RecomMONDAYtions ~ 2026.05.04
Recommended Reading
The daily email model is on its way out
When John Bejakovic’s emails hit my inbox, I stop what I’m doing and I read them. They’re that good.
On Saturday, I received one I had to share.
A big-time marketer told John “daily email is dead.” John argues otherwise and offers proof.
This is a tale about the power of “relentless followup, relationship building, and continuous attempts at being present in prospects’ and customers’ lives.”
Read it here.
Then join John’s list here.
Recommended Event
Turn Your Book Into More Clients, 3X Profits, and Greater Freedom in 2026
On Thursday, I’m hosting a live training for experts and business leaders who have written a book (or plan to do so). I’ll reveal how to use your book to attract leads, land better clients, and boost profits — without tech headaches or burn-out.
Register for the free event here.
Recommended Book
One of the simplest, most impactful ways to increase profits: Improve customer retention.
When you lose a customer, it’s not about your product or price. They leave because — right after they bought — you neglected them.
You moved on to the next sale. And they noticed.
Across every industry, 20-70% of new customers walk away within those first 100 days… not because anything went wrong, but because nothing went right after the transaction.
You spend time, money, and energy chasing new customers… and then you let them slip out the back door because the first 100 days felt cold.
Joey Coleman’s Never Lose a Customer Again fixes that.
It shows you what your customer is feeling — week by week, phase by phase — and exactly what to do about it.
Read it so you can retain more customers and boost profits.
Then join us on Thursday, May 28 (2:30 p.m. ET) when the Mastermind Book Club gathers, live on Zoom, to discuss the book. Joey Coleman will join us.
Every month Ted Prodromou and I choose a great book for Club members to read and discuss. We meet on the fourth Thursday, often with the author as our special guest.
The Club and its meetings are free to join.
Join The Club: https://mastermindbook.club/join-now
Get the Book: here.
Zoom for Meeting: https://mastermindbook.club/coleman
Recommended eBook
How to Give the Greatest Talk of Your Life
Don’t let the name fool you. This eBook by Neil Gordon will help you with much more than becoming a great speaker. It reveals…
The one ingredient that makes a talk truly stick in people’s minds — and why standing out matters more than ever in a crowded, noisy world
5 dangerous myths that hold ordinary speakers back (and how to shatter them on stage so you rise above the rest)
The 9 essential beats your talk must hit if you want it to actually connect with your audience
How to grab your audience by the collar in the first 7 seconds you’re on stage
… Plus a treasure trove of tips, transitions, and insights — all drawn from what Neil has taught clients who pull in multiple five figures from a single talk…
…and access to four small-group sessions with Neil…
For people who get a copy of How to Give the Greatest Talk of Your Life (for $4.99), Neil is hosting a series of small-group trainings.
When you get the eBook, Neil will send you the replay of the first two sessions.
And you’ll get the link for sessions 3, and 4 — all presented live on Zoom and then recorded for your replay pleasure.
If you’ve been sitting on a talk, a book, a message — anything that needs to get out of your head and in front of people — this eBook and the follow-up trainings will help you get over the hump.
Grab the eBook here.
Podcast (The Story Power Marketing Show)
How To Get Ahead in The AI Age Without Losing Your Human Edge (with Nikki Barua)
Nikki Barua is a serial entrepreneur, keynote speaker, bestselling author, and globally recognized expert on transformation. She is the CEO & Co-Founder of FlipWork, the workforce transformation system that turns AI into ROI by reinventing how people work.
In this episode, she and I discuss how AI is a lasting “cognitive contagion,” urging people to avoid denial, become early adopters, and unlearn industrial-age, linear ways of working as machines take over drudgery.
DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE
03:40 Leading With Humanity
05:08 AI Contagion Mindset
08:03 Unlearning Industrial Work
10:40 Redeploy Freed Capacity
13:32 Zone Of Genius
15:06 Identity Roadblocks Story
21:54 Originality Beats Slop
25:55 Pattern Interrupt Framework
33:43 Imagination Needs Space
34:47 Resources And Closing
FULL EPISODE VIDEO: vimeo.com/1180240663
Listen on…
Words to Ponder
“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.”
– Albert Einstein
Don't go away yet..
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