Rising Tide LinkedIn Live: How To Get A Meeting

Securing a meeting is a key part of business, work, and life. Whether it’s landing a potential client or closing a sale, we all aim for those important opportunities—but it’s not always easy, and it can take time. It’s natural to feel discouraged when things don’t come together right away, but with the right approach, persistence pays off.

So, what are the best ways to get “the meeting” you’ve been working toward?

In this episode of Rising Tide, we’re sharing practical tips and strategies to help you make it happen.

Today’s show is led by Laura Wilber, who is the Director of Strategic Partnerships at Dinova

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Every Wednesday and Friday at 10am PDT, Shawn Walchef hosts the Rising Tide live room on LinkedIn. Leading voices in hospitality, and otherwise, from near and far join to discuss all things business and much more.

Key Quotes

“My family of four walked all the way across the Brooklyn Bridge to try a slice of Grimaldi’s pizza. Took a picture with the manager and sent it to the owner of Grimaldi’s, who is based in Arizona, and said, my family and I walked all the way across the Brooklyn Bridge to get a meeting with you. And thankfully, it resulted in a meeting.” – Laura Wilber

“I’m selling franchises to potential franchisees. I’m not just going to where they are. I’m learning about who they are. I’m learning about what they like, and I’m finding other people to sell me to them for me.” – Troy Hooper

“I found the most popular restaurants here throughout Boca and Fort Lauderdale that are chains and made custom wine bottles literally went to Costco bought nice wine bottles for them took off the logo, printed up custom wine bottle labels with their logo on it And then I did a handwritten note that talked about what Starfish does, that I’m a local entrepreneur and that we are going to drink this wine bottle together when they save their first $10,000 using Starfish. And that got us our largest customer to date” – Jordan Silverman

“One is whenever I go to an office, I always make sure I have an extra bag of samples that I always leave at the front desk. And there was one time where the person at the front desk was a temp who turned into full time, who ended up being the gatekeeper. And it was a half million dollar a year account for many years for me.” – Hildee Isaacs