Networking Unleashed: Building Profitable Connections. An Interview with Allan Ngo and Michael A Forman
- mforman521
- Feb 9
- 26 min read
Welcome to Networking Unleashed, building Profitable Connections, the show where connection turns into momentum. I'm Michael Foreman, and today's episode is for every solopreneur who's tired of feeling like networking only works if you're everywhere, talking nonstop and working the room like a politician.
My guest proves pow, something powerful. Real relationships don't come from being the loudest voice they come from. Three things done well, service, personal tension, and reputation. We're talking about how to build strong professional ties without living at events. How small personal touches open big doors, what it really means to be known for showing up the right way, not the noisy way.
So if you want results from your network without turning into someone you're not. You're in the right place. And listen, I would love to introduce Alan to the podcast. He's got an incredible background and so Alan, welcome to the podcast. And why don't you tell me a little bit about yourself and how you got here.
A thank you Michael. It's a pleasure to speak with you and to be in front of your audience. Yeah. I'm Alan. I am thousands of miles away actually from Asia in the Philippines. And I got started into solo entrepreneurship. Basically, I'm a big believer in education. For us, like our biggest expert is our, actually our talent, our manpower.
And we get these opportunities through education to our ability to speak English to our skills. And I believe that with knowledge comes independence, power, and upside potential. So I started off really as, I studied accountancy. I'm a CPA by training, but I will, I graduated around the time when Robert Kiki had this book, like Rich Job for that, it made me think of how I would like to pursue my career.
So I was on the path of being accountant. Started the franchise business at an early age. Got overwhelmed doing both things. I eventually worked in a bank while running the franchise business. Got me a bit overwhelmed and I got confused because employment didn't work for me.
Entrepreneurship, the easy kind, the franchise kind did work for me, so I felt like I was becoming an educated bum. Like both avenues aren't working for me, and that's when. I explored that was around the time, early 2010s where the internet business was starting to boom, and that's when I dipped my toes into it.
So started off as an affiliate marketer using emails to sell products and emails seemed to be a good fit for me because as an accountant, even among accountants, I'm somebody who works silently in the corner and. Email is my way to talk to a lot of people without being with them so to speak.
In front, right? That's right. That's when I was able to sell my first affiliate product, a digital product ebook. Made my first $8 commission, that was January, 2013, an $8 commission. I couldn't forget that. And that was, that told me that, hey you can make money educating others.
You can make money just by being yourself and you can do so while at home. And that's started my journey into selling digital products over the years. And now I help people start these one person digital products. Little product, business, sharing their expertise. Alright, good. Alright, thank you for that background.
I mean that, that's really an incredible background showing where you came from just as a single little, entity and how you flourished into what you are today. So on that note, I am going to ask you a few questions. Many people think networking means showing up everywhere and talking the loudest.
What? Why is that idea so misleading, especially for solopreneurs? I believe especially with solopreneurs, like we're not big brands. A lot of it is. Rest on our shoulders. And, but the advantage that we have is we can create that genuine connection, right? And for me, it's not about being loudest or even being near, one of the ways that I network is really by being off service.
For example what I'm part of a Facebook group. One of these Facebook groups mentioned that, Hey, I love you guys to network. So leave in the comments what you do, and people will see you and reach out to you. But that group has four over 400 comments, I think over 600 comments. So not nobody's gonna go through everything.
So what I did was I took a screenshot of all the comments. Took them in AI and asked them to categorize folks in parenting, folks in planting, folks in gardening, so on and so forth. And I shared it in the group as well. And I did it for myself, for me to find people I would like to connect with. But hey, since I have this shared in the group as well and people started commenting, Hey, I, please add me to the list.
Then folks that I wanted to connect with, I added them. They added me back because they saw me as somebody who added value in the community without me being noisy. It was just being of service. And those are the opportunities that I think are in line with who I am being of service rather than being loud.
And that is, I think people can talk a lot, right? Anybody can claim something, but if you can. Show up with action, with service first. That would make people's, that would make you stand out. And those are some of the ways that I think action can speak louder when you don't want to be loud, to be noise.
Actually within the networking world there's a certain thing that you have to follow. I've learned over 35 years of sales what you don't. You and I base my whole business around that, and I'll tell you that once you walk into that networking event or meeting or something else like that.
You go in what's called with what's called a servant's heart, you go in looking to give not receive. And if you look to, to give, it takes all that pressure off your shoulders and wait, I can enjoy myself. I can have a good time and I can help somebody to boot. So that's a great way, that's great philosophy.
I believe in that wholeheartedly. And you're right on track. You teach, that service comes first, which is a big thing. What does service actually look like in a professional relationship when it's done correctly? Just like with sales, just with parenting, with the relationships, it's really understanding what the others, what you can give to the other side or what they want in particular.
Because perhaps we can give so much, for example. If somebody, I remember this one. I had this guest in my community and he's very well off, right? But I understand that he's really, so what we do typically when we have guests is you would send them a simple gift, right? As a token of appreciation.
But this person he's based in the US so it's pretty far, but I also know that he's a big advocate of dog shelter. So there's this one dog shelter that. He is he always supports, he volunteers at so as a thank you, we surprise him by showing him a donation that we made on his behalf for the dog shelter that he loves and I know he he's very well off. He doesn't really need anything. But when his face lit up, like that, that created a moment for them and for me that, that is something that I would always be, I'm very worried of what would this person mean? So for example, with, to get noticed sometimes.
I know Michael, you do also have courses you teach, right? And as educators, we love it when we get feedback from our students, and I know that as well of my mentors and if I want to connect with them, one of things I would love to do is just voluntarily give them a testimonial or write a case study that they could use.
And typically like mentors have systems to get people to submit those feedback. So for them to get something voluntarily, that, that would like get, they would love to give you attention. So it's understanding what the other party would need and being able to serve that.
And it's not even a one-to-one. Exchange, like the ask could be a year down the road. We really never know because we are not giving these with the intention of having a date, but really just giving it as part of our process and looking at it more as farming, as planting, rather than us hunting.
It's, that's always the best way to go is to be a farmer, not a hunter. But, one thing I've recently began teaching my clients or my students or I run a networking group weekly networking group, and, everybody's a problem solver. What problem do you have that I can solve?
That's great, but that's only the first half of what you should be looking at. You should be looking at where are they going, right? So if you solve that problem, then what? Then where are they going? And that's where the, where you wanna meet them. You don't want to just solve their problem, say, oh, they wanna say thank you very much, but you wanna see where they're going and meet them there, and you'll get a lot more out of it.
Wonderful. Okay. Okay, so personalization sounds simple, yet most people skip it. What small personal touch makes the biggest difference in building trust? That's wonderful. That's a great question. I've been Michael I've been looking at my purchases, right? Like my own behavior and people around me.
I notice a bit of a pattern. It's like when people discover, say like a po an influencer or a guru or a mentor, they tend to do some background research, right? And I notice this about myself as well. And the first rabbit hole that I get into are videos. It seems like there's some, with all the AI with information, everything is getable.
But when we see people, we hear them, just like with you in your podcast, right? People hear your cadence, how you, what you stand for, how you deliver things. Those matter, like the same content delivered by two different people, it'll attract different types of folks as well, right? For me, knowing that I try to include videos, for example, when somebody joins my, becomes a client of mine.
Before when the internet wasn't as fast as it was now, I would give them a phone call just to welcome them personally. Now, I would use tools like Jiro or even just use a Zoom call. I would film a Zoom clip, just send them a link to it just to welcome them personally, right? So I think those small touches matter.
From where I am, Christmas is super big. So I would also invest in small gifts for them just to let them know that, hey I cherish what you do, and I think that's also the advantage now with the time of AI where things are commoditized. Like those relationships are things that we can double down.
And those are experiences, right? I think right now with AI getting bigger and networking, there's also an increased value in terms of relationships and experience. And those are the fundamentals of life, really. And I think I like to double down on things that don't change right. With the world that ever changing.
And I'm happy to say that I've had advice I even before pandemic that has stuck with me through different different waves of changes, right? And funny enough, like a couple of week, a couple of days ago, I just had coffee with some of my longest term clients. And those are the things that they mentioned, like the big reliability, the honesty, and it's funny enough, it's not being noisy, but being remembered still.
So that's the type of business that they want, and that's the type of business that I run. Yeah, that's incredible. I used the pandemic. You brought up the pandemic. I used the pandemic as a line in the sand before the pandemic networkers. It used to be transactional, and they used to say, okay, you have a widget.
I have $3. I'll give you that, give me that, and everything is fine. It's done. But ever since the pandemic networking has really been relational. It's more geared towards relationships. So when you would, I would go to a networking event. Networking meeting or something. I was in a mortgage business and I used to do networking and come back with a shoebox filled with business cards and say, look how good I did when re in reality, I didn't do well at all.
But now I say, okay, when you go get 15 cards max, right? Because there's a whole series that you have to, when you go up and you talk to them know them like them, trust them, they'll do, if they know you like you, trust you, they'll do business with you, right? So you have to go through all that and everything.
But if you have only 15 cards, it means that you spoke with them, that you actually had discussion with them. And I have a whole. System for follow up and everything and what you write on the back of their business card. But it's a whole thing, but it's so relationship oriented that now that you almost have to be that way for you to get ahead.
And o one of the things that we value, so I call my community effortless learners because we want to, our main philosophy is. The business should support life rather than the other way around. And one of the things that I like to focus on are not really volume of transactions, but LTV lifetime value, but LTV can have a negative connotation where it's like squeezing every penny out of a person, right?
But for me, I like LTV because it challenges me to be better. Because people only stay with you repurchase, and renew if they got value from what they bought from you before. So it challenged me to over deliver on their first purchase, on their first experience with me. And I feel that's more challenging than hooking somebody on a $7, no ticket offer on Facebook.
It's one thing to do that. It's another to make them stay. And that forces me to. Level up to improve my quality. Really look at them as people, right? Because it's easy to look at transactions as numbers, humans as numbers, but if the your KPI is making them stay, you look at them, okay, how, what are they going through and how can I help them out?
Maybe it's in terms of deals, in terms of terms, in terms of long-term discounts, it makes me care more for people I'm with and by extension that not just broadens my network, but it deepens it as well. You have to realize that even though we're on Zoom and you're in the Philippines and I'm here, you know you're still a person behind the camera.
So if I treat you like a person, like I'm talking to you right next to me, and I create that relationship, you'll remember that relationship a whole lot more. A hundred percent. Okay. So you talk about being a poster boy. What does that really mean in the context? Context of reputation and visibility?
With being a poster boy in particular, it I'll circle back to what I said earlier about being the best student for the mentor. So I have this one student his name is Jonathan. And he would always do all his tasks well, and he would, I would interview him as a testimonial. Then we had this small circle, right?
And when I spoke with other. Courses he enrolled in. I know, like the mentors, right? He would always be the star student in all those programs as well. And he would always be the case study. That's why everyone notices him too, because they know that this guy, this person is serious. It's not just they, he buys a lot of stuff from them, but he implements them, he makes them look good.
And I was thinking, hey, of course I'm a student of somebody else too. If I can make them. I can be of service to them maybe as a case study, right? I'll be able to get into their radar, maybe build a relationship with them, and who knows we can help each other out. That actually happened as well when I was on a group coaching call and my mentor was looking at using AI to create content.
So this was last year, and I shared them, Hey, I did a workshop. I gave you a copy. Were you able to see it? Then he said okay, I mess up. I got your message, didn't see it. Would you mind sharing it now? So I shared it in front of the group call, like with other business owners, and ultimately I got invited to do a formal training in his committee and got me exposure.
So it's really just being, it's an extension of being, of service, but in a very particular avenue. So whenever. We enroll, a drop in the bucket, for example, of a course. But if somebody volunteers, a case study gives you a good review, that automatically shoots you up in their radar. And that's where it's easier when you reach out.
It's easier to get a response. It's so true and funny. You said you wrote an article about it. I write an article three times a week for two different. Publications and it's all about networking, all about AI introduced into networking. And by doing so, somebody in Las Vegas noticed me and I'm working with them.
So it really, it just depends on, how you do it, do it. I. You don't have to go over and above yourself. You don't have to speak loudly. Just do your work. Do it calmly and you'll be noticed if you do your work well enough, then people will take notice. That's right.
Okay. If someone, or for someone who dislikes big events or crowded rooms, what's a smarter way to build real professional relationships? And this, I'm sure is more towards introverts rather than extroverts. You know what, that's a great question. As we speak now, I'll be, I actually be. Doing my first task of Brazilian Jiujitsu tomorrow night, and one of my big decisions there was, okay, it's one thing to attend a seminar, but with Jiujitsu I'm really gonna grapple with some, a stranger.
And that was consideration for you because ooh that's too much for me. But it's funny because like for me, with introverts. For me, I could only share from my experience that one of the things that I do is I look out for summits. So virtual summits where yes it's an event, but it's virtual.
It's still private, still a one-on-one call people with will get contact there, but the magic is, of course, we could build lists there. People can watch our session during a virtual summit and sign up to our list. But to take it a step further, one thing I don't think a lot of people do is, hey, you can reach out to fellow summit speakers, right?
Because it doesn't end there. Like you already have something in common, right? You can reach out to them, you can ask the host to introduce you guys, right? So that's one way to. Network because there's a kin, in some ways, there's a kinship already because you're, you both spoke at the summit, you're also vetted by the host, right?
And for an introvert, that's easier in the sense that I don't have to prove myself because we are an even playing field, right? The host already vetted us, so it gives you an in right. Secondly, one thing that you can do as well, if you also have extra funds for advertising. If somebody you spoke at the summit, that summit typically has a lot of fresh new leads.
You can reach out to the host and maybe ask them if, Hey, can I buy a solo ad? Can you pay? Can I pay you and you promote my newsletter or my lead magnet, or whatever. And that's also another way of course, there's transaction work we could swap. So the ads that would be fine as well, but that's another way to, get eyes to what you do through an endorsement.
Which is an indirect form of networking. It's not the traditional, we are all here all at the same time, but you have to understand that, hey, people are just arriving in this person's list. They're fresh, they're excited. This might be a good time to put my name in front of them. And typically, summits would accept sponsorship because during summits, they are actually selling sponsors sponsorship packages.
So if you offer, Hey, can I pay you X amount for you to promote my email list, then that's an introvert's paradise. A way to network with an in and then na to a way to network without having to talk to a lot of people through an indoors. Absolutely. As a matter of fact I put on business shows, business expos, and I'm having one in March.
And what you're talking about with the sponsorships, I'm getting all these requests of exactly what you're talking about. And mine is an in-person expo. That's really not part of it, but I see exactly what you're talking about because I'm getting all the questions about it now and I'm like, okay, it doesn't pertain to my expo, but I'm gonna keep all this in the back of my head because it may come out later on.
Okay. Where do solopreneurs waste the most energy in networking, and what should they focus on instead?
A wonderful question. I would say looking at our, I was just checking our activities and the leads that they generated the best return for our time, I would say, are doing guest presentations for paid communities. You can get. Maybe not the volume, but the quality that you get are much higher.
They stay in your list longer and they tend to buy more. So if you get that opportunity right, and that you don't necessarily get to pay to play, those are things that you build through network, because when I got those opportunities, it's through knowing the mentor for a long time. That's why I got invited to speak.
So if you, it's funny, we can tie all these together. So if you're part of a course, then you use the poster boy approach, to get notice, right? And they will be, you'll be in their radar. Once they do like guest speakers, you'll be part of that lineup, right? That's one opportunity that I don't think a lot of people are taking advantage of.
Looking at just merely the networking events. It's great to attend those. I think follow ups is an important next thing you know, because it's not just enough that you meet them, right? Because that's, there's that attrition, right? Among all these people I met maybe what? 10, five, 10% would actually follow up.
That's instant attention for you, right? That's a high number. It's a high number. Yeah, it's a high number because most people follow most networking events. The people who follow up on those events is about 2%. 2% of the people do it properly. Yes. So when you said 10 or 15, I'm like, no that's way high.
Gotcha. Gotcha. So that even presents an even bigger opportunity, right? Yes. That's wonderful. And I think, yeah, it's not really the volume as well. It is really the follow up right after, and that's where it could lead to opportunities. And one more thing, it's really looking at the timeline as well.
It's if you're rushing things, like people can feel that, if you're in here, if you really look at the other person as a valuable person rather than just a transaction. It's hard to put into words, but what you say the way you say the cadence when you say it, it's different, right?
It's just absolutely changing. The horizon of the relationship will shift the energy. It's not what you have to sell or do or something else, but it's how you act, how you dress, how you speak, how you, it's all your body language, everything is part of the situation. You can have two people selling the same thing.
One person is relaxed and calm and talking to you, and another person is a little nervous, but he is talking at you and he is gonna say the next thing that he's trying to think of instead of listening to you and responding to what you're saying. Yeah, so you, it's, it is very different, but it's the same.
Okay. What does meaningful follow up look like when you wanna stand out without sounding pushy or rehearsed? So it can be in a few ways. So in terms of, for example, sales transaction, for me I don't like. At least the way we do it is I don't in construct my committee to use words like to circle back or following up on this.
So this in terms context of a sale, I would rather have, Hey, here's a deadline. And of course this stems from the belief that your service, your offer. Genuinely help the other person. So I would like, since there's a deadline when I follow up, it's really more of I'm looking out for you. Hey, this is going to end soon.
I don't want you to miss it. It ends in two days, right? Shall I, shall we move forward? Do you have any questions that way? One, it's not, it comes from opposition of power as well. Because when you say circle, I'm circling back and following up. It's like you need something from them and it can distort the balance of power for me.
I don't want to feel that like I'm chasing them because also that it. For me, it also turns off the buyer, right? So I would come, I would love to come from strength and confidence because they will feel that energy that we have confidence in our offer and thereby they will have confidence that we can deliver that.
So that's one meaningful way to follow up in terms of a sales conversation. Now, in terms of networking for me, the way I do it. It's not super systematic, but I would like to check in at random times from them. Having I'm a big fan of Zoom coffee chats the same way I do in real life.
One, one of my criteria for having clients is I would only like to work with clients that I would love to hang out, have a coffee with. And that extends to online as well. So I'd like to hang out with folks like I could have a Zoom conversation with. So those are ways that I tend to help out. I tend to have meaningful follow ups.
It just. Keeping them in mind. So there are some Facebook groups where, hey I need this person, a host, right? Or a trainer that I would just tag them there. Once I tag them, I'll take a screenshot, I'll send it to the person I tag and Hey, I'm not sure if you're part of this group. I tag you here.
Yeah, the yada. So those are things that I wouldn't even say they are follow ups, but it's really keeping them in mind and being of service as well. And this is when I would do this. Even I was part of a business networking group before when even when I left that group, I kept that, I kept them in mind.
I knew what their business was. I still did that. So that shows them that it's not transactional and I could feel that it, they're not transactional with me as well. So that's how I put meaning into follow ups. That puts you in a position of strength, not weakness when you're following them. That's great.
And for you to remain in that position of strength instead of weakness, instead of looking for oh please I'm looking for your money. You're in a position of power, so I understand that completely. Okay. How does consistency beat charisma when it comes to building a strong professional circle?
That's a wonderful question. I think with, I remember this one friend he mentioned to me that, so this friend is a little more well off, right? And there's this one friend who, this neighbor who borrowed money from him, him knowing that this friend won't be ever, won't ever be able to repay him. He still lent the money.
He actually gave the money to him. And his reasoning was, yes, this guy may not ever pay me back, but he's always there, whether in my ops or in my downs. He's not just there because I'm doing well now. He's always been there. So to your point about consistency and charisma, it's really about, that's why we are.
I'm sure it's for yourself as well, Michael. Like we all keep our inner circle the people that we truly trust in our lives because especially before we achieve anything in life, they were there, right? And it's also hard to find professional relationships, right? It as adults. So I think that consistency over the years.
And I would imagine like when we attend networking events and see the same people from five years ago, there's that kinship that we feel for them, right? That hey, it's been a long while. Although we are not family, we don't see each other every day. Like, how have you been? There's that, there's something about being, seeing each other for years through time that builds that one.
And of course, consistency not, doesn't just mean showing up because if you can't show up and you're annoying every year, like it's still annoying. Yeah. They'd rather not see you there. They hope you're not consistent, but it's about being consistently who you are and not changing whether you're big time now or you're struggling.
And I think that's true, not just in business but in life as well. Being able to, it's seeing beyond. Business, but seeing the person as who it is. Right? And there's an appreciation, especially with business, that some people, some business fall, right? And consistency also shows discipline, right?
It also shows, hey, this person can survive. This person went through some difficulties and still here. There are some messages that consistency communicate without being loud about it. It's not just either always here, but being here also means every year there's reasons not to be here. So it shows character and strength.
It does. And being consistent is so important. And again, I'm dealing with, I'm coming from a networking world and consistency. If you're consistent and people can. Rely on you being consistent saying, oh, I, I know Alan's always gonna be there and I can always trust that I can always ask Alan anything or ask him for a favor or something.
He'll always be there. But, if you came up and you encourage me hi there, and you're just, have the charisma of having the short term relationship, right? I would take the consistency over that anytime I. Anytime. Yeah. What's one behavior that quietly builds influence over time, even when no one is watching?
That's great. It ties back to what we said about consistency. I think it's about.
It ties back with consistency in a way where if you don't see the numbers but you're sticking to something, it shows that you have conviction to a cost, right? So for example, if you're putting out videos and maybe you're not hitting the numbers that you're getting, but you committed to do a hundred videos first before I stopped.
Doing something right and people can see that. And one of those hundred videos would hit, for example, and you look like an overnight success. So what? But the signin trait there is just being added consistently because you have a bigger vision for what you do. So for us it's for example, helping folks like build that business around their lives.
So that's why if you notice like behind of course for the audio listeners behind me is a calendar for the whole year. And I already highlighted there like birthdays, special occasions, right? Because I wanted to fill that in first and my business will fit around that, right? And I think. Those are small convictions.
That when applied to business, there's a reason, for example, where I go quiet in my business is because I value personal time and I communicate that through my audience. And it's not just another piece of content it's anchored in conviction. So I think for a lot of folks, one of the things that we do, I help clients out with is like world building.
Like building, what are your convictions? What do you believe in the world? Then that's also how you run your business, how you communicate that, right? And that's something that when we see business online you copy, copy and paste tactics and strategies, right? But we don't know what the, how they anchor their truth, their virtues, their values, right?
Because that shapes how they run their business. If you just copy them, they, you're not, you're just a version of them. But if you study what really do I want? How do I want to show up for my clients? For example I am, we're speaking here, it's almost midnight on my end, but for me, it's important that I show up for this because one, I believe my message is not.
Should not be just contained in my locality. Second, I also want to show for my committee that hey, our, we can also, we are also citizens of the world, right? That it is something that our message can also be seen, not just locally, but worldwide. And those are very important for me. A to show. My audience, even if say they don't necessarily bring in the numbers, for example, just the fact that I'm doing it, it's important for me, then numbers would come afterwards.
But somebody looking at it outside may just look at it as a strategy, and I feel that communicating that conviction, the reason you're doing stuff, and if it's anchored in a bigger truth, I think that would help with how people perceive you. How we were seen as a personal brand and would add that to your decisions whether you go with a trend or not, right?
They see that they, people respect people with their original thought, not just following a trend. So I feel that's the quiet thing that not a lot of people notice when it comes to. Strategies where everyone copies everyone else. So anchoring your business, your strategy in your own decisions is very important.
Absolutely. Absolutely it is. Okay, so let's bring this podcast full circle, and if a solopreneur wants stronger partnerships this year, what single habit should they start today? Wonderful. For me it's important to understand es especially as solopreneurs. I'm thinking, of course, there's limited time.
There's limited energy just like anyone, but more so when you don't have somebody to pass this to. I believe understanding, being really clear on who you want to serve, right? It's really important because once you understand who you want to serve, then next is you'll know. Who, what communities, what brands have these folks?
So I grew up with, in a traditional business where we sell wholesale product, not retail. So the wholesale thinking has been ingrained in me. So if like for example, there are women married women in their forties, then you might, they follow, say, a certain brand. A brand like Women's Journal, for example.
Okay, so maybe I could reach out to these folks be of value to them or maybe pay for an ad to reach them, right? That would be, I'll get them wholesale, right? So that, that's one way I would look at it, right? So find like a hundred committees like this. If you nail down. 5%. Get a partnership with five of them, then five times if they have 500 people in their committee, right?
So that's a lot of people right away, right? And you don't have to go retail necessarily, right? Or you don't have to do go advertising right away. So those are opportunities that I would look at and look basically, look wholesale. And once you do that. Keep doing it, a consistency. And if you can use ai, use GPT to even make it faster so that way you get mo, you get revenue.
If you want to invest in advertising other platforms, whenever you generate money, more opportunities line up for you. So yeah, try to look at it wholesale and you'll be surprised with the results that you get even at the low conversion rate. Yes. That's great, Alan, this this was a wonderful podcast.
I'm so thankful that you took the time to come on. If somebody wanted to get hold of you to either hire you or pick your brain or anything, what's the best way for them to get hold of you? Okay. Thank you very much for, you can reach on. I am also on LinkedIn, so you can find me a talent email. I also have a daily newsletter where I share these insights that we talked about.
So it's digital solopreneur.com foreman. So easy to remember it. So yeah, he sent daily insights about this kind of business, and I respond to other replies. So if you get an email from me there, you want to reach out to me, just reply to my newsletter and I'll definitely see your message. That's great.
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