The Connections Show, an excellent business networking podcast

The Connections Show is a weekly podcast hosted by Stan Relihan, one of Australia’s most connected LinkedIn users, and a professional recruiter based in Sydney. This is one of the most practically useful business podcasts I’ve discovered on the Web. And it’s a real surprise that it comes from Australia, not America, like most of the other podcasts I subscribe to using Apple iTunes. So far, there have been 23 shows, and I listen to them religiously. One of the motivations is that it’s only 20 minutes long. This allows you to digest the information quickly and easily in this attention-deficient age we all live in.

Some of the shows that stand out to me are the following:

• Conversations with a LION – Christian Mayaud
• A Taste of LinkedIn Intelligence – Scott Allen
• Talking with the Queen of LinkedIn Q&A – Sheliah Etheridge
• Secrets of Successful Selling – Craig Elias
• King of Yahoo! Groups – Vincent Wright

There is a great need for short, high-quality podcasts like this one, which is also exceptionally well targeted to a growing niche. Stan Relihan, the host of this podcast does a good job most of time in getting the best from the guests. Every now and then, there is a disconnect between the topics discussed and LinkedIn or business networking. And this could create problems for future shows if it continues to be a weekly event. That would require over 50 guests, some of whom deserve could feature a 2nd time like the above-mentioned people.

So I recommend you subscribe to The Connections Show or at least listen to a few shows directly from the Podcast Network, where it’s hosted. You may also be interested in my new business social networking workshops in South Africa, where I teach how to use online networking tools to increase your sales, grow your revenue and boost your profile in your industry.