Would You Like to Be Featured in My New Book?

I’ve been holding back for a while, but I’m really excited to be able to announce that I’m writing a book to be published by McGraw-Hill this fall! And what’s even better is I’d like to feature YOU!

I’ll be writing about networking, of course, but it’ll be very different from other networking books you’ve read. Where my 102 Secrets to Smarter Networking booklet was more tactical, this full-length book will focus on the strategy and the mindset every busy professional needs for successful networking.

While I’ll still share a boatload of tips, tactics and techniques – for both networking in person and online -- I’ve come to realize that without a strategic approach, you can spin your wheels forever and never get results. Or you never get off the ground at all. Or you burn out. All undesirable outcomes.

This is as true in networking as it is in business.

Having been a strategy consultant to Fortune 500 companies for more than 15 years, one of the things I’m really good at is helping executives focus on what’s important, plot a logical course to get there, and then drill down into specific actions so that reaching a goal is practically a done deal.

I’d love to get some networking lessons from the trenches to color the main points in my book. I’m looking for success stories as well as horror stories -- sometimes we learn more from our mistakes than from our triumphs.

To see the list of topics I’d like to supplement with your contributions, and to submit your personal story, click here.

Now for the bad news. I’m on a tight deadline and need all submissions by Monday, February 25.

I’m also looking for any questions you have in any area of networking. Submit your questions as a comment to this blog post (it’s very easy!). I moderate all comments to avoid spam, so you won’t see your entry right away, but it should be up within a few hours.

Ask as many questions as you want. If I don’t end up answering them in this book, I may be able to get to it in the next one ;-)

I look forward to your contributions!

Comments

[Tamara Beck]

When my husband and I were laid off of our corporate jobs in 2003, my husband accepted a transfer out of state. I kept in touch by email occasionally with my friends and my manager at my old job. Upon returning to my home state two years later, one of my old friends from my old job mentioned that they needed help. I made a few contacts and ultimately returned to my old job on a contract basis. Don't ever burn those networking bridges!!! Thanks Liz for the wealth of networking wisdom!