Reach Out: The Simple Strategy You Need to Expand Your Network and Increase Your Influence - Hardcover

Beck, Molly

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1259860914 ISBN 13: 9781259860911

Publisher: McGraw Hill, 2017

Synopsis

 A practical guide to building valuable career connections―through tools you already have and people you already know 

Success in life is more than having goals and skills. You need connections. And to get connections, you need to Reach Out―fearlessly, strategically, and every day of the work week. 

For many, this is a daunting and confusing task. 

Reach Out shows readers how to use social media and simple digital tools to begin building and expanding the number of people they know. Author Molly Beck explains how to:

•Establish and strengthen your digital presence 

•Develop career goals that Reaching Out can help you obtain 

•Think strategically about who you have already met, who you could strengthen a relationship with, and who your current connections know

•Determine who to Reach Out to and push past common networking fears to do it

• Apply step-by-step instructions on how to craft email and social media messages to those you want to connect with

•Optimize your efforts by managing both your time and your inbox 

The book features personal stories on networking from some of today’s top thought leaders. Studies, statistics, and real world examples illustrate the key concepts of Reaching Out. Whether you’re just starting out, changing jobs, or well-established and just eager to know more people, Reaching Out will help you turn career dreams into professional success by helping you connect with others who can put you on the fast track.  

About this title

About the Author

Molly Beck is the founder of podcast creation site Messy.fm and the author of business networking book REACH OUT. She previously ran Forbes Podcasts for Forbes and led marketing at Venmo.

From the Back Cover

“If you want to build your brand, your network and your career, you need to read  Reach Out. It offers practical advice on how to connect to the right people who can make the most impact on your life.”

—DAN SCHAWBEL, New York Times bestselling author of Promote Yourself and Me 2.0 

If old-school networking gives you hives, stop doing it. Pick up this book instead. Molly Beck’s Reach Out will teach you how to create a strategy for authentically connecting with friends new and old at the edges of your existing network. This is the new go-to guide for ‘scrappy hustling doers’ who are ready to live an even bigger, richer life.”

—JENNY BLAKE, author of Pivot: The Only Move That Matters Is Your Next One

This is basically a networking hack for shy people. If you hate schmoozing your way through rooms full of strangers (and I do) why not take smarter, better advantage of your digital networks? I wish I’d had some of this specific, useful guidance—and the digital tools Molly takes full advantage of—when I was first trying to navigate my way into the publishing industry. I’d still force myself to schmooze a bit, but this approach would have taken some of the pressure off.”

—NEHA GANDHI, Editor in Chief and COO of Girlboss

Think you don’t have time for networking? Molly shows how even the busiest people can build the communities that will help them achieve their dreams. I’m now reaching out daily, and after you read this smart little book, you will be, too. Your life will be better for it.”

—LAURA VANDERKAM, author of What the Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast

 

If an entrepreneur wants to grow her business, she must expand her network. Reach Out is your guide to connecting with the right people, in the right way, and positioning your business for the success you have always imagined.

—MIKE MICHALOWICZ, author of Profit First

The concept of ‘Reaching Out’ has been proven to transform careers, yet for many it still feels daunting. Molly Beck is about to change that with this accessible, practical guide to networking. With Reach Out, she gives readers every tool they need to build and nurture relationships—and ultimately unlock amazing opportunities for their careers.

—ADRIAN GRANZELLA LARSSEN, Founding Editor and Editor-at-Large of The Muse

 

Reach Out helped nudge me to connect to peers and leaders I admire, something I’d been thinking about for a long time. The next three weeks of my calendar are already full of coffee and lunch meet-ups. I can already see opportunities for new roles, strategic partnerships, and expanding my network of likeminded professionals to learn from.

—DEVASHISH KANDPAL, VP of Product at Skillshare

Edition details

• Publisher: McGraw Hill
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1259860914
• ISBN 13: 9781259860911
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 240