To make contacts that are important for you career, you know what to do. Do everything possible in your power but don’t seem pushy, weird, manipulative, desperate or poor. To make sustainable contacts you should be polite and likeable and equal. To make contacts that can give you the push you need, learn conversational skills and manipulative tactics that do not show, flatter, learn how beginners and unknown artists are perceived and try to rise above the prejudice.