When thinking of ‘networking’ you often conjure up images of crowded events, awkwardly trying to hand out business cards or attempting to find the perfect moment to pitch yourself to as many ‘connections’ as possible. But the truth is, true networking doesn’t have to be transactional, forced, or even involve a party at all…

As David Stoller (Agent and Co-Founder of UK agency Cowley, Knox & Guy) said in a recent instagram live I did with him, there is never really a clearly “good” or “bad” time to be reaching out to agents. That being said - the industry is still suffering from the fallout of the pandemic and last year’s strikes, which is affecting agencies in a multitude of ways.

While most of us are unfortunately acutely aware of how quiet the industry is right now, many are not clear as to why it’s like this. Consider the following: