How to Network and Make Industry Friends
An interview with Marsha ShandurDo you hate networking? Maybe you imagine that it's just sucking up and brown-nosing. Maybe you’re just feeling shy. These are common concerns, but they shouldn’t stop you. Today’s guest will tell how to set these worries aside and start making important connections that will help your business grow!
This week, I speak with Marsha Shandur from Yes Yes Marsha, a Networking Mentor and Storytelling Coach. In short, she helps people tell personal stories so that they can use them to help promote their business. Marsha also helps people overcome the barriers that they perceive are stopping them from properly networking and making connections.
In this
We continue the conversation with a chat about Marsha’s approach to storytelling and how we can use that in our businesses as motion designers. Marsha breaks down the way we want to tell these stories and the types of stories to tell to get the attention that you want.
How has networking helped your business grow? What worries did you have to overcome to make those connections? Tell me about it in the comments!
In this episode
- Top tips for networking that will have you fearlessly making connections at your next big industry event
- Not letting your “dork goblin” get in the way of networking
- How to approach the big shots without fear in a way that will make a good lasting impression
- Making and leveraging personal connections when you need a favor
- How to use your own stories to attract the clients that you want to work with
Quotes
“I don’t like to call it networking. I like calling it making industry friends.” [2:44]
“You think that these people who you think are big heroes get a giant mailbox full of fan mail everyday and they just don’t because people are lazy and also because we don’t tend to thank people in our culture.” [20:32]
“I really believe that all anybody wants in life is, one, to feel truly seen and heard and understood and feel like they belong; and two, to feel like they’ve been of service, to feel like they left the world better off than they found it.” [21:58]
“Having emotion does so many amazing things in your stories. I feel like the biggest mistake people make is that they leave out emotion.” [42:29]
Related links
- Find Marsha Shandur online
- Follow Marsha on Facebook | YouTube | Linkedin | Twitter | Instagram
- Check out Marsha’s secret special page of resources just for Motion Hatch listeners!
- Jeff Goins
- Portfolio Life podcast
- Flow by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Thanks for Listening!
To share your thoughts:
To help out the show:
Podcast music licensed by Big Waves
Some of the links above are affiliate links. Basically, this means that if you decide to make a purchase through one of these links, we will earn a small commission, at no extra cost to you. You can be sure that we would recommend these products whether or not we made any commission on them. Please don’t spend your money on them if you don’t think that they will truly help you improve your business, although, in our experience, they will.
Recent podcast episodes:
101: How to niche down as a motion designer w/ Giuseppe Forestieri
Should you niche down as a designer? We’ve all heard this advice! So, does niching down help you to win more clients or empower you...
100: Lessons learnt from making 100 podcast episodes w/ Hayley Akins
When Motion Hatch first started it was a side hustle, now it's a company! Have you considered starting your own motion design...
99: How to create motion design side projects that complement your day job w/ Charli Marie
Charli Marie is a YouTuber, podcast host and Creative Director. She provides guidance on how to create a motion design side project that complements your day job.
98: How Giant Ant became a leading motion design studio w/ Jay Grandin
Ever wondered how motion design studios become known worldwide for their work? In today’s episode Jay Grandin explains how he...