Do you feel under attack when you scan your LinkedIn inbox? I ignore sales pitches. Aggressive salespeople come back with “Bumping this to the top of your inbox”. I ignore them. They come back with “Did you get my message?” I ignore them. If I respond to a sales pitch in my inbox, it feels like hand-to-hand combat because they immediately More…
I’m preparing for the next Linked Accelerator class, so I was scanning through some old emails I wrote in 2015. I can’t believe how bad I was at writing emails in 2015. Great tips, but the emails were boring as hell. As I read them, I could hear a monotone, robotic, boring voice. That’s not the point of today’s email, so More…
Today is a very sad day. Our 14-year-old lab, Lilah, had a stroke over the weekend and we had to put her down. At times I cry (most of the time). Until a happy memory comes to me (and there are plenty). Lilah was the kindest, gentlest dog. She followed our grandson, Nathan everywhere. She was his protector. Lilah tolerated fingers More…
In a study by Shawn Achor, 24% of Harvard students didn’t know if they were in a relationship. Huh? The average number of romantic relationships over four years at Harvard is less than one. You’re not going to believe the next one… The average number of sexual partners over four years is 0.5. I guess you don’t go to Harvard More…
In Sales 101, you learn to meet your prospect where they are. What does that mean? Have you ever talked with a sales rep who was focused on selling you a specific product that you weren’t interested in? You felt like they were reading a script and didn’t hear a word you said. Years ago, I was negotiating to More…
Seems like every day I receive an email or see an online ad about swiping emails. For $37 you can get dozens of emails that generated tens of thousands of dollars (at least that’s what the ad says). I’m starting to see ads for LinkedIn messages too. Cut and paste these emails and sales will come rolling in. I More…
I loved watching Zorro when I was a kid. Swinging from chandeliers. Overpowering ten men at a time with the slash of his sword. His mission in life was to right the injustices of the world. It turns out, Zorro didn’t start out as a confident hero. The higher he flew, the further he fell until he felt out of More…
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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…