Building Bridges: How to Make Powerful Business Connections With Matt “Handshaking” Holmes [Ep. 81]

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In the world of business, it’s all about who you know. But how do you connect with influential entrepreneurs and mentors when you’re just starting out?</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Matt Holmes made it his mission to find the answer to this question, shaking hands with venture capitalists, members of congress, and billionaires, in an effort to learn how to create powerful business relationships. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Using the knowledge he gained from this experience, Matt went on to create handshaking.com, a service that helped entrepreneurs connect with movers and shakers within their industry. Matt then pivoted the business into building and selling lead generation websites in an effort to help business owners make connections on a grander scale.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this episode, Matt joins us to share the secret sauce to forming long-lasting professional relationships, and how entrepreneurs should approach networking and building their personal brands.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Matt also reveals valuable insights into the lead generation websites that he has created and gives us a behind-the-scenes look at the site he recently sold on the Empire Flippers marketplace. According to Matt,</span></p> <blockquote> <p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Each lead generation website needs to have a true brand. It needs a logo, it needs the same business name, and it needs proper social media everywhere, just like a real business would. It needs to be a complete brand.”</span></em></p> </blockquote> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">As the world record holder for the longest handshake, Matt is bursting with knowledge on how to network like a pro, so listen in to learn how to form long-lasting professional relationships that will elevate your business!<br /></span></p> <h3><span style="font-weight: 400;">Topics Discussed in this episode:</span></h3> <ul> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Mat