Networking/Making Friends

Why would you want to make friends in the creative industry?

• Useful for networking and broadening your contacts.
• Possible future collaborations.
• Good way to find agencies/organisations to work for.

LinkedIN 

• sharing impressions, friends, projects etc will make you more included in the 'circle'.    

"I read your post and I..." 

• Proactivity - write an article/post about something that interests you. 

Why is networking useful?

• Heightens the chance of meeting/talking to new people (especially creatives) for possible future collaborations or meet ups etc. 
• Helps you to get to know people further across the creative industry making it helpful for learning new skills. 
• Generally gets your name and face more known in the industry. People are more likely to speak highly of your name and possibly try connect with you in real life or on social media platforms such as LinkedIn.

Connect the Dots/Dribble 

• Need to look further into these sites and make an account as Connect the Dots is specifically for creatives which might make it more useful than LinkedIn. 

LinkedIn so far...

Don't know how to feel about it so far I'm trying to work out how to navigate around it. However, I have contacted a few people and this is how... 

I got a response from Russell Taysom although it was very short and sweet but he checked out my instagram. I intend to open up a conversation with him again to see if he may give me any advice on being freelance.
I have connected with 39 people so far, some being personal invites and others not (mainly because I need to have a closer look at what their interests are).