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You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can make in two years by trying to get other people interested in you. That’s a quote from How to Win Friends & Influence People by Dale Carnegie which was the book of the month in our Mastermind Book Club. >>> It’s free More…
WARNING: It’s Friday, and I’m soooo ready for the weekend. People on LinkedIn continue to amaze me. Today, I received this invitation to connect. Hi.I’m Su ! Your resume looks great. Can we talk? I’m in the birds nest business. if I didn’t bother you. To be honest, I never met anyone in the bird’s nest business, so I checked More…
I went into a severe writing slump and didn’t post regularly on LinkedIn for a few months. Last week, I broke out of my slump and started a new LinkedIn content marketing strategy. I’m writing five emails per week, posting them as LinkedIn Articles that end with my bio and link to my website. I also write a More…
I received an interesting LinkedIn connection request today. Hi Ted, Love your sales and marketing tips. My mentor told me I had to get your book to read. What are the top 3 nuggets I should obtain from reading your book “LinkedIn for Business”? Is there anything I can do to better support you Ted? This invitation made me think. What More…
A colleague reached out to me today. We met years ago at a mastermind hosted by Alex Mandossian in Austin. I’ll leave his name out of it for now because he’s a friend. It’s XXX from Alex’s Pathfinder mastermind. Long time no talk! It’s been a while, so I thought I would reach out and re-connect if you are ok More…
I know I’m not supposed to confuse you with two different messages in one post but… Number one, on Tuesday, March 21st at 10 AM Pacific/1 PM Eastern, we will be talking about what’s new on LinkedIn in our Rapid Results Academy group call. I haven’t done a “What’s new on LinkedIn” call in a while and More…
There’s an interesting story about Shakespeare in the book Magic Words by Jonah Berger. Shakespeare is considered the greatest writer in the English language but… It turns out he didn’t write his plays by himself. Is this why he never published a list of his works? The main reason Shakespeare didn’t publish a list of his works is that he More…
Do you ever wonder why some businesses struggle with customer service? One afternoon we ventured into a restaurant on the beach near our resort in Hawaii. The place was packed which is always a good sign if you want good food and drinks. The hostess brought us to our table and handed us our menus. After a few minutes, More…
Ellen and I travel a lot. We like to chat with the locals to get the inside scoop. Most locals love to talk about where they live. They often tell us which restaurants the locals hang out at. The food is usually better and cheaper than the tourist traps. They also tell us where the best beaches are to avoid More…
You may have noticed I’ve had a bad case of writer’s block. I haven’t written anything for almost a month. The creative juices just aren’t flowing lately. Maybe it’s because we’ve had almost 60″ of rain since the beginning of December. Atmospheric river #12 is arriving tonight with another 6″ of rain on the way. Most years I would be More…