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The Playbook With David Meltzer

Why Smaller LinkedIn Audiences Win Bigger

The Playbook With David Meltzer

David Meltzer, Entrepreneur.com

Entrepreneurship, Business, Careers

4.9 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 31 August 2025

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

In today’s episode, I sit down with Aneesh Lal, founder of The Wishly Group, where he helps creators and small businesses build modern revenue engines rooted in trust and alignment. Known as the “Jerry Maguire of LinkedIn,” Aneesh has built a reputation for representing clients with an uncommon commitment to values, turning down $40 million in deals that didn’t fit their missions. We talk about why a small, engaged LinkedIn audience can outperform millions of TikTok views, how his three C framework—credibility, character, and charisma—guides every partnership, and why mission always comes before commission. Aneesh proves that meaningful success is never just about the money.

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0:00.0

Welcome to office hours. I'm David Meltzer and it's time for the executive spotlight.

0:04.7

I'm blessed to have someone who's changing my life by building my brand. Anish Lal. He is the founder

0:12.3

of Wishley Group who actually represents me, but even more importantly, he's known, which has

0:17.8

attracted me to him as the Jerry McGuire of LinkedIn.

0:22.1

From Jerry McGuire to Jerry McGuire, welcome to office hours.

0:25.8

I appreciate you having me.

0:26.8

I still can't believe this is happening.

0:28.7

This is so good.

0:30.0

Well, I think that LinkedIn, when it comes to especially corporate executives that are also influential with their brands,

0:42.2

that LinkedIn is the greatest investment and secret to building a community and a brand.

0:51.0

How do you see LinkedIn comparatively to TikTok of course Instagram Facebook

0:57.7

YouTube etc yeah the reality is there's a big preconceived notion towards LinkedIn

1:03.1

that it's just for job hunters and the reality is it's evolved so much especially

1:08.4

during COVID the last five years. You have all these professionals

1:12.0

that are on there that are trying to get better at their craft. How do I become a better leader?

1:16.4

How do I become a better marketer, a salesperson? So when you see the type of audience that's on

1:22.2

LinkedIn, it's not just your job hunters. You've got executives on there. You have CROs.

1:28.1

You have VPs of all sorts of different functions who have buying power.

1:32.7

There's way less trolls compared to the other brand safety is all-time high.

1:37.6

So not only do these people earn a lot of money for personal purchases,

1:40.8

they run the purchasing power for giant companies like Microsoft and LinkedIn and all these

1:47.0

other B2B organizations. So definitely lots of opportunity and a lot of keyners on there who want to

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