Hello. My name is Cody Nolden, and I’m a self-proclaimed introvert.

If you’re not up on the latest news, introverts represent 57% of the population on earth today. We’re quiet, prefer quality over quantity when it comes to friends, and love getting to know ourselves and others through deep conversations about principles, not people. Some of our extremists could be classified as goths, emo kids, or even manga addicts. But most of us are really quite sociable, and enjoy being around people (if kept within limited doses).

Unfortunately, we introverts live in an extroverted world. With the advent of social media, things have gotten even more difficult. For the sake of our careers, we want to talk with people through tools like Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIN. Yet willfully networking with people sucks, both online and off.

You can conquer social media, even as an introvert.

That’s what this series is all about. Feel free to jump right to whatever is most interesting to you — we’ll be adding new parts all the time:

• Part 1: Why Social Media Doesn’t Click With Introverts
• Part 2: How to Painlessly Network With Others as an Introvert
• Stay tuned for more!