The Connector Community

Here is this week's challenge.
Think of three people you connected with at a networking event in the last 60 days — people you genuinely liked — who you have not followed up with.
Right now — before you close this post — send each one of them this message:
"Hey [name] — I've been thinking about what you mentioned when we talked about [one specific thing they said]. How is that going?"
That's it.
Do not sell.
Do not pitch.
Do not apologize for taking this long.
Just show up.
The follow-up that feels scary is almost always the one they were waiting for.
Come back next week and tell me what happened.
I genuinely want to know.
And if you want to build the system that makes this easy every week — come to a free Networking with Phil event.
You will leave with a follow-up rhythm, a trigger phrase, and a room full of people practicing both.

Let me ask you something honest.
How many networking meetings have you shown up to this year — and left feeling like you were mostly just checking a box?
Not because you were in a bad room.
Not because the people were wrong.
But because somewhere along the way, the meeting became an obligation — and obligation kills the kind of genuine presence that actually builds relationships.
This is the conversation most structured networking groups do not want to have.
The model that works when you are hungry and building starts to break down when you are full and running.
A mandatory weekly meeting made sense when you had nothing but time and needed the accountability.
When your calendar is already at capacity — that same meeting starts feeling like a cost instead of an investment.
The Connector Community was built for that season.
No mandatory weekly attendance.
Two strategic one-to-ones per week.
A framework that teaches your network how to introduce you specifically.
A follow-up system that keeps you in front of the right people without filling your mornings.
1,000+ introductions among members in two years.
35% close rate.
No seat required.
Tell me in the comments — what would you do with that extra morning back every week?

She had been in a structured networking group for two years.
Showed up every Tuesday.
Delivered her pitch every week to the same thirty people.
Tracked her referrals. Brought visitors. Did all of it.
Year two, the referrals had slowed down.
Not because the room changed.
Because her energy in the room had.
She was going through the motions.
She knew it. The room probably knew it.
She came to a Networking with Phil event on a recommendation.
Joined The Connector Community.
Started doing two structured one-to-ones per week.
Learned her trigger phrase.
Built a follow-up rhythm.
Within 60 days she had more warm introductions than she had seen in the previous six months of Tuesday mornings.
Same market. Same city. Same service.
Different model.
She did not leave her other group immediately.
But she finally understood why the results had stalled.
The meetings were happening. The engagement had stopped.
The one-to-one brought the engagement back.
Drop a 💛 if you have ever gone through the motions at a networking event when your energy was somewhere else entirely.

Quick honest exercise.
Think about the networking commitments on your calendar right now.
For each one — answer this question:
Do you show up to this because you want to, or because you feel like you have to?
The ones you want to — keep them. They are working.
The ones you have to — look closely. Obligation and results are separating there.
This is not about quitting networking.
This is about making sure the networking you do is producing in proportion to the time it costs.
If you have been in the same room for a year and the results are not matching the commitment — the answer might not be to show up harder.
The answer might be to show up differently.
Two focused one-to-ones per week with the right people.
A trigger phrase your connectors can actually use.
A follow-up system that stays consistent between meetings.
That is the model.
Come to a free Networking with Phil event and see what it looks like in practice.
No obligation. No pitch. Just come.
What would you do with two extra hours back in your week?