Jeff Langmaid says to stop forcing yourself into networking styles that don't fit. He's great on video but invisible at in-person events; others are the opposite. Pick the medium where you're actually comfortable, whether that's YouTube, TikTok, or one-on-one conversations.
Now I say it varies because I do think it matters on the skill set. For example, at this point, I feel pretty comfortable being able to shoot video. It took a while to build that skill up, but I feel very comfortable. I could shoot videos all day, every day, but if you bring me to a small networking business event, I'm invisible. I'm not outgoing like that. I'm going to just so why? I know other people, they do like business networking, breakfast and things like that with, you know, the insurance salesman and they're wonderful at that. But you put them on video and they can't get a word out. So part of it, I think it's understanding where your skill set is. If you love connecting with people in person, one on one, and that's your thing, do that. If you are into and you're spending a lot of time on social media, you're already posting things, you're comfortable with the apps, I don't care what happen is YouTube, Snapchat, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook. If you're comfortable with any of those and you like using it, do that. So to me, it is really starting out. I would say lean into your strengths.
