 So I recently did a video where I talked about my networking theories basically the Tactics that I follow every time I have to go to a networking event so I can make sure that I meet people and talk to them Etc. Etc. I think they're the literally the last videos that have been posted up and And anyway, thanks to one of the comments I realized that I posted what my tactics are But I didn't talk about how I pick and choose where to go and how to find these networking events and how to find the right events to attend Etc. Etc. And the reason for this is because I've actually already discussed this but not on these YouTube videos I discussed it in one of my courses. I discussed it in my course sales and marketing for freelancers So what I'm gonna do now is just show you an excerpt from this course the excerpt where I talk about how to pick and choose where to Go to these events and how to pick them and what the difference is in terms of price in terms of quality in terms of the type of people you meet for all these types of events and Yeah, and I'll have a link to the course in the description below as well in case you're interested in the whole course and But yeah, otherwise, I'll just roll the video Now at this point I should mention not to forget the real world everything we covered so far has been online But obviously there's a whole world out there right outside your doorstep and you should not neglect this If for no other reason it's just that a lot of people who work online online freelancers They do neglect this real world and so it'll give you a leg up And so you should always keep in mind that real stuff is happening Now having said that the best way to find out about it many times is online The first place I would say to check out is meetup.com if you go to meetup.com chances are there's some meetups happening at happening right now in your area and Chances are there's even something in your specialty or in your industry So search for meetup.com and see what's going on in your area Try to join some of the ones that deal with freelancing that deal with freelancing and your specialty so web developing Photography design whatever it might be and also once again with your specialization You know finance legal this that and the other meetup.com You can search and meetup.com by the way You can also use it to look for other stuff that might be of interest Maybe you're learning a new language on the side or you like hiking or you like travel You have meetups for pretty much anything you could desire so see what's going out there It's a great way to get out there and meet people and you can use that as an occasion To market your wares market your services and let people know what you do Another point is internations.org now if you are in a place like Europe or probably just outside the US Internations.org seems to be pretty big it doesn't seem as big in the US but one advantage of that is that The people who join it and who are members of it in the US tend to be very international So if you have any activity or any business that is international or could be international Then you can find this other group of people this other crowd of people in Internations internations.org so check it out as well and see what events are going on in your area It works similar to meetup.com in that it shows events Under internations that are going on in your city or your area Another place to check is co-working spaces co-working spaces in case you're not familiar Co-working spaces are spaces where you can basically rent out an office you can rent out a desk You can rent out a space to work a lot of startups use them a lot of freelancers use them a lot of entrepreneurs use them So it's a great place to meet other freelancers and entrepreneurs people in your same shoes So look for co-working spaces. Most of these will have events They're gonna have talks that you can attend. They're gonna have luncheons. They're gonna have drinks They're just gonna have things where they open up their space to potential Customers such as yourself, but also just to the co-working to the entrepreneurial world in general So look up co-working spaces in your area and try to get involved with what's going on because that's a great place To meet other people. If all else fails or in addition to whatever you're doing You can also just search for freelancers plus the city that you're in So if you are a freelancer in Brussels then search for freelancers plus Brussels. Obviously you want to search in the language That you're in as well So if you're in a place like if you're in Zurich then search for freelancers plus Zurich but also search for it in German as well and so then you can get some local people there and You can find out what's going on with the local freelancers in your area By the way, if you are in a place like Zurich, I would write it in German But I would also write it in English regardless no matter where you are You'll find that any international community will probably just set up something called freelancers and so if there isn't an international community where you are then try typing it in English and For because for a lot of things like this and especially working online many times the English terms such as freelancer Just become the lingua franca Another place to check is chambers of commerce chambers of commerce generally exist in every city and Many times they're neglected because you feel that only big businesses will go to chambers of commerce But this isn't true at all. A lot of chambers of commerce have events even if you don't want to pay for membership You can usually attend events such as luncheons or speeches etc that are either free or that don't cost much at all and This is a great way to meet a different group of people So if all these other places you've been meeting freelancers and entrepreneurs like yourself chambers of commerce You can meet potential clients or at least just a different crowd of people that might be interesting to get in touch with and to talk to So remember to check out your local chambers of commerce and not to neglect them Another thing is to find out where the people in your industry hang out once again if you're a freelancer if you are a Designer if you're an entrepreneur then they're gonna hang out most likely in co-working spaces or in certain types of meetups Etc etc, but it might be somewhere else as well. So try to get a feel for where they hang out Along those lines try to find out where your clients hang out as well and this means your specializations So once again if you design brochures or something for real estate companies Then try to find out where these realtors hang out to where their spots are where their meetups are where their meetings take place and where you're most likely to find them because Once again, this is a great way to hang out with potential clients and for them to get to know you so what if you've gone through all of these and You still can't find people to meet up with I mean, it's very unlikely But if you can't find any meetups or any Internations groups or any co-working spaces or anything else that it has potential clients that you can attend that suits your needs Well, then you can set one up yourself. In fact the easiest way to do so is to go to meetup.com and set up your own meetup They make it very easy there. Internations to set it up I think you have to pay you have to be in what's called an albatross member or something along those lines But for meetup.com you can set up your own meetup for free And I know because this is what I did when I first moved to Taiwan There wasn't a meetup for local entrepreneurs where I was and so I got together with Another guy who was also interested in setting them up and we just set it up ourselves and we ended up getting 3,000 members in the end so Chances are someone else is in your shoes. If you can't find any organization that suits your needs That's something that you want to attend I'll bet there are other people in your area and your same shoes And so why not set up a meetup.com and or set up a meetup on meetup.com And then you guys can meet up and what I did with my friend when we set these this up back in Taiwan We figured hey worst-case scenario. There'll be two of us drinking beers After a while we ended up getting more and more members and it ended up ended up being pretty pretty interesting. I'll say so If you can't find what you need then be entrepreneurial about it and set one up yourself