Latest / Networking Unleashed: Building Profitable Connections / Networking Unleashed: An Interview with Garrett Ervin and Michael A Forman, Professional Speaker
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- 0:15Welcome to Networking Unleashed, Building Profitable
- 0:18Connections. The show where relationships aren't
- 0:21random and conversations actually lead somewhere.
- 0:25I'm your host, Michael Foreman, and today we're
- 0:28talking about a tool most businesses underestimate.
- 0:32Not because it's complicated, but because it's
- 0:35done wrong. Podcasting. Not as a vanity project,
- 0:39not as background noise, but as a relationship
- 0:43engine. My guest today works directly with Business
- 0:46Radio X, where business conversations turn into
- 0:50long -term B2B relationships. We're breaking
- 0:54down how companies use podcasting to open doors,
- 0:58stay relevant, and build trust before the first
- 1:01sales conversation even starts. If you've ever
- 1:05wondered how to make networking easier, warmer,
- 1:08and more human, this episode is for you. So let's
- 1:12get into it. I'd like to welcome to the podcast,
- 1:15Garrett. Garrett has a long time. We became friends,
- 1:20I guess about a year ago, and he's looking for
- 1:23something and he seemed to have found his niche.
- 1:27So I'm going to have Garrett explain his background
- 1:30and give us the clip notes of why you are here
- 1:34today. Garrett, welcome to the podcast. Thank
- 1:37you, Michael. I appreciate you having me on your
- 1:39podcast for sure. And yeah, this is definitely
- 1:41a new venture for me. I spent roughly 30, 31
- 1:45years in the environmental testing laboratory
- 1:49industry. Decided it was time to move on after
- 1:54that. Got to a point where I was working for
- 1:57several large corporations and wanted to get
- 2:00back into business for myself after starting
- 2:02my career. in a small business of about 15 to
- 2:0618 people, decided to resign and started networking
- 2:11a lot, particularly in Johns Creek and Gwinnett
- 2:14County, and that's where you and I initially
- 2:16met. And through the networking events, I was
- 2:20introduced to a business broker who had this
- 2:24business for sale. And it was very intriguing
- 2:26to me. It was an established business and it
- 2:28was something new and exciting. And I decided
- 2:31to go for it. So I'm now a small business owner,
- 2:34getting out there, meeting a bunch of new people,
- 2:36putting some new roots down here in Gwinnett
- 2:38County and really enjoying the time that I have
- 2:41right now within the podcasting industry. That's
- 2:48great. Listen. I think you're perfect for it.
- 2:50I happen to love podcasting. It's as close to
- 2:54radio, I think, as I'll ever get. But it opens
- 2:57up, it's a whole new world because it goes on
- 3:01to my networking, what I do on a weekly basis.
- 3:05But I think it opens up further than your local
- 3:08areas. It opens up the world. It really does.
- 3:13I was looking at my LinkedIn, our business LinkedIn
- 3:16account, LinkedIn member, look at our latest
- 3:20episode that I just posted, which was interesting.
- 3:22So it is a worldwide reach with very little effort.
- 3:27I'll tell you, I've had guests from Canada, Mexico,
- 3:33the UK, France, Germany, Israel, Egypt, Australia.
- 3:39I've had them from all over. So this, what you're
- 3:44doing, what you're saying goes out to everybody.
- 3:49It's interesting because I've thought about putting
- 3:51a map up in the studio here of the world and
- 3:54put little pushpins on from wherever I get listeners
- 3:56from just so I could see the scope of the reach.
- 3:58It would be really interesting to see that in
- 4:00a single place. It would. That's something you
- 4:02should think about doing. Okay, so let me jump
- 4:04into the questions. Most B2B leaders say they
- 4:08network, but few see revenue from it. What are
- 4:12they doing wrong? And where does meaningful connections
- 4:16actually begin? That's an interesting question.
- 4:19Being new to the networking scene within just
- 4:24the past year, it really is a situation where
- 4:29you're meeting people and developing relationships.
- 4:31And those relationships are really what solidify
- 4:36B2B business transactions, or I shouldn't say
- 4:41transactions, but relationships. So it's been
- 4:44very interesting to me to meet people through
- 4:47active networking events and start to learn that
- 4:50trust, start to understand how I can make their
- 4:54lives easier, how I can give back to them, give
- 4:58back to the community and really be a servant
- 5:02to potential clients at that point. Yeah. It's
- 5:06I, I, I value networking so much. Networking
- 5:12is the lifeblood of all business. And I found
- 5:15that if you go into networking, a networking
- 5:19meeting or a networking event with a servant's
- 5:22heart, then you're looking to give, not receive.
- 5:28And if you do that, it takes all the pressure
- 5:31off your shoulders. It takes all the pressure
- 5:33off and you can actually see what everybody is
- 5:37about. And if you go in there thinking, how can
- 5:41I help this person? It'll come back to you tenfold.
- 5:45Bob Berg, Zig Ziglar, all these guys, they all
- 5:48say the same thing. Give first and you'll receive
- 5:52afterwards. That's 100 % correct. With at least
- 5:55our business plan, we have a weekly show, which
- 6:00I had you on one of our shows, where we're just
- 6:03highlighting local businesses. And it's absolutely
- 6:06amazing when you give them an opportunity to
- 6:09talk about themselves and the show concludes.
- 6:13they immediately go to, what can I do for you?
- 6:16And my standard line is nothing because this
- 6:20is for you. This is for you to highlight your
- 6:22business and for us to promote you guys. So the
- 6:25immediate reaction when you do have a servant's
- 6:28heart is people do want to reciprocate and offer
- 6:32some kind of service back to you. Absolutely.
- 6:35And really, that's the way it should work. Because
- 6:38if you do something for, if I did something for
- 6:40you, you're going to turn around and say, look,
- 6:42Mike did that for me. So let me do something
- 6:44for him. And if we both did that and it just
- 6:49creates a larger and larger network, everybody's
- 6:52doing everything for one another and the world
- 6:55would be a better place. That's my thought. Okay.
- 6:58Business Radio X sits at the intersection of
- 7:02media and relationships. What have you seen work
- 7:06best when companies use media as a connection
- 7:09tool instead of a branding badge? You really
- 7:14got me on that one. That's a real zinger there.
- 7:17It's an interesting media tool or marketing tool
- 7:21or branding tool. It gives people the opportunity
- 7:24to share information very easily to their potential
- 7:27clients. additional hours put towards the business
- 7:38i guess it's true and the ai is the buzzword
- 7:42of late and you really throw that out you really
- 7:49just get to the person themselves and that's
- 7:53the relationship part ai doesn't bring emotion
- 7:56into it it just it's there it's facts and everything
- 8:00else you are bringing relationships. And I think
- 8:04that's what it's all about. I agree. And I've
- 8:06been reading a lot of articles about AI recently,
- 8:09and they're comparing it to when the computer
- 8:11first came out and the big fears about, oh, it's
- 8:14going to replace people when we have computers.
- 8:16And it really doesn't. AI is simply a tool that
- 8:19we're learning how to use, learning how to maximize
- 8:23that in our own businesses, in our own lives.
- 8:26And I don't think it's a replacement for true
- 8:31person -to -person contact, true person -to -person
- 8:33relationships. I just think, I don't think that
- 8:36will ever go away. No, I agree a thousand percent.
- 8:39Otherwise, I'd be out of business. It will just
- 8:42make you better. And if you use it as a tool
- 8:45in your tool belt, one of many, then you're all
- 8:49set. But you can't rely on AI to do your entire
- 8:54business. or be afraid that it's going to take
- 8:58your business away because you still have to
- 9:01be you. Correct. So why does being a host, not
- 9:06a guest, change the quality of conversations
- 9:09and caliber of relationships in business to business?
- 9:14Being a host allows me the opportunity to really
- 9:18dig into these businesses, to ask them the questions
- 9:22that make them stand out, Position them to look
- 9:28good, basically, to highlight their business.
- 9:31And it makes me, it makes me allow them to really
- 9:36shine and really offer to whoever's listening
- 9:40or their clients, what makes their services stand
- 9:45out amongst the rest of the competitive market.
- 9:50I agree a thousand percent is a thousand percent.
- 9:54Okay, because being a host and a guest, I've
- 9:58been on over 100 podcasts. And I've done, I've
- 10:02created over 100 podcasts. So I get to see it
- 10:06in real time. And it's different, but it's the
- 10:11same. Because as a host, as you said, I'm making
- 10:14you look great, right? But when I'm a guest,
- 10:19they're trying to make me look great. And I'm
- 10:21still in the back of my head trying to make them
- 10:23look great. So it's really strange. So which
- 10:26one do you enjoy more? Do you enjoy being a host
- 10:28or a guest more? I think I enjoy being a host
- 10:31more. I really do. Because I love the feeling
- 10:35of giving, right? And I love the feeling of,
- 10:37okay, how do I make Garrett look great? And all
- 10:41that is going through my head. And I just would
- 10:44rather you be in the spotlight and show yourself
- 10:49and me just guiding you down the path. than me
- 10:53having to be in the spotlight. For me, an additional
- 10:57aspect of it is I get an opportunity to learn
- 10:59about so many different businesses. And when
- 11:02I go to networking events and people say, I really,
- 11:05I'm really looking for this, or I'm looking for
- 11:08this kind of service. And that's where networking
- 11:10really explodes is I can tell whoever I'm speaking
- 11:15to, oh, I just talked to somebody about this.
- 11:18They seem like a very honest person. They're
- 11:20very eager. Their service is great. Why don't
- 11:23you go talk to them? And that's where the networking
- 11:24really starts gluing everything together. So
- 11:28being a host is fantastic. Absolutely. You know,
- 11:32when you walk into a networking event and you
- 11:36see what's called a wallflower, you see the person,
- 11:39he gets a drink and he goes right to the wall
- 11:42and he's, I don't want to go in there. It's too
- 11:44many people. That's where you take the opportunity
- 11:46to walk up to that person. and say, hey, that's
- 11:50a nice blazer you have on. Or, hey, that's great
- 11:52shoes. Or, where'd you get that shirt? That's
- 11:55great. Have them talk a little bit and you'll
- 11:58see them come out of their shell and you'll walk
- 12:01them over and say, he's a graphic designer. Oh,
- 12:03that table over there is filled with marketing
- 12:05people. Let me introduce the two of them. And
- 12:09then you'd back away. So what does that do? That
- 12:13helped him get into a conversation, but it made
- 12:17you. look like he's always going to remember
- 12:20me because I walked him over. So all these different
- 12:24facets. What makes podcasting such a powerful
- 12:30door opener in business conversations compared
- 12:33to cold outreach or to traditional networking
- 12:37events? What makes a difference is the reach,
- 12:41just like you and I here. We're in two different
- 12:44locations right now, but with the technology
- 12:46we have, we're able to have a video conversation
- 12:49and we can distribute that conversation just
- 12:52about anywhere. Within a traditional networking
- 12:56situation, you're limited to a single location.
- 13:01You're limited to the people that attend. And
- 13:04with today's busy lifestyle for everybody, everybody's
- 13:07busy in whatever they're doing. you can still
- 13:10share this information to them even though they
- 13:13weren't able to attend. So I think podcasting
- 13:15just has a farther reach and many more tools
- 13:18to share that information to a larger audience
- 13:21of people than just the traditional networking
- 13:23events. Yeah, absolutely. Absolutely. And it
- 13:27does. It makes going to the event special because
- 13:31you're there in person. But if you can't go to
- 13:35the event, then... you see a replay of it or
- 13:39something else like that. And you can still,
- 13:42so it used to be where if you miss an event,
- 13:45you miss the event and that was it. Now you get
- 13:49to view it as a webinar almost. And you get to
- 13:54say, okay, and you see all these people. So you're
- 13:57introduced to all these people that you weren't
- 14:00introduced at a show. So it just opens everything
- 14:04up greatly. And additionally, You doing this
- 14:08podcast with me and with our reciprocal eye doing
- 14:11that podcast with you, we're reaching different
- 14:13audiences. You have a large network. I'm growing
- 14:16my network. So we're reaching different people
- 14:18as we post it on social media and your contacts
- 14:22and my contacts will see that information and
- 14:26possibly connect themselves or your clients or
- 14:29your contacts, your network will reach out to
- 14:32me and vice versa. Absolutely. And that's what
- 14:36it's all about. That's what it's all about. Just
- 14:39when you speak to, and I, as a speaker, let me
- 14:42just change hats. As a speaker, when I'm speaking
- 14:46to an audience, I'm not only speaking to that
- 14:49audience, I'm speaking to that audience's network
- 14:53of people. So I have to keep that in mind, because
- 14:58if I just speak to a room of 45 people, that's
- 15:02great. How big are their networks? And if I'm
- 15:07good enough, then they'll say, I've got to get
- 15:10you over here. And that's how it all begins.
- 15:14Right. You helped companies step into podcasting
- 15:19without tech overwhelm. What's the simplest mindset
- 15:24shift leaders need to make before launching a
- 15:27show? They just need to get over their fear of
- 15:31being in front of a microphone is my initial
- 15:34reaction. People see podcasting as something
- 15:37that's very high tech, something that requires
- 15:41a certain personality. If they just get over
- 15:45their fear and just loosen up and sit in front
- 15:49of the microphone and just have a conversation,
- 15:51they can realize it's not that difficult to do.
- 15:54Here at Business Radio X, we make it easier for
- 15:57people to do that. And I compare it to a car
- 15:59wash where everybody can go through a car wash
- 16:03or they can wash their own car. But the convenience
- 16:05of going through the car wash outweighs getting
- 16:10the soap out and the bucket out. And that's what
- 16:12we here at Business Radio X, we want to make
- 16:14it easy for them to harness the power of podcasting
- 16:18to promote their businesses or make additional
- 16:22connections. Let me ask you a question. Do this
- 16:27when I coach people, businesses, C -suite executives,
- 16:32and I have them do something to get used to speaking
- 16:37in front of a microphone, speaking in front of
- 16:39people. What do you think is a good exercise
- 16:43that they can do to make things easier for them
- 16:46so that they don't think about the microphone,
- 16:48don't think about who they're talking to in front
- 16:51of? Do you have an exercise? just talking to
- 16:55themselves in the mirror. Ah, there you go. That's
- 16:58the number one. Yeah. Just having that conversation
- 17:00with yourself and giving yourself the confidence
- 17:03that yes, you do have a voice and yes, you are
- 17:05knowledgeable and you know what you're doing
- 17:07with your business. Absolutely. And also look
- 17:12at your facial expressions. Look at the facial
- 17:15expressions when you make a joke, when you don't
- 17:17make a joke, when you make a joke and it falls
- 17:19flat. Look at your face and see how it is, right?
- 17:23But yes, that's perfect. That's perfect because
- 17:25that's exactly what you should do. I think it's
- 17:28funny when you walk past somebody, I'm talking
- 17:30into a mirror, but it'll make things go, if they
- 17:34crack jokes or whatever, it'll make them much
- 17:37more at ease so that when they come in front
- 17:39of you or in front of me or something else like
- 17:42that. They're much more at ease. And one thing
- 17:47to understand as well, when people are talking
- 17:49into a microphone or even in a public setting,
- 17:52and I've struggled with this over my own career,
- 17:55I'm not a big public speaker. I've never enjoyed
- 17:57public speaking. However, when people do public
- 18:01speaking, such as yourself, people need to recognize
- 18:04that once you enter that position, everybody
- 18:07views you as the authority on that subject. You
- 18:11are at that point, the smartest person in the
- 18:14room on that subject. And it's just gaining that
- 18:16confidence to know that you are in business for
- 18:19a particular reason for a particular service.
- 18:21And you are more than likely the most knowledgeable
- 18:25person about that. Right. In the room, in the
- 18:30room anyway. So, you know, yes, that's true.
- 18:33However, you really have to know your stuff.
- 18:38You can't just fake it till you make it. Because
- 18:41if I go up there, if I go up on a stage and I
- 18:44go up on a stage once a month and I try to fake
- 18:47it till I make it, if I say one thing that's
- 18:49really wrong and they call me out on it, I go,
- 18:52and that's it. So I really have to know what
- 18:55I'm talking about. So that's what you have to
- 18:57do. Know what you're talking about. Yes, definitely.
- 19:00You do need to know what you're talking about.
- 19:01And there will be those people in the audience
- 19:04that are looking to discredit just about anybody.
- 19:07Absolutely. And no matter what you say, they're
- 19:10going to try to find something to discredit you
- 19:12and you have to be ready to answer something
- 19:15like that. Yes. And I've had many people like
- 19:18that. Many people. Okay. How can a podcast quietly
- 19:22warm up prospects and partners long before a
- 19:26sales conversation ever happens? I'm sorry, would
- 19:31you please repeat that? How can a podcast? quietly
- 19:36warm up prospects and partners long before a
- 19:40sales conversation ever happens. I'm going to
- 19:43take a little bit out of your playbook and just
- 19:45use the methods that you've described. Just get
- 19:49personal with them. Ask about family. Talk about
- 19:53current events or get to know them. You have
- 19:57the form method. Yes, number one is family. The
- 20:04most important thing to people is their family
- 20:07and getting to know them, understanding where
- 20:10their children live, understanding what their
- 20:12children do or what they're doing with their
- 20:15parents. I've been reaching out. I've been going
- 20:18to a lot of Gwinnett County Chamber of Commerce,
- 20:21and I've been seeing repeat people there. And
- 20:23I make a point to go up and talk to them for
- 20:25at least a few minutes. And it's gotten to a
- 20:28point where. They are sharing information with
- 20:31me as far as, oh, the daughter's coming down
- 20:34to visit with me today. And it really excites
- 20:37them. And it excites me, too, because I have
- 20:39daughters as well, and I enjoy seeing them. So
- 20:42getting to that personal level really gains trust
- 20:46with any potential client. Whether they become
- 20:49a client or not, that's beside the point. But
- 20:51it's given you credibility, and it's given you
- 20:55that personality that people want to work with.
- 20:59Absolutely. And you can go one step further.
- 21:02So if you were to speak with somebody and they
- 21:05say, oh, my daughter's coming down and is all
- 21:08excited. The next week you ask that person, how
- 21:12was her daughter? How, you know, and she goes,
- 21:15you remembered that? Say, yeah, I remembered
- 21:17that because we're talking. And that will stick
- 21:21with them a whole lot longer than anything else.
- 21:24And one thing you do, people yell and scream
- 21:27at me, but you never talk business. And with
- 21:31a chamber, a chamber of commerce, the one thing
- 21:35that you don't want to do is talk business right
- 21:39away. Because I feel I've told this to just about
- 21:43all of my clients. I get a lot of clients from
- 21:46the chamber itself, but you never talk business.
- 21:48And you never, if you have, if you do 10 things,
- 21:53let's say. And you get up and you talk for your
- 21:5630 seconds, whatever. Don't try to cram everything
- 22:00all in there at the same time. Pick one thing.
- 22:04Pick two things and talk about it. The meeting
- 22:06beforehand, don't talk business. You're there
- 22:10just to socialize and everything else. And people
- 22:13say, no, the Chamber of Commerce, I'm there to
- 22:16network. I'm there to get business and everything
- 22:18else. You are getting business. It may be a longer
- 22:23wait. But you are getting because you have to
- 22:26get to that level of trust. And everybody has
- 22:31a wall between them. Sure. And when you're speaking
- 22:34with somebody, that wall is coming down and that
- 22:37trust level is rising. And once they pass one
- 22:41another, then you're okay. Then the next week,
- 22:45you talk about something different or how your
- 22:47daughter came in or something else like that.
- 22:48And they begin to trust you. And then they let
- 22:52a little bit slip and they talk about work or
- 22:56occupation or anything else like that. And then
- 22:59you start to question. So it's a longer process,
- 23:03but it works so much better. It does. It certainly
- 23:07works a lot better. And it just, it solidifies
- 23:09those relationships. It does. Everybody's always
- 23:14thinking about business. every minute of the
- 23:17day in the back of their head. We got to accomplish
- 23:19this. We've got to sell this. We've got to do
- 23:21this. We've got to change this. There's so much
- 23:23going on in the business world that it's actually
- 23:26refreshing when you start going to networking
- 23:28events and you talk about something other than
- 23:30business. Absolutely. Absolutely. Okay. So separates
- 23:37podcasts that create real business relationships
- 23:41from those that just create content. It gives
- 23:46you the one -on -one opportunity, at least with
- 23:48Business Radio X, when we have our show, we generally
- 23:51have two individual companies on the show, which
- 23:57we highlight. And after the show is concluded
- 24:00or even before the show starts, it gives those
- 24:03people an opportunity to just talk, even if they're
- 24:06just talking about, wow, I'm so nervous to go
- 24:08on this show. And then they have something in
- 24:10common at that point. But the real value comes
- 24:12after the show. When people are more relaxed,
- 24:15they've made it through, they've realized that
- 24:17they've survived the podcasting and being a microphone,
- 24:20and they can start talking about their, what
- 24:23do you do? What services do you offer? And they
- 24:27start building that relationship. Whether or
- 24:29not they are ever going to do business together
- 24:32is beside the point, but it gives them an opportunity
- 24:35to start expanding their network and making those
- 24:38connections with people they normally wouldn't
- 24:40have made a connection with. Absolutely. And
- 24:43it depends on whether they're extroverted or
- 24:46introverted. Extroverts will just come around
- 24:49and say, hey, what are you doing? Oh, that's
- 24:51what you do. Oh, that's great. I know somebody
- 24:54who, and we'll go into it that way. And an introvert
- 24:58will not say anything. That's the wallflower
- 25:02that walks in an event. Okay. In B2B, trust often
- 25:09matters much more than reach. How does consistent
- 25:13media presence shorten the trust building curve?
- 25:18At least with podcasting, to answer your question,
- 25:21consistency is key. If someone is interested
- 25:25in the information that you're providing and
- 25:28they're listening to several different shows,
- 25:30they want to know, is this person going to hold
- 25:34true to their word and publish their podcast
- 25:36every Friday at 9 a .m. when I take a break from
- 25:39my work and I want to listen to that? So that
- 25:41helps build trust. This guy, he's a standup guy
- 25:44or woman, and he's being consistent all the time.
- 25:49So I can trust when I take a break from my work,
- 25:52this gentleman or this podcaster is going to
- 25:55have that information that I want to listen to
- 25:57at that particular time. Very good. Yep, absolutely.
- 26:02Absolutely. What's one overlooked way? Companies
- 26:08can use podcast conversations to stay top of
- 26:11mind without chasing follow -ups. You got some
- 26:16zingers here. My goal, I don't want to be the
- 26:21typical guy to ask you just general questions.
- 26:24I want you to think about it because my listeners...
- 26:29will truly want to understand about Radio X,
- 26:32about networking, and how they can do it better,
- 26:35because the better you are at networking, the
- 26:38more money you make. Correct. So I'm going to
- 26:41ask you the question one more time. What's one
- 26:44overlooked way companies can use podcast conversations
- 26:47to stay top of mind without chasing follow -ups?
- 26:52So looking for one way where we can use this
- 26:56conversation. So we don't have to chase follow
- 26:59-ups. One way for me would be when we can just
- 27:05use you and I as an example and our podcast that
- 27:07we did several days ago, staying top of mind
- 27:10is once you complete this podcast, you share
- 27:15it. You share it on your LinkedIn account. your
- 27:18Facebook, wherever you're sharing your podcasts.
- 27:21And you're probably also going to share the link
- 27:23with me and it automatically becomes top of mind
- 27:26because you're refreshing my mind as yes, Michael
- 27:30Foreman is the networking guy. He is the public
- 27:32speaking guy. He solidified that within my brain
- 27:36by doing that immediate follow -up. Okay. So
- 27:42let's bring this podcast full circle. If a business
- 27:46owner wanted to turn their next 12 podcast episodes
- 27:50into long -term relationships, what should they
- 27:54focus on first? Making sure they have good content
- 28:00to discuss. Having information that's relatable.
- 28:06Having information that will spark interest in
- 28:09a lot of people. And also... As we have stated,
- 28:14being consistent and sharing that information
- 28:17on a regular basis to their potential clients
- 28:19or their top prospects. That's great. I want
- 28:24to tell you, Garrett, this was a great podcast.
- 28:27I'm so thankful to you for what you're doing
- 28:30and that you came on my podcast. If somebody
- 28:34wanted to get hold of you to be either on Radio
- 28:37X or ask questions about it or just networking
- 28:40in general, how should they contact you? There's
- 28:43two ways to contact me. One of them is email.
- 28:46So Garrett, G -A -R -R -E -T -T at businessradiox
- 28:52.com. Or they can call me or text me directly
- 28:55at 386 -283 -8315. And I'd be happy to discuss
- 29:02how Business Radio X can promote their business
- 29:06and highlight what they're doing to the greater
- 29:09business community. That's great. Today's conversation
- 29:14proves one thing. Meaningful connections don't
- 29:17come from chasing attention. They come from creating
- 29:20conversations worth staying in. Podcasting, when
- 29:24done right, isn't about downloads or microphones.
- 29:27It's about access, credibility, and showing up
- 29:31with consistency where real business relationships
- 29:34are formed. If you're thinking bigger about how
- 29:38you connect, how you're remembered, and how people
- 29:41decide to do business with you, this episode
- 29:44gave you a clear path forward. If this hit home,
- 29:48share with someone who still relies on cold outreach
- 29:52and hoping for warm results. I'm Michael Foreman,
- 29:55and this is Networking Unleashed, building profitable
- 29:58connections. Until next time, keep your conversations
- 30:02intentional, your follow -up real, and your network
- 30:05working for you. Garrett. I want to thank you
- 30:09so much for coming on the podcast, and I will
- 30:12talk with you soon. Thank you, Michael. I appreciate
- 30:14you having me on. Very enjoyable. Well, hold
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