Summary: In this episode, you’ll learn how to connect with anyone in the world. In the last two episodes, we talked about why <a href="http://www.novelmarketing.com/125/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Word of Mouth is not working</a> and <a href="http://www.novelmarketing.com/126/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">How to Make Word of Mouth Work for You</a> by connecting with Mavens, Connectors, and Salespeople. But HOW do you meet these people?<br> We’ll show you.<br> Plus, we’re giving you a Spreadsheet that will make the process simple. It will keep you organized and help you track the people on your “I Want to Meet Them!” list.<br> But first, Jim, we have to talk about Jim’s new book! <a href="http://amzn.to/2BUi7lA">The Man He Never Was</a> (affiliate link) just came out.<br> Monthly Resource<br> Show Notes<br> Introduction<br> As we said earlier, we talked about how Mavens and Connectors and Salespeople are the most powerful way for us to spread word of mouth about ourselves and our stories, but how to we get introduced to them.<br> Six Degrees of Separation<br> <br> * Kevin Bacon <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_Degrees_of_Kevin_Bacon">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_Degrees_of_Kevin_Bacon</a><br> * Make a list of the people you want to meet- DON’T edit yourself. Dream big<br> * List people who might know that person<br> <br> <br> * <br> <br> * You’d be surprised to find out who your friends know<br> <br> * Delilah Rene<br> <br> <br> * <br> <br> <br> * Define your reason for getting in contact with this person<br> <br> Tools:<br> <br> * Linkedin<br> * Twitter is a tool to use to contact folks directly. People (even ultra famous people) don’t get as many tweets as you’d think. So they read them for the most part.<br> <br> Ask<br> <br> * The hardest part<br> * You will strike out<br> * You will get base hits<br> * You will hit home runs<br> * If you don’t swing the bat, none of these things will happen<br> * Make it worth it for them.<br> * Think CONTACTS, not CONTRACTS …<br> <br> Our Challenge To You<br> <br> * Reach out to three people in the next week and then, let us know how it went<br> <br> Sponsor: <a href="http://www.mybooktable.com">MyBookTable</a>, 3.1 is here.<br> <br> * Added Universal Buy Button.<br> * Added Audio Book Resources metabox to book pages.<br> * Improved search from Buy Button editor functionality to automatically search for book title.<br> * Added Powell’s affiliates integration.<br> * Added IndieBound affiliates integration.<br> * Book pages can now be selected as the front page of your website via Reading settings.<br> * Various CSS styling improvements<br> * <a href="http://www.authormedia.com/announcing-mybooktable-3-1/">Learn more about MyBookTable 3.1</a><br> <br>
