Organizing Your Network with Bookmarks and Notifications

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Many job seekers I talk to struggle to keep things organized when it comes to creating a system for networking. It seems so esoteric, weird, and unnatural... which is why I’ve spent so much time in my career trying to master it.

Finding the right people to network with for some people is like trying to find a cat in a hoarders house. Let’s fix that.

Let’s find the cat and clean up all the junk!

Follow vs. Connect

If you read through my previous newsletters like “Targeting the Right People to Connect With,” or “Creating Your Network Contact List,” you likely understand my approach to networking. I like to focus on being highly targeted, relevant, and value driven.

When you first find people you want to expand your network with, it can be a great idea to engage with their content FIRST, before sending a connection request. 

One great way to do that, especially if they are at your target company, is to engage with their LinkedIn posts, then “Follow” them instead of going straight for the “Connect.” This means now they’ll show up in your feed without being connected, and you can create a couple more touch points with them via comments prior to sending your connection request (to make yourself more familiar).

LinkedIn Notification Bell Feature

Another great way to help you stay notified for people at your target orgs is with a new LinkedIn feature.

You can now "ring a bell" to get live updates and notifications when a content creator posts something. 

As you might guess, our use case here is strategic to hiring managers and team members of our TARGET COMPANIES! So after you’ve followed the person, if you want to get notifications each time they post, this is a great solution.

Again, the more you can become familiar with people by networking and engaging with their posts, the more you can warm them up before you send a connection request or make the "ask," or have a more organic conversation.

Organizing Your Network in Bookmarks

Lastly, after you’ve done both of those things, you can also add them into your bookmarks on your internet browser. Sometimes, even if you follow someone, you'll miss some of their posts. Use the flow below outlined in the photo, to help you focus on making it easy when you do your “Networking with the 5x5x5 Method.”

When you schedule time to network each week, you can use the shortcuts in your bookmarks to intentionally comment on people at target companies and your favorite, relevant creators (you'll see two of mine here, Madeline Mann and Biron Clark), rather than just scrolling through your feed.

This week's newsletter is sponsored by Clipboard Health, a globally distributed remote-first company! They are hiring for all sorts of fully remote roles here. Shoot me a DM if any of them stand out to you!

Next week I’m excited to talk about leaving comments to take advantage of this networking system you’re creating. It is one of the highest forms of leverage on the LinkedIn platform that anyone can use, and the effort involved creates a supreme ROI for your time.

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