Michael Whitehouse: The Guy Who Knows a Guy
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11/14/22 • 53 min
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About Michael Whitehouse: Michael Whitehouse is The Guy Who Knows a Guy. In 2014, he came to Groton, Connecticut knowing no one at all. A year later, after diving into networking with both feet, he was a major connector in the local community. In 2020, he went global and began connecting entrepreneurs, investors, speakers, and others around the world to people they need to know. He offers his services as a networking concierge, making connections and building strategic alliances around the world. He is the host of the daily Morning Motivation Podcast and the new Neurodiversity Superpowers podcast.
In this episode, Jennie and Michael discuss:
- The journey of Michael from not knowing anyone to now being the guy who knows a guy all over the world
- The biggest no-nos in networking
- The power of making connections
- Making introductions
Key Takeaways:
- You will need to build a network in every aspect of the networking business, and you'll be surprised by the impact of being the bridge to connect people.
- Go to the networking events, find prospects, make introductions, then figure out who your referral partners are.
- Making connections with larger communities and going into conversations to connect is the key to finding potential investors and succeeding in network marketing.
- If you are introducing people, state your "because" and then what's in it for each person.
“I have two competing fears. One is my calendar getting too full, actually, it's an occupational hazard. And the other one is filtering the wrong way and missing out the people I really need to meet with.” – Michael Whitehouse
CONNECT WITH MICHAEL WHITEHOUSE:
Website: http://www.guywhoknowsaguy.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/michaelthehouse
Facebook Business Page: https://guywhoknowsaguy.com/facebook
LinkedIn: https://www.guywhoknowsaguy.com/linkedIn
Email: [email protected]
The Guy Who Knows a Guy App: https://guywhoknowsaguy.carrd.co/
CONNECT WITH JENNIE:
Website: https://badassdirectsalesmastery.com/
Email: [email protected]
Facebook personal page: https://facebook.com/jbellingerPL
Facebook podcast page: http://facebook.com/BadassDirectSalesMastery
Facebook group for Badass Crew: https://facebook.com/groups/BadassDirectSalesMoms
Instagram: https://instagram.com/BadassDirectSalesMastery
Personal Instagram: https://instagram.com/jenniebellinger
LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/BadassDirectSalesMastery
Show Notes by Podcastologist: Angelica Rayco
Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.
About Michael Whitehouse: Michael Whitehouse is The Guy Who Knows a Guy. In 2014, he came to Groton, Connecticut knowing no one at all. A year later, after diving into networking with both feet, he was a major connector in the local community. In 2020, he went global and began connecting entrepreneurs, investors, speakers, and others around the world to people they need to know. He offers his services as a networking concierge, making connections and building strategic alliances around the world. He is the host of the daily Morning Motivation Podcast and the new Neurodiversity Superpowers podcast.
In this episode, Jennie and Michael discuss:
- The journey of Michael from not knowing anyone to now being the guy who knows a guy all over the world
- The biggest no-nos in networking
- The power of making connections
- Making introductions
Key Takeaways:
- You will need to build a network in every aspect of the networking business, and you'll be surprised by the impact of being the bridge to connect people.
- Go to the networking events, find prospects, make introductions, then figure out who your referral partners are.
- Making connections with larger communities and going into conversations to connect is the key to finding potential investors and succeeding in network marketing.
- If you are introducing people, state your "because" and then what's in it for each person.
“I have two competing fears. One is my calendar getting too full, actually, it's an occupational hazard. And the other one is filtering the wrong way and missing out the people I really need to meet with.” – Michael Whitehouse
CONNECT WITH MICHAEL WHITEHOUSE:
Website: http://www.guywhoknowsaguy.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/michaelthehouse
Facebook Business Page: https://guywhoknowsaguy.com/facebook
LinkedIn: https://www.guywhoknowsaguy.com/linkedIn
Email: [email protected]
The Guy Who Knows a Guy App: https://guywhoknowsaguy.carrd.co/
CONNECT WITH JENNIE:
Website: https://badassdirectsalesmastery.com/
Email: [email protected]
Facebook personal page: https://facebook.com/jbellingerPL
Facebook podcast page: http://facebook.com/BadassDirectSalesMastery
Facebook group for Badass Crew: https://facebook.com/groups/BadassDirectSalesMoms
Instagram: https://instagram.com/BadassDirectSalesMastery
Personal Instagram: https://instagram.com/jenniebellinger
LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/BadassDirectSalesMastery
Show Notes by Podcastologist: Angelica Rayco
Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.
Previous Episode
Jennie Bellinger: Network Marketing is Predatory
In this episode, Jennie discusses:
- Who is network marketing for?
- Network marketing is a roller coaster ride
- Is network marketing worth it?
- Predators in network marketing, recognizing red flags
Key Takeaways:
- Being successful in this business requires that you're willing to learn and to fail over and over again until you succeed.
- Network marketing is not for everyone. It’s difficult, like any entrepreneurial ventures, but the struggles are worth it.
- Network marketing, the business model, is not predatory. Companies are not likely to be predatory. It's only the people who can be predatory. Every industry has its share of bad apples.
- Don't be a part of the problem. Learn to have a good onboarding process and sponsor your team. Take care of the people that you sign.
"This business model is not for the weak. It will test your will, desire, and tenacity over and over again... and it’s absolutely worth it." — Jennie Bellinger
CONNECT WITH JENNIE:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/jenniebpl
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/badassdirectsalesmastery/app/307339332686535/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/badassdirectsalesmastery/
Website: https://badassdirectsalesmastery.com/
Show: https://badassdirectsalesmastery.com/blog/
Email: [email protected]
Show notes by Podcastologist: Justine Talla
Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.
Next Episode
Jamie Shanks: Get Your LinkedIn Peeps Offline
About Jamie Shanks: Jamie Shanks is the CEO of both Pipeline Signals & Sales for Life. Pipeline Signals is a pioneer in Relationship Signal Intelligence Monitoring, where they monitor and mine your TAM / List of Accounts for Relationship connections, Competitive Intelligence and Compelling Events like job changes. They place that sales intelligence into your CRM as "Reminder Tasks" to buy back your sellers' time, allowing your sellers to focus on selling, not researching. Sales for Life is the world's largest Social Selling training program for mid-market and enterprise companies. Sales for Life has trained over 250,000 sales and marketing professionals, in dozens of industries. Jamie's workshops have been delivered across 6 continents, for brands such as Microsoft, Thomson Reuters, Oracle, American Airlines & Intel.
In this episode, Jennie and Jamie discuss:
- LinkedIn as the predominant social media platform for business development
- Maneuvering conversation towards a conversation about the business opportunity
Key Takeaways:
- A key aspect of business building for people is using Linkedin, as it is the easiest way to find like-minded business individuals to interact with. As we build a sphere of influence connection, we collect information and intelligence to help us make informed decisions, such as whether that person would make an ideal team member.
- Reverse engineer yourself and your common interests and life experiences, tell your whys, tell how you can add value to someone's life, arrange a time for knowledge exchange, then have an overt call to action to turn a normal conversation into a business conversation.
“The purpose of LinkedIn is to go from online to offline as quickly as possible, but it's the simplest medium to communicate with people that you don't have their mobile phone number.” – Jamie Shanks
CONNECT WITH JAMIE SHANKS:
Website: https://salesforlife.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamestshanks/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jamietshanks
Email: [email protected]
CONNECT WITH JENNIE:
Website: https://badassdirectsalesmastery.com/
Email: [email protected]
Facebook personal page: https://facebook.com/jbellingerPL
Facebook podcast page: http://facebook.com/BadassDirectSalesMastery
Facebook group for Badass Crew: https://facebook.com/groups/BadassDirectSalesMoms
Instagram: https://instagram.com/BadassDirectSalesMastery
Personal Instagram: https://instagram.com/jenniebellinger
LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/BadassDirectSalesMastery
Show Notes by Podcastologist: Angelica Rayco
Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.
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