Stop Hiding Behind Your Laptop: In-Person Networking Tips for Online Business Owners With Andrea Shah - Point Of The Story | Lyssna här

I know you love your online little bubble.

I know you call your internet friends your "coworkers" even though you've never met them in person (same).

But Andrea's here to make the case for face-to-face networking. Andrea Shah is a website copywriter for wedding pros, and if there's anyone who knows the ROI of getting in a room with the right people, it's her. Not the version you're picturing where you're standing in a room of old white dudes in suits waiting to deliver your elevator pitch, but the version where you wear something bold so people come talk to you, where you ask a great question (we've got plenty) instead of the world's most boring small talk.

And where sometimes a total stranger gets within six inches of your face to interrogate you about your website's AI visibility score. (I'm still mad about that one!)

TOPICS & TANGENTS

— Why in-person connection still matters when you can build a whole online business without ever leaving your bubble

— The difference between a general networking event and a client-focused conference

— Budgeting for conferences: how to think about ROI before you drop money on a ticket

— How to pick an event when you don't have a specific niche

— Why the size of a conference matters and how to know if a room is already saturated with people who do what you do

— The questions to actually ask someone you just met (way better than "so what do you do")

— A trick for getting people to come talk to you first

— My ADHD tip for staying present in a conversation (it involves poking myself)

— Andrea's advice for the anxiety girlies replaying the night on a loop afterward

— Should you bring a friend to a networking event?

POINT OF THE STORY

Networking isn't the old-boys-club elevator pitch you're picturing. It's wearing something bold, asking a good question, and remembering that nobody's replaying your awkward moment the way you are. Go talk to someone!!!

Love you, mean it. 🖤

ANDREA LINKS

— Follow Andrea on Instagram and Threads

— Check out her website

— Grab her freebie

— Her walkout song

BTL LINKS

— All of my website copy resources:

betweenthelinescopy.com/web-copy

— All of my email marketing resources:

betweenthelinescopy.com/email-marketing

— Take my website copywriting course: