30: LinkedIn with Mike Shelah
The How of Business - How to start, run, grow and exit a small business.
Henry Lopez, Levante Business Group
4.7 • 522 Ratings
🗓️ 8 August 2016
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
LinkedIn for small business owners. Networking expert Mike Shelah shares tips for using LinkedIn to build your personal & business network and grow your business. Mike's consulting business teaches professionals and small business owners how to leverage the power of LinkedIn to generate contacts and leads. He also shares his entrepreneurial story, transitioning from a successful sales career to becoming his own boss.
This episode is hosted by Henry Lopez. The How of Business podcast focuses on helping you start, run and grow your small business. The How of Business is a top-rated podcast for small business owners and entrepreneurs. Find the best podcast, small business coaching, resources and trusted service partners for small business owners and entrepreneurs at our website https://TheHowOfBusiness.com
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the How of Business with David Begin and Henry Lopez, the podcast that offers practical advice and tips on how to run and grow your small business. |
| 0:10.3 | The How of Business helps aspiring entrepreneurs and small business owners achieve their definition of success and overcome challenges that get in their way. |
| 0:18.6 | This podcast series focuses on the everyday common business issues, |
| 0:22.6 | challenges, and opportunities that face the small business owner. So here now are your hosts of |
| 0:27.7 | the how of business, David and Henry. Welcome to this episode of the how of business. This is |
| 0:36.4 | Henry Lopez, and I have with me today, |
| 0:39.0 | Mike Sheila. Hi, Mike. Hi, Henry. Thanks for having me on the show. Oh, it's our pleasure. Let me |
| 0:44.3 | give our listeners a brief background on Mike and then I'll have him introduce himself further. |
| 0:51.2 | Mike is a LinkedIn evangelist. So this show is going to do a fairly good dive on LinkedIn |
| 0:57.6 | and how we can use it as small business owners to help us start and grow our business. He started |
| 1:03.5 | in the corporate world though, and so he's going to share that journey as well. He had a career, |
| 1:08.2 | a successful career in technology sales. |
| 1:18.0 | And during his career, he developed his skills in sales strategy, leadership, networking, and public speaking. |
| 1:23.5 | And in 2011, he began to share those experiences as a consultant. |
| 1:34.9 | And in 2015, he launched his website, Mike Sheila.com. That's spelled M-I-K-E-S-H-E-L-A-H-com. |
| 1:41.1 | Mike started using LinkedIn way back in 2006. It doesn't sound like a long time ago, but for online and for LinkedIn, it's a long time ago. And since then, he's averaging |
| 1:45.9 | one new connection a day, which is a lot as well. He's driven success in sales career, and now |
| 1:52.9 | he's building his consulting businesses, or business, I should say, by leveraging LinkedIn. So once |
| 1:59.0 | again, Mike, welcome to the show. And if you could just add to |
| 2:01.6 | that background and tell us a little bit more about what you're doing. Sure. And thanks again. |
| 2:05.7 | I started in sales right out of college in 1996. And I got into technology sales in 1999. And like |
| 2:14.2 | many salespeople, I was successful early on because I embraced the smile and dial mentality. |
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