong>as you will see further along in this article.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moving on to my three main questions: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n