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Hello all. Can you help?! I’m writing an article on how to network online, and I would love any stories you have about 1. Showing someone your expertise via pro bono work which then turned into paid work, or 2. An example of getting work through networking – this could be deliberate networking via linkedIn or a similar platform, or just via a friend of a friend or distant contact. Please do message me with your experiences or thoughts if you’re happy to be mentioned. Thank you!
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Ah wait, I’ve got another story. Since 2016, I’ve been writing articles about the GDPR and broader data privacy issues. In early 2018, I published one of the articles on LinkedIn. I shortly received a connect request from someone in the US, whose company was ready to expand to Europe and wanted to understand the implications for them of the GDPR. Two scooping calls later, they flew me to Maine for a full-day workshop with about 20 key staff.
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ooh thanks again Tim
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Hi Paula, i have a recent story which might be of interest. i joined a virtual animal health conference a few months back. the vice president of a pet-tech start up saw my profile and we had a 15min chat. This was followed by a longer consultation – they were interested in entering the European market but needing help with further clinical studies and publications in the UK, and market insight. After another chat, this time with the CEO, i was offered a job with them…which i politely declined but offered them consultancy services. I have now written a study proposal for them and waiting for covid lockdown to be lifted, so i can run the clinical trial.
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Thanks Silvia. Lovely to be offered a job, even if that’s not what you are after!
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Hi Paula — It hasn’t yet led to work but . . . . I became aware of an online meeting platform that’s developed here in Berlin, and asked one of the founders on LinkedIn for a briefing. After that chat, I spent a full day doing a heuristic analysis of the user experience on the platform, which amounted to some 40+ slides. That was warmly received. I followed up with a note outlining the multiple ways I could benefit the company, either as a consultant or on staff, and we’re now in discussions.