So once you’ve checked through your existing connections, let’s start widening the field. You can refine your previous search by the degree of connection a person has to you. If you consider all of your connections move in different circles to you and have their own set of connections, these are all then your “2nd degree” connections. When you find you have mutual connections it gives you a common thread - “we know similar people” so maybe they would be people who would like to get to know us?