Networking: It’s a small world after all

Relationships matter, even those you don’t know about

You never know who you know that knows someone you might know!

While I know it to be true,  I m still always surprised at what a small world we actually live in, especially with the advent of social media.

Last Friday, my wife Kyle called and left me a voice mail while I was in a meeting.  It went something like, “I have good news to share, and a funny story to tell you, but since you weren’t there now, I will tell you when you get home.”  For those of you who don’t know Kyle, this is typical of her – in that she would make me wait in anticipation to hear both good news AND a funny story.

I am going to throw my wife a free plug here.  It probably wouldn’t do me much good to charge her for ad space or promotional fees.   Anyway, my very capable partner Kyle Sipple is a home-based freelance web worker, specializing in helping companies update their web presence. She is especially good with micro-sites, and managing out-sourced contractors working on web projects.  You can see her LinkedIn profile here.

The good news is that she had been on an interview and Friday, and it looks like she picked up a project assignment from that 1.5 hour interview.  The funny story, about an hour into the interview, the  interviewer for Kyle’s prospective project assignment suddenly asks her, out of the blue, “Hey, are you married to Michael VanDervort?”   After sputtering a bit, Kyle admitted that she was, and asked the guy how he knew that.   It turns out that he had been looking at her LinkedIn page, and upon seeing my name there, realized that Kyle and I were husband and wife.  I can’t disclose the name of the fan of  Human Race Horses who did this, since to do so would reveal information on their project, but if you read this, you know who you are!

She found this very amusing, but she isn’t crazy about the idea that possibly she is getting this assignment because of this blog.  Don’t worry honey, I know for a fact it is your business acumen and professional skills that get you all of your work!

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