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\ud83d\ude33 I am a pain in the ass! – Really? <\/span> <\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \ud83d\ude33 I am a pain in the ass! – Really? As CEO of a medium-sized company I got many unsolicited messages from people that wanted to sell something. I read and tried to react to most of them. However, some of them were really annoying and a few really were a pain in the ass, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":273,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-268","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-strategy"],"yoast_head":"\n
As CEO of a medium-sized company I got many unsolicited messages from people that wanted to sell something. I read and tried to react to most of them. However, some of them were really annoying and a few really were a pain in the ass, bombarding my inbox again and again.<\/span>
Now I am a freelancer and – guess what – I am the pain in the ass myself? I hope that my own experience and learning from others about a smarter way of selling will prevent me from being annoying. However, I have to expand my network and get into a conversation with people I do not know. That costs me a lot of effort – not only time wise, but overcoming my own fears.<\/span>
Here is what I learned in the past months:<\/span>
\ud83d\udca1 Many people are open and willing to connect. A big thank you to these new connections that took time to talk to me.<\/span>
\ud83d\udca1 Conversations are extremely inspiring and interesting – even though the minority was about \u201eselling my offer\u201c.<\/span>
\ud83d\udca1 Conversations have completely unexpected outcomes – a good hint, a valuable connection or even a recommendation to the decision maker of another company.<\/span>
A big thank you to all these new connections for the inspiring exchange. I am looking forward to many more of these conversations. For sure this will help me grow and establish my self-employment.<\/span>
What about you? How do you connect to and exchange with people outside your direct network? What is your experience?<\/span><\/p>\n