I’m back from a mini-sabbatical in San Diego. I like to get away a few times a year to clear my head and boy did it need clearing. I spent a lot of time walking on the beach and just chilling out. If you know me, you know I’m always studying success and leadership. I started watching The Dropout More…
When was the last time you checked your LinkedIn Security and Privacy settings?It’s been a long time for me.The reason I looked at my settings is because I tried to send a message to a LinkedIn connection and I couldn’t.I didn’t know you could turn off LinkedIn messaging.There are a lot of new settings so More…
I get this question all the time. Is it better to connect with someone on LinkedIn or follow them? Years ago, LinkedIn added the option to follow someone who reached their connection limit of 30,000. LinkedIn connections are your first-degree connections. You accepted their request to connect or vice-versa. Once you are a first-degree connection, you can send LinkedIn More…
I met Justin Brooke before he was a “guru”. I watched him grow from being an unpaid intern for Russell Brunson to one of the best marketers ever. He has a way of simplifying things that we overthink. Today he posted this on Facebook. For years I chased the next big thing. The latest traffic source. The latest gimmick that would More…
In today’s email from Mindvalley, they announced a new AI-powered meditation app. AI-powered meditation? When I think of meditation, technology doesn’t come to mind. I think of relaxation and calming my mind. I first learned how to meditate using the Silva Method about 30 years ago. Burt Goldman was our instructor and he taught us the Silva Method in a More…
I’m helping a client resurrect their LinkedIn group. There are over 70,000 members and an average of 40-50 posts per day. Sounds promising, doesn’t it? Guess how many people Like, Comment, or Share posts? ZERO. I scrolled and scrolled and scrolled and couldn’t find any interactions. This group is like one of those community bulletin boards where people pin their flyers More…
Blog, Books, News, News Shorts
Tom Ruwitch and I read a lot of books. Tom and I were talking the other day and we decided to start a book club. Why start a book club? I’ve never been in a formal book club, but I know a lot of people who enjoy being in a book club. If it’s good enough for Oprah, it’s More…
Yesterday the conversation in Brian Kurtz’s Titans Xcelerator mastermind drifted to Robert Cialdini. In case you don’t know Robert Cialdini, he’s known as a persuasion genius. He made is mark when he wrote Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion which quickly became the ultimate resource guide for copywriters and marketers. Pre-Suasion: A Revolutionary Way to Influence and Persuade was More…
I’m sure you’ve experienced the missing or random image problem on LinkedIn. You write a great blog post and want to share it on LinkedIn. When you create a post on LinkedIn and share the link to your website, the image from your website is missing. Or a random image from your website appears. One way to fix this More…
I admit it. I ordered Girl Scout cookies through DoorDash. I placed my order and 30 minutes later the cookies arrived at my door. Since I use a Chase card to pay for my DoorDash deliveries, there is no delivery charge. This could be real trouble. Those damn Girl Scouts are making it way too easy for me to satisfy More…