Networking 101 w/Polywork and LinkedIn

hey friends! in a recent podcast of mine i went over how to network a little differently in todays world use polywork and other areas of linkedin that no one really talks about…

if you want to listen to the episode here is the link:

https://open.spotify.com/episode/43ZTC8Hknbl55vTejmma8b?si=JE2vppGKRsOEl8tOB7OXJw

if you just want the tdlr…then here you go….

polywork

• badges — clickable under your name and profile picture. Instead of doing a search on LinkedIn you can search on Polywork based on interests
• polywork (in my mind) isn’t a ‘posting content’ site. it’s a networking focused site (which is why i like it)
• check out the opportunity section of polywork, there are job postings, freelance gigs, and people wanting to get guests on podcasts
• honestly if you wanted to kick start your podcasting career and get on other podcasts i would just use polywork to do that
• polywork is a place where you need to connect with someone in the dm’s then move it to email, i still dont think a ton of folks ‘live’ on polywork even though they just release a mobile app
• one of my favorite parts of polywork is the dm feature. it shows you what that person is interested in collabing on

linkedIn

• check out the interest portion of someones profile…this is a great way to start up a convo in the dm’s with something that the person is actually interested in
• activity section — you can see all the posts that person has done recently…you probably aren’t going to get a response with someone who hasn’t posted anything in 90 days so be aware
• make sure you look at mutual connections, if you have someone in common bring up their names in the dm!