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Have you ever just reached out to someone you don't know this way and had success? Cold calling or knocking on doors? I haven't been in a position to have this
by decasteve 11y ago
Have you ever just reached out to someone you don't know this way and had success? Cold calling or knocking on doors? I haven't been in a position to have this need but this whole comment thread made me think about doing it the "old-fashioned" way, rather than browsing the web meat/meet markets.
- nbrempel 11y agoI've never reached out to someone I've never met but I've reached out to a lot of people that I met _super_ briefly. It let me go "remember me?" in an email I sent and it breaks the tension. People are surprisingly willing to help. I found that it wasn't the first degree connections that led to work but the second degree connections. Get your immediate network to introduce you to others and drum up work from them.
- peter_l_downs 11y agoNot sure if you're aware of it, but this is a well-studied phenomenon. Check out Mark Granovetter's seminal paper "The Strengrth of Weak Ties" [0] [1], it's pretty interesting reading. [0] http://www.jstor.org/stable/2776392?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents http://www.jstor.org/stable/2776392?seq=1#page_scan_tab_cont... [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Granovetter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Granovetter