You never know where word of mouth comes from.
You never know which random person is going to talk to another, or which path leads to your next opportunity.
Example: I read a blog post somewhere (can’t remember, probably VentureBeat), about 13-year old Anshul Samar who started a hot company called Elementeo to teach chemistry with playing cards. It’s pretty cool.
I tell my wife, who used to be an editor at Chemical and Engineering News. She sends it to them. Voila! Elementeo is in the June 18 issue of the magazine – with 160,000 chemists reading.
The Lesson: Try everything, talk to everyone, be really nice all the time. You never know who’s talking about you.
This is so true. 75% of my work comes from word of mouth and the other 25% comes from people hearing about someone needing work, will tell me and I solicit my skills. Excellent post.
This is a great story and exactly what I “preach” to my friends. It happens more often than people think. Thanks for sharing.