I tend to be leery of articles that have the phrases "work fast" "pay off big" and have an exclamation point in them, but then again, David Geer wrote this article and I know that he's a responsible, successful freelancer. So you should never judge an article by its headline. If you have a hard time building up your network, print out this article by him at Writers Weekly, put it on your bulletin board and make sure that you're accomplishing at least one of his points once a day.